Tug and Salvage World Archives - Page 2 of 55

September 30, 2019

Tug supply vessel goes missing in hurricane-hit waters off Martinique

Written by Baird Maritime on September 30, 2019. Posted in Offshore Tugs and Operations, Search and Rescue.

France’s Bourbon Offshore has confirmed that one of its tug supply vessels has gone missing after it sailed in bad weather brought about by a category four ..

September 26, 2019

COLUMN | Saving memories or saving boats

Written by Alan Haig-Brown on September 26, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Fishing Boat World Features, Longlining World, Maritime Security World, Seining World, Trawling World, Tug and Salvage World, Work Boat World Features.

Old fishermen, in these times of glass and metal boats, love to go on about the fine wooden boats on which we spent our youth. Each year a few more are converted to ..

September 23, 2019

Napier Port orders Damen ATD tug

Written by Baird Maritime on September 23, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Harbour Tugs and Operation.

Napier Port on New Zealand’s North Island has placed an order with Damen Shipyards Group for an azimuth tractor drive (ATD) tug for delivery later this year. The ..

September 27, 2019

COLUMN | Let the good times roll [Tug Times]

Written by Alan Haig-Brown on September 27, 2019. Posted in Fishing Boat World Features, Regulation & Enforcement, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

Some days just seem to be better than others, and today is one of them. My normal morning sources of shipping news were just full of glad tidings, and it set me up nicely ..

September 24, 2019

Damen bags Saam Mexico tug order

Written by Baird Maritime on September 24, 2019. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation.

Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded a contract by Saam Towage for the delivery of a new ASD tug to Saam Mexico for operations in the Port of Veracruz. The tug will ..

September 16, 2019

Uzmar cuts steel for oil spill recovery tug for KOC

Written by Baird Maritime on September 16, 2019. Posted in Firefighting, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue.

Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new offshore support tug for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Uzmar will build the 60-metre vessel to a Robert Allan ..

September 26, 2019

Eastern Shipbuilding launches first tug in series for E.N. Bisso and Son

Written by Baird Maritime on September 26, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group has launched the first of two ship-handling tugs in a series ordered by New Orleans-based E.N. Bisso and Son for its Bisso Offshore division. ..

September 23, 2019

Smit Lamnalco to provide terminal support vessels for Coral FLNG under 10-year contract

Written by Baird Maritime on September 23, 2019. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Platform Supply.

Smit Lamnalco has been awarded a 10-year contract with additional extension options by Coral FLNG to provide integrated marine services to the first floating LNG (FLNG) ..

September 13, 2019

Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end

Written by Baird Maritime on September 13, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Maritime Tourism, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..