Tag: tugs

Cosco Shipping announced that China Shipping & Sinopec Suppliers conducted China's first ever domestic ammonia bunkering operation.

Five crewmembers were rescued from the Mississippi River after their vessel collided with a bulker on 29 December.

The tug was east of the Isle of Wight to shelter from Storm Darragh, broke its tow with one of its barges which began to drift into British waters and ran aground.

On the night of 7-8 December, the oil tanker Larus was assisted by the intervention, assistance and salvage tug (RIAS) Abeille Bourbon as it drifted from its anchorage.

The first electric tugboat for Latin America was launched at the Sanmar shipyard in Tuzla Bay, Istanbul and is set to arrive in Chile in 2025.

The 2024 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea has been presented to two sets of nominees at annual IMO Awards ceremony.

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken delivery of six energy-efficient tugs, including the Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric Reversed Stern Drive (RSD) tugboat.

Admiral Ossama Rabiee, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), announced the successful transit of the floating dock "DOURADO," marking the largest qualitative transit operation in the Canal's history.

UK MAIB has issued an investigation report on the incident of the girting and capsize of tug Biter with the loss of two lives while assisting passenger vessel Hebridean Princess in February 2023. 

SAFEEN Group, part of AD Ports Group, in collaboration with DAMEN Shipyards Group, have achieved a Guinness World Records title for Most Powerful Electric tugboat.