Offshore Tugs and Operations Archives

March 18, 2020

Cook Inlet Tug and Barge to add 11th vessel to fleet

Written by Baird Maritime on March 18, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

Foss Maritime affiliate company Cook Inlet Tug and Barge (CITB) is set to welcome another tug to its fleet of vessels operating in Alaskan waters. The 2013-built Bristol ..

February 24, 2020

ALP Maritime Services tapped to support Coral South FLNG project

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

Netherlands-based ALP Maritime Services has been selected by TJJV, a joint venture between TechnipFMC and JGC, to provide a spread of five vessels related to the Coral ..

January 24, 2020

Kotug provides salvage assistance for fire-stricken containership off Mozambique

Written by Baird Maritime on January 24, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations.

On the night of Monday, January 20, two tugs of Kotug International picked up the mayday signal of the Marshall Islands-flagged container vessel Em-Oinousses, sailing ..

March 16, 2020

Scotland’s Forth Ports orders Damen ASD tug

Written by Baird Maritime on March 16, 2020. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind.

Scottish operator Forth Ports has placed an order for a new 23-metre ASD tug from Damen Shipyards Group. The vessel will operate as part of the Forth Estuary Towage ..

February 17, 2020

Keel laid for US Navy’s second Navajo-class tug

Written by Baird Maritime on February 17, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

Gulf Island Fabrication laid the keel for the future USNS Cherokee Nation, the US Navy’s second Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue vessel, on Wednesday, ..

January 17, 2020

TSM orders DP2 tug from Neptune Marine

Written by Baird Maritime on January 17, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

French harbour and offshore renewables support company Thomas Services Maritimes (TSM) has placed an order for a DP2 tug from Dutch builder Neptune Marine. The vessel ..

March 10, 2020

SAAM Towage El Salvador orders Uzmar escort tug pair

Written by Baird Maritime on March 10, 2020. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Port World.

SAAM Towage El Salvador has signed a contract with Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard to purchase two newbuild 32-metre escort tugs. The new Uzmar-built, Robert Allan Ltd-designed ..

February 11, 2020

Misdeclared charcoal cargo believed to have caused fire on Yantian Express

Written by Baird Maritime on February 11, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Platform Supply, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung; BSU) recently published its report on its investigation into ..

January 16, 2020

Damen, Gentium to help Bangladesh develop indigenous shipbuilding industry

Written by Baird Maritime on January 16, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Crew Transfer, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Ferries, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Construction, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Ro-Pax World, Ships (Naval), Trawling World.

Dutch firms Damen Shipyards Group and Gentium Solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh with the goal of ..