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Sanmar delivers powerful escort tug to long-term client P&O Maritime Logistics
Sanmar has delivered a high-performance, technologically advanced escort tug to our long-term client P&O Maritime Logistics. Based on the exclusive-to-Sanmar, RAstar 2900SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd and known as …
Nov 12, 2024 / Curious
Sanmar Shipyards chooses Auramarine’s methanol supply system for the world’s first methanol fuelled tugs
Sanmar Shipyards, Turkey’s oldest tugboat company, has today announced that it has chosen Auramarine, the global provider of fuel supply and auxiliary systems for the marine, power and process industries, as its supplier for methanol supply systems …
Sep 5, 2024 / Curious
First Robert Allan Ltd Tugs Delivered In The Philippines
Robert Allan Ltd. has announced that YT 027 and AT 010, a RAmparts 2700 and RAmparts 3000-W respectively were successfully delivered to the owner, the Philippine Navy, in May 2024. The newly completed tugs were built at Josefa Slipways Inc. in Sual, …
Jun 24, 2024 / Curious
Viking Announces Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship
Set to Debut in Fall 2024, the New Viking Sobek Will Be Viking’s Sixth Ship on the Nile River Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) announced on Tuesday (May14) its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Sobek—was “floated out,” marking a …
May 15, 2024 / Cruise
Kotug Canada Holds Keel Laying Ceremony For 2XRASALVOR 4400 DFM Methanol Fuelled Tugs For The Trans Mountain Expansion Project
On 8 May 2024, KOTUG Canada Inc., a partnership between KOTUG International B.V. and Horizon Maritime Inc., held a keel laying ceremony for two RAsalvor 4400-DFM dual fuel methanol escort tugs – Robert Allan Ltd. design – to service the Trans …
May 14, 2024 / Curious
Med Marine selects Kongsberg Maritime thrusters for six stern-drive tugs for Tunisian port authority
Kongsberg Maritime will supply a pair of its US205 FP azimuth thrusters for each of the 28-metre vessels, giving bollard pull of 60 tons per vessel Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine to …
May 10, 2024 / Vessels
General Dynamics NASSCO Christens the Fifth Ship in the ESB Program for the U.S. Navy
General Dynamics NASSCO christened the USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), the fifth ship for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program, today. The Honorable Sean Coffey, General Counsel of the Navy, served as the principal speaker at the …
May 8, 2024 / Naval
Imoto Lines and Marindows launch next-generation zero-emission container ship project
Imoto Lines and Marindows, as a first step in transforming the future of domestic maritime shipping, will build the next generation of zero-emission domestic container ships capable of hybrid operation using Japan’s first exchangeable container …
Apr 23, 2024 / Curious
First of Two 24 Metre Catamaran Dive Support Vessels delivered to ADNOC
Robert Allan Ltd. has announced that ADNOC MD 01, the first of two sister ships, was successfully delivered to the owner Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the United Arab Emirates. The newly completed catamaran Dive Support Vessels were built …
Jan 30, 2024 / Vessels
Sanmar delivers Canada’s first LNG-powered tug to HaiSea Marine
HAISEA KERMODE is Canada’s first LNG-fuelled tugboat and will soon be joined by its sister tug HAISEA WARRIOR to form a fleet of five with three Sanmar-built electric-powered emissions-free ElectRA harbour tugs. Based on the RAstar 4000 DF design …
Dec 12, 2023 / Curious