Tug - News (With VRs)

Crosby Integrity, a Crosby Enterprises tug
Inland Tug Operations

Tallvine Partners completes acquisition of Crosby Enterprises' vessels and other assets

Jens Karsten
H Schramm Towage's Z-drive tug Nico
Harbour Tugs and Operation

H Schramm Towage acquires new tug for Northern Europe operations

Gareth Havelock
Callaway Parker
Inland Tug Operations

VESSEL REVIEW | Callaway Parker – New inland pusher tug to support Parker Towing's liquid cargo transport activities

Baird Maritime
Tug News Roundup | September 17 – Deliveries to Brazil and US plus ongoing construction in India and Chile
Tugs

Tug News Roundup | September 17 – Deliveries to Brazil and US plus ongoing construction in India and Chile

Baird Maritime
Philippine Coast Guard personnel use a liferaft to evacuate some of the passengers from the grounded ferry Roromaster 5 off Occidental Mindoro province, September 17, 2026. The ferry ran aground 30 metres from shore while nearing Occidental Mindoro's Port of Abra de Ilog.
Accidents

Ferry runs aground off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines; all 114 passengers rescued

Gareth Havelock
A Robert Allan Ltd-designed 32-metre escort tug
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Chilean yard starts building new tug in anticipation of growing global demand

Jens Karsten
Charred remains of the Philippine ferry June Aster
Accidents

Authorities complete search through interior spaces of burnt Philippine ferry

Gareth Havelock
SN Caraíva
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Sulnorte completes three-tug series with delivery of 75-tonne bp SN Caraíva

Alan Bosworth
An Atlantic Towing-owned icebreaker
Offshore Tugs and Operations

Investors to acquire Atlantic Towing offshore division

Alan Bosworth
INS Samarthak
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | INS Samarthak – Multi-purpose support vessel and trial platform delivered to Indian Navy

Baird Maritime
Rendering of a 120-foot tug
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Washington firm to build tug pair for American Marine Corporation

Jens Karsten
Philippine Coast Guard personnel help rescue some of the survivors of the capsizing of the banca-type boat San Agustin IV off the Philippines' Antique province, September 6, 2026. All but one of the boat's nine occupants survived the incident.
Accidents

VIDEO | Boat capsizing leaves one dead off Antique, Philippines

Jens Karsten
Some of the participating ships in Exercise Northern Viking 2026
Naval

US, NATO forces wrap up Exercise Northern Viking in Iceland

Will Xavier
Grossman
Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | Grossman – Compact barge handling tug for operation in Russia's Vladivostok Port

Baird Maritime
Korea Coast Guard personnel inspect the hull of the capsized tug TNS Catcher off Busan, September 2, 2026. Only one of the tug's eight-strong crew has been rescued while another individual is confirmed dead and six others are unaccounted for.
Accidents

One dead, six missing after tug capsizes off Busan, South Korea

Jens Karsten
A US Coast Guard response boat (representative photo only)
Accidents

Four dead following vessel collision in southwestern Pennsylvania

Jens Karsten
Cutting of the first steel for Svitzer's new 26-metre electric tugs at India's Cochin Shipyard
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Construction begins on Svitzer's new electric tugs

Jens Karsten
WM1 2502
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | WM1 2502 – Electric inland passenger transport for Royal Netherlands Navy

Baird Maritime
Commissioning ceremony of INS Nipun, the Indian Navy's second Nistar-class submarine rescue ship, August 31, 2026
Search and Rescue

Indian Navy commissions new submarine rescue ship

Jens Karsten
Titan
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Maritime Partners welcomes third tug in series

Gareth Havelock
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