Spay, Germany, based propulsion specialist Schottel will be the exclusive supplier of thrusters for the 90-tonnes bollard pull Bigaçay class of tugs, designed by Robert Allan Ltd, built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards
Last month saw the delivery of Odin of Scapa and Thor of Scapa, a pair of Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-SX terminal support/escort tugs, that will operate in Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
In what could be called a “signing of the times,” a contract for a new tugboat placed last week with Turkish shipbuilder and tug operator Med Marine by Italian operator Somat S.p.A.,
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards is currently building the third vessel in its VectRA 3000 tractor tug series. Designed exclusively for Sanmar by Robert Allan Ltd., in close collaboration with the shipbuilder and Voith
Cheoy Lee Shipyards recently delivered the first of two Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-CL tugs to Yiu Lian Dockyards Ltd., Hong Kong. Named Hai Kun, on sea trials the tug achieved
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the M/V A. Thomas Higgins, the second of two 80-foot 5,100 HP Z-drive tugs, to Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso
The first of the U.S. Navy’s new YT-808 tugs, recently successfully launched by shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries (DCI), Anacortes, Wash., is outfitted with a sophisticated package of Furuno Marine Electronics. YT-808 is
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) today reported the arrival of its new tugboat, the Seaway Guardian, in Massena, N.Y. The vessel has been on a three-week
The first of a series of six new Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) Z-Tech 4500 design tugs for the U.S. Navy (YT 808) was successfully launched by the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard in
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has delivered the first of three Bigacay class ASD tugs that will be operated by Svitzer in the Port of Sohar, Oman. The delivery follows the earlier deliveries of
