Tugs

VT Halter Marine based in Pascagoula, USA, has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to design and build two harbour tugs. The 30 metre Voith Tractor tugs will be built at VT…

The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is…

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading has ordered two RT-60 class ?rotor? tugs to be built at ASL Shipyard in Singapore. The tugs will have a bollard pull capacity in excess of 63 tonnes…

Keppel Corporation Limited, through its offshore and marine units in Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has clinched contracts worth a total of S$45m ($25.5m). The contracts involve the construction of…

Just as there are horses for courses, so are there tugs for ports. Local conditions and specific situations require different solutions, which are reflected in the development of a range of tug…

An innovative Canadian designed harbour tug, which is said to offer higher manoeuvrability, stability and bollard pull than conventional designs, is making an Australian debut at the south west coast bulk commodity…

Design software : Autoship works for Portuguese yard The naval shipyard, Arsenal do Alfeite of Portugal, has installed Autoship Systems` naval architecture design software at its engineering offices. The yard repairs the…