A Versatile Harbor Tug

The azimuthing stern drive (ASD) format has become the norm for a great many tugs working in vessel assist around the world’s ports. They now far outnumber the full tractor tugs with the azimuthing drives set forward under the house as do they the cycloid

Boustead gets $14m harbour tug contract

Boustead Heavy Industries Corp (BHIC) unit BHIC Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a MYR54.9m ($14.2m) contract from KFS Support Services (KFS) to design, supply, construct, test and commission and deliver three 45 tonnes Bollard Pull ASD harbour tu

Crowley trials Caterpillar remote monitoring system aboard tug

Crowley Maritime has installed a remote monitoring software package on one of its tugs operating out of Seattle, as a trial for possible future applications aboard larger company vessels. ...

Italian operator orders tug duo at Damen

Italian tug operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti has ordered two ASD 2913 tugs from Damen Shipyards. ...

Icon Offshore picks up $5m three-year tug deal

Malaysian offshore services provider Icon Offshore has won a MYR22m ($5.1m) job from an oil major for the provision of one utility tug vessel, the company said in a stock market announcement. ...

Med towage operator Fratelli Neri orders first Damen tug

Family-owned Italian tug operator Fratelli Neri, based in Livorno, has ordered its first Damen ASD 3212 tug, which will be the first ASD tug in the Mediterranean region with a Damen Render Recovery Escort winch. ...

Dramatic rescue of crew from capsized Solent tug

The UK coastguard has rescued the crew of tug Asterix after it capsized and sank in high winds in the Solent, at ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery. ...