Tugs

LNG

LNG

The world’s first LNG powered escort tugboat, Borgøy, built by Turkey’s Sanmar shipyard, has transferred to operation in Norway following successful sea trails.

20th January 2014

LNG tug goes into operation

20th January 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch company Royal Boskalis has announced that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell…

27th December 2013

Rotterdam tug is first to use synthetic diesel

27th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first tug to use LNG as its sole fuel source is undergoing sea trials prior to its delivery to Norwegian operator Buksér og Berging from the Sanmar shipyard in Turkey.

15th December 2013

The first tugs with pure gas propulsion

15th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced an order from Turkish tug specialist Sanmar shipyard of Istanbul for 12 shipsets of azimuth thrusters for various customers.

8th October 2013

12-tug thruster contract for Rolls-Royce

8th October 2013

LNG

LNG

Two LNG-fuelled tug newbuildings were named at Sanmar Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 October.

7th October 2013

Rolls-Royce power for first pure LNG-fuelled tugs

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Rolls-Royce and Drydocks World Dubai to provide systems for gas-fuelled tugs for the Middle East market.

11th April 2013

Gas-fuelled tugs to be developed in Dubai

11th April 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch company Micanti says that it has applied its patented Thorn-D non-toxic antifouling on the tug Willem-B Sr, owned by BMS Towing and used for towage and salvage in The Netherlands.

18th February 2013

Foil replaces paint on Dutch tug

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

“We simply saw a gap: a vessel that can handle high seas more easily than the normal offshore tug and barge combinations,” says Remko Bouma of Damen Shipyards Bergum.

18th February 2013

Tug and barge alternative

18th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finlands Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a major contract to supply 28 engines and complete propulsion systems for fourteen tugs being built by Damen Shipyards for the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

6th November 2012

Wärtsilä to power new KOC tugs

6th November 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen has signed a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to build 14 Damen ASD tugs.

16th October 2012

Damen builds terminal tugs for KOC

16th October 2012