Tugs

Novatug, the Rotterdam-based specialist behind the design of the revolutionary Carrousel towing system for tugboats, has opened the way for significant expansion into the strategic South American market by agreeing an agency…

Conrad Industries in the USA has signed contracts for construction of two 30.15 metre Z-Tech 7500 Class Terminal/Escort Tugs with Bay-Houston Towing and Suderman & Young Towing Company. The ABS classed tugs…

Novatug, the Rotterdam-based specialist behind the design of the revolutionary Carousel towing system for tugboats, has established an international tugboat equipment sourcing consultancy for vessel owners and shipyards.Rolf Kievits, general manager of…

Two Voith Water Tractors (VWT) have been ordered by Taiwan Navigation for use as escort vessels in the port of Taichung in Taiwan. The port entrance is particularly narrow and the new…

The Prince Edward Island government in Canada is lending $3.6 million to the Quebec towing company Ocean Group Inc so it can order two new tugs from East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown.…

Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship Towage & Salvage has ordered two innovative combi-tugs from Malaysian shipbuilder Nautica Nova Shipbuilding & Engineering (NNSE) which incorporate the unique Carousel towing system and which…

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading B.V. in Holland has won an order for three of their RT-80 Rotortugs from Bugsier-, Reederei-, und Bergungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. These 28.30m long by 12m wide…

The Vietnamese company Song Thu has signed a $19.5 million contract with Damen Group for the building of four 3,675kW tugs destined for Europe. Under the contract, the Song Thu company will…

Washburn & Doughty Associates (W&D) of East Boothbay, Maine, delivered Bulldog, a 30.15 metre, 11.4 m wide, 6,700 hp, Z Drive firefighting tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans. The Z-drive Bulldog…

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair plans to hire 450 new workers, 200 of them in Mobile, to build three tug barges worth $232.5 million for Maritrans Inc. Each articulated tug barge unit, a…