Tugs

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

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Norway Offshore has signed contracts for the building of two icebreaker tugs to JSC Circle Marine Invest in Kazakhstan.

26th August 2010

STX gets order for two more icebreaker tugs

26th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crowley Maritime in the USA has ordered two additional high-bollard-pull Ocean class tugs from Bollinger Shipyards.

21st July 2010

Crowley to build two more ocean tugs

21st July 2010

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

We often remark that little is new in the world of ship design and ship machinery. The June 1960 issue of The Motor Ship proves that.

5th July 2010

Electric power for efficient tugs

5th July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a contract to supply 12 azimuth thrusters to power six new tugboats for Qingdao Port, a leading coastal port in China. Deliveries will start in the third quarter…

30th June 2010

Rolls-Royce powers six new tugs in Eastern China

30th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, SA (ENVC, SA) is managing to keep its docks busy and to maintain, in the repair business, similar results to those achieved in…

27th June 2010

Portuguese yard facing tough market

27th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Singapore-based ST Marine announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has signed a contract with subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) to build two 8,000bhp ATB tugs worth over $21…

1st April 2010

ST Marine to build two tugs for OSG

1st April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

While many ports are experimenting with a range of designs for their docking assist tugs, three ports on Korea’s west coast chose to stay with a well-proven design.

28th March 2010

Korean harbour tugs do the job

28th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US tug owner Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean going tug with options for additional vessels.

23rd February 2010

Crowley orders two ocean tugs from Bollinger

23rd February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of a new class of tugs for the US Navy, designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, Canada, has been handed over and is now in operation.

18th February 2010

First new US Navy pilots tug enters service

18th February 2010