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

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

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