Tugs

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce azimuthing thrusters have been chosen by the South Korean Coast Guard to power 15 new environmental protection vessels.

26th October 2011

Thrusters for 15 Korean Coast Guard tugs

26th October 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maltese towage operator Tug Malta has specified the Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system for its newest tug, currently under construction at the Zamakona yard in Spain.

21st September 2011

Fuel monitoring system for new tug

21st September 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Jack Gaston reviews the latest tug designs, looking in particular at their efficient and environmentally-friendly propulsion arrangements.

28th August 2011

Tugowners have more choice than ever before

28th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Spanish yard Astilleros Armón has recently delivered one tug powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar engines of nine-cylinder format.

16th August 2011

MAN four-strokes for Spanish-built tugs

16th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Ocean Safety has been awarded a contract by Svitzer UK to supply and service ISO and SOLAS lifejackets, pyrotechnics, survival suits and other safety equipment to the company’s UK fleet…

4th August 2011

Safety deal with tug operator

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

HVAC supplier Dometic Marine has recently secured orders to supply chilled water equipment to tug builder Signet Maritime. As part of the contract, Dometic will supply chillers for three new Signet Z-Drive…

31st March 2011

Water systems for new US tugs

31st March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Stratos Global says that its Inmarsat Fleet Broadband satellite communications service offering has been selected for six deep-sea tugboats in Fairplay Towage’s fleet.

16th March 2011

Comms package for deep-sea tugs

16th March 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast, has some attractive and well-proven tugs, but the fleet is ageing with many vessels over 30 years old, writes Alan Haig-Brown.

18th October 2010

Old-but-good tugs deserve repower and rebuild

18th October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply 12 azimuth thrusters to power six new tugboats for Qingdao Port in China. Deliveries will start in the third quarter of 2010.

30th September 2010

Rolls-Royce powers six new Chinese tugs

30th September 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

At first sight a 7.8m vessel seems ridiculously small to be featured in a magazine concerned with ocean-going vessels. But the BRAtt is a serious craft, with a serious purpose – even…

23rd September 2010

Floating training aid for tug operation

23rd September 2010