Tag: tugs

The National Workboat Association informed that the towage sector continues to suffer serious incidents that could be avoided, suggesting that there is no room for complacency when it comes to the further development and implementation of good practice guidelines and competence standards for port, coastal and ship-assist operations.

The first dual fuel tug ever built in Europe has been delivered to the Norwegian company Østensjø Rederi A/S with the aim provide tug services to Statoil, at the far-north terminal located at Melkøya, under severe weather conditions.

MOL announced the decision to build an LNG-fueled tugboat, which is going to be the first in Japan. The tugboat will conform to the IGF code and will be equipped with dual fuel engines, that allows high-speed operation and environmental performance.

On April 19th, an 81-foot tug sank at the Samson Tug and Barge Company pier and subsequently slid approximately 200 yards along an underwater ledge, in Sitka. Some residual diesel fuel and oil is leaking from the sunken vessel, according to USCG.

Robert Allan announced that has recently begun construction, in Brazil, of a fleet of pusher tugs and barges for Louis Dreyfus Company. The vessels, designed under extensive CFD simulations to optimize the hull shapes and to minimize total convoy resistance, will transport bulk grain products on the Amazon River system, with an expected delivery in 2017.

USCG announced that a Coast Guard aircrew rescued five people aboard a tug, which ran aground on the Mariposa Reef, on the south side of Strait Island in Sumner Strait, Thursday 2 March. The aircrew hoisted the five people from a barge attached to "Ocean Eagle" tug and transported them to Sitka, after the vessel began taking on water the previous night.

Two Azistern tugs designed by Offshore Ship Designers have been delivered to their new owner, PACC Offshore Services Holdings Limited. The tugs were built at Paxocean Shipyard in Singapore and are classed by Bureau Veritas.

US Coast Guard approved a transit plan for the tug Samson Mariner to head south for repairs in Seattle with an escort tug and both departed Ketchikan on 22 February. The vessel ran aground on 15 February and released approximately 1,100 gallons of fuel in the vicinity of Rosa Reef in north Tongass Narrows, Alaska.

USCG, in partnership with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Alaska Commercial Divers continue their response to the tug boat Samson Mariner that ran aground and spilled fuel while towing a barge in the vicinity of Rosa Reef in north Tongass Narrows, Alaska.

Port Nelson,has taken delivery of a Damen ASD Tug 2310. Named TōIA, which is Maori for ‘to pull’, she is the first new tug there for 32 years and represents a significant upgrade of capability.