Tag: tugs

AAL Shipping (AAL) has undertaken a salvage operation to remove two tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania that had been sunk by a cement carrier in January.

Six people were rescued from the water near Goat Island, Texas on July 30th after a tugboat pushing barges collided with two recreational powerboats.

NYK and NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha have started a test navigation using Neste Renewable Diesel (NesteRD) supplied by Itochu Enex in tugboats operated by Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha.

One person was killed while four others were injured after a tug suffered an onboard explosion and then sank in the inland waters of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on July 23.

On May 26, Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard Co., Ltd.

NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, and ClassNK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with City of Yokohama for the acceptance of an ammonia-fueled tugboat (A-Tug) at the port of Yokohama.

An Italian tugboat with six people onboard capsized and sank on May 19 in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing, Italian authorities said.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB.TECH will soon welcome the Hydrotug, the first hydrogen-powered tugboat.

Keppel O&M successfully completed its maiden autonomous vessel project. More specifically, capable of autonomous vessel navigation as well as collision detection and avoidance (CDCA), the Maju 510 tug is the first vessel in the world to receive the Autonomous Notation from ABS classification society. 

ITF is launching the short film "Tug Workers Sound the Siren", describing the death of one the workers, as well as a report that sheds light on "the rapid deterioration of safety and conditions of employment, driven down by industry consolidation and cartel-like behaviour from the major shipping lines."