Sanmar’s first two “little sisters” find a buyer
MARCH 10, 2017 — Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar’s faith in its latest design cooperation with Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been rewarded. It laid the keels of two of its new Sirapinar Class
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Bisso orders “same again” at Main Iron Works
JULY 14, 2015 — Bisso Towboat Co., Inc., Luling, LA, has signed a contract with the Main Iron Works, LLC, shipyard in Houma, LA, to begin construction of another 4,480 HP ASD
Svitzer orders two more Damen ASD tugs
JUNE 29, 2015 — Towage and emergency response specialist Svitzer has ordered two more Damen ASD 3212 tugs with 80 tonnes bollard pull performance. They are being built at Damen’s Song Cam
Latest Bisso Towboat ASD tug has new version JonRie winch
MARCH 9, 2015 — The Becky S, a new 60 ton bollard pull ASD towboat built for Bisso Towboat, Luling, LA, by Main Iron Works, Houma, LA, shipyard has a new version
Damen delivers hybrid ASD tug
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 — Netherlands-based towage and salvage specialist Multraship recently took delivery of a Damen ASD 2810 Hybrid tug built at Damen Shipyards Galaţi, in Romania, as part of a fleet
Signet Maritime takes delivery of ASD tug
JANUARY 28, 2015—Last quarter, Signet Maritime, Pascagoula, MS, took delivery of its 72 ft Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tug Signet Vigilant. The ninth ASD added to Signet’s fleet in the last four
Italian operator orders Damen ASD 2810 for Ancona
JANUARY 27, 2015 — CORIMA, the Ancona unit of Italy’s Gesmar Group, has ordered a 60 t bollard pull ASD 2810 tug from Damen Shipyards Group. The FiFi 1 tug will be
Jensen designs two new Crescent Towing ASD tugs
DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s naval architecture and marine engineering firm, is providing customer Crescent Towing of New Orleans, LA, designs for two, new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD),
NTSB reports on tow boat grounding incident
JULY 1, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on an incident last year in which the Boston Towing and Transportation vessel Justice grounded with an impact sufficient
Damen gets order for shallow draft ASD tug
APRIL 11, 2014 — Smit Lamnalco has contracted Damen Shipyards Group to build a new, shallow draft ASD Tug 2810. The tug is being built to expand Smit Lamnalco’s oil and gas