Kotug Smit Towage takes on three new Damen tugs for sustained operational growth

Damen Shipyards Group will deliver three newbuild tugs to Kotug Smit Towage for its European harbour towage...

Svitzer adds four new Damen tugs

Maersk-owned towage and salvage specialist Svitzer has signed a contract with Damen for four Azimuth Tractor Drive (ATD) 2412 tugs, as part of a fleet renewal programme. ...

Oversupply of tugs and barges to hit Batam shipyards

An oversupply of tugs and barges in Indonesia is set hit the country’s shipyards on the island of Batam close to Singapore. ...

Optimarin wins ballast water order on nine ADNOC tugs

Optimarin has won an order to install its Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) on nine Sinopacific Shipbuilding Anchor Handling Tugs (AHTS). ...

Triyards clinches $12.8m order for new escort tugs product range

Singapore’s Triyards Holdings has extended its product range to include escort tugs, and clinched a new deal to deliver four of the tugs to marine craft group Greenbay Marine. ...

The first tugs with pure gas propulsion

The first tug to use LNG as its sole fuel source is undergoing sea trials prior to its delivery to...