Tugs & towing & offshore news index 2009 - Towingline.com

10 TH VOLUME, INDEX 2009 DATED 31 December 2009 

BUYING, SALES, NEW BUILDING, RENAMING AND OTHER TUGS TOWING & OFFSHORE INDUSTRY NEWS 

TUGS & TOWING & OFFSHORE NEWS INDEX 2009 

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"Fairplay 21" fast umgepflügt 50 

"Force3 Offshore A/S" - "A new wind is blowing through the marine industry" 34 

$150m Arctic deal 30 

‘Ansar 20’ enters service in Saudi Arabia 31 

‘Dockman’ gets going for Thames Towage 50 

‘Grampian Talisker’ joins North Star fleet 44 

‘Gulmar Atlantis’ and ‘Gulmar Da Vinci’ 24 

‘Kamaran’ begins operation in Yemen 26 

‘Monterrey’ enters service for LNG terminal 23 

‘Olympic Zeus’ nominated for "Ship of the Year" award 19 

“Hafengeburtstag” in Hamburg with more than one million spectators 20 

€42 million anchor handling vessel A.H. Valletta launched in Spain 49 

10.000 visitors on the website 45 

102 Year-Old Steam Tug in Alameda Dry-Dock 44 

2,200 bhp tug Atlas sold 9 

2010: The "Year of the Seafarer" 28 

3 new long term contracts and purchase of vessel 47 

3200Hp tug & four Ocean barges sold 42 

4000 HP Tug for Brazil Port 50 

5 Killed, 9 Hurt As Boat Hits Tug 16 

52 metre crew boat hits the water in Mexico 40 

99% of Towing Operators Are Properly Licensed 7 

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10 TH VOLUME, INDEX 2009 DATED 31 DECEMBER 2009 

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A new life for Taucher O Wulf 5.? 13 

A new ship from Romania arrives in Split 42 

A rescue team examines the hull of the tugboat 19 

A Star is Born 24 

A still strong service 17 

A trip to Tacoma. 45 

Aanvaring in Annabaai 14 

Aäron still a beauty 48 

ABG Shipyard, Bharati lead vessel delays in India 34 

Accomodation vessel Dan Swift secures first contract 40 

Acergy acquired the Borealis 51 

Acergy Havila hull launched 42 

Acergy sells Acergy Piper 3 

Acquamarina fire on the North Sea at the Dutch Coast 27 

Adams Challenge delivered by Astilleros Balenciaga 14 

Additions to world OSV fleet will not help market recover 29 

AHT Borverve sold 18 

AHT from South China Shipyard 44 

AHT Pegasus 18 

AHT Sea Biscuit 1 sold 18 

AHTS Ievoli Blue delivered by Remontowa shipyard 46 

AHTS Yolandi I sold 7 

Aicirtron 47 

Al Jaber L VII launched 6 

Albatros spotted 16 

Alexandra (3) 1917-1962 34 

Alfons Håkans sold her tug Tyr 49 

Alice 9 

Alnmaritec Delivers “Wave Train” 28 

Amazon Chieftain 9 

American Stallion 23 

An Old Frende 23 

An real American worker 48 

Anchor handler Crest Hercules sold 18 

Anchor handler POSH Venture delivered 16 

Anders Goedkoop spotted 38-39 

Anglian Earl secures salvage work in Med 28 

Another AHTS for Maersk 29 

Another ASD 2810 from Damen Delivered 20 

Another barge parted from her towing wire 27 

Another Cape Town Visitor 27 

Another crewboat from Strategic Marine 28 

Another launching in Galati 41 

Another spotted on the Danube 14 

Another successful TOS departure: The Svitzer Ahvaz 34 

Another World First 6 

Antwerp Towage strengthens its tug fleet 38-39 

Apache Pick A Pair 23 

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Arataki at Careys Bay 22 

Argentina built ten tugs for Venuzuela 51 

Aries Offshore takes delivery of Warrior 1 

Aries Offshore takes delivery of Warrior 2 

Ark Charly spotted in Cape Town 45 

Arriving in Rotterdam 4 

ASD 2810 Valkyria Delivered 20 

ASL Builds Big and Complex 47 

ASL Marine builds tug series for Esvagt 47 

ASNE Tug & Salvage Technology Symposium 4 

Asso Trenta due in March 8 

Astoresti 1 is Nistoresti 1 22 

Astoria’s tow in problems 17 

Astronoom spotted at the scrap yard 3 

ATA 202 on the move 24 

Atlas sold to Roslags Bogser 49 

Autoload Stability Software on Olympic Zeus 24 

Available for sale 43 

AVRA Towage's Compass arrived in Suez 26 

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Baber bound to the Arabian Gulf 23 

Baber Commenced trails 20 

Baber Launched 11 

Baber Ready for Launching 10 

Balenciaga delivers ‘Adams Challenge’ 20 

Baloe ready for new commitments 20 

Bangladesh-$20m in Vessel Orders 1 

Barge owners appoint Smit Salvage SA to remove grounded barge near Knysna 27 

Barge pushed by tug hits Columbia bridge pylon 14 

Barge strikes Florence bridge 19 

Barge Stuck in Columbia River 28 

Barge threatens pier at Sandbridge 47 

Barge to undergo diver inspection before being towed 19 

Barge tow takes out Biloxi bridge span. 13 

Bay Delta Tug launched 33 

Bay-Houston Towing’s Third Conrad Z-Tech Tug 21 

Bee Mar enters PSV market 24 

Bender contract canceled 17 

Bergen to outfit five more vessels for Boa Group 16 

Bidding war for Great Offshore 26 

Bilbao yard nets offshore deal 15 

Bina Marine cancel subsea support vessel contract 12 

Birds of a Feather 18 

Bisso launches two tugs and one towboat 29 

Bisso Towboat Accepts 4,000 ASD Tractor Tug 37 

Blenda Spotted in Abu Dhabi 35 

Boatbuilding Bitts 24 

Body of B.C. tug boat captain identified after search off Vancouver Island 22 

Bogazici 5 delivered 34 

3/31


Bogazici 5 launched 24 

Bogazici 6 Launched 34 

Bogazici have sold two tugs to Hong Kong Owner 32 

Boluda plans new tugs 5 

Boothbay Shipyard Flourishes One Year After Fire 33 

Boskalis and Smit announce merger 46 

Boston Towing takes delivery of Neptune LNG tugs 49 

Bound for Brazil 6 

Bourbon Apsara replaces the Carangue in Toulon 29 

Bourbon Arcadie spotted 42 

Bourbon Auroch 52 

Bourbon Eko extended with Conoco Phillips 29 

Bourbon fined following Bourbon Dolphin disaster 2 

Bourbon Leda and crew released 2 

Bourbon Leda seized 2 

Bourbon Liberty 100 and 200 series 32 

Bourbon Offshore Norway secures term contracts 46 

Bourbon’s big order 19 

Braila will Build for JSC 17 

Brand in machinekamer sleepboot op Noordzee 15 

Brazilian orders 15 tugs 5 

Breaux Bay Craft to deliver crewboat 4 

Brent commenced trails 49 

Brent spotted on the river Maas 31 

Bridge Bash 41 

Brodospas Alfa Launched 15 

Brodospas Alfa under construction 14 

Brodospas Beta launched 25 

Brodospas Beta ready for launching 24 

Broker provides update on recent fixtures 11 

Broker provides update on recent fixtures 11 

BSY Complete Repower the Leader 45 

Bucket dredger under tow 21 

BUE Turkmenistan contracted for vessel operations 48 

Buffalo towboat fleet expands by three 40 

Bullish Hornbeck 10 

Bumi Armada launches 'Armada Tuah 105' 13 

Bunker barge tug sinks 41 

Bunker stop for Sanko Clover 37 

Bunker stop for Subhiksha 41 

Bunker stop for Tempest 29 

Bunker stop in Cape Town 24 

Bunkerstop for De Zhou 19 

Bureau Veritas to class Caspian ice-breaking tugs 37 

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Caballo as de Oros ready for launching 25 

Caballo as de Oros starts sea trails 43 

Cairn Energy to hire PSVs for Indian offshore work 13 

Canadians Take Big Step 23 

4/31


Cancellation Corner 6 

Cancellation Corner 10 

Cape Town icon threatened by gunfire - or worse 15 

Captain John K assist in Cape Town 50 

Carlo Martello arrived for the first time in Rotterdam 32 

Casco E.R.Athina underway to Norway 21 

Catharina van Seumeren 23 

Catherine C.Moran Launched 32 

Catherwood Towing's New Imp 25 

Cauris Fire Fighter 5 

Cauris Handed over 6 

CBO Manoella delivered 20 

Centaurus named in Cuxhaven 25 

CEO helps launch new ship 45 

Ceremonial welcome TOS ship delivery 47 

CG Monitors Tug Pacific Raven 18 

CG Reopens Intracoastal Waterway 33 

Cheetah in Cape Town 45 

Cheoy Lee delivers ‘Star Commodore’ 37 

Cheoy Lee delivers 'Shark 30' 13 

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Delivers New Tugs 31 

China shipbuilder wins offshore contract 33 

Chinese Pusher/tug Chang Jiang 22003 50 

Chloé Candies, 500k Hour Without Incident 30 

Chouest ice class AHTS reviewed by ABS 50 

Chouest to build 360 ft ice class AHTS 31 

Chouest, New Series of Diesel Electric OSVs 32 

CMS Buster commenced trails 31 

CNRG Group will construct tugs for OMS Shipping 46 

Coast Guard re-opens lower Mississippi river 41 

Coast Guard rescues 4 in Mobile Bay after tugboat sinks 45 

Coast Guard respons to spill off Galveston 43 

Coast Guard, Department Of Ecology Respond To Sunken Tug 48 

Coast Guard, tugs free the Tall Ship Unicorn from the rocks off Woods Hole 32 

Coastal Contracts clinches two OSV deal 34 

Coastguard tug Waker be broken up 51 

Cochin Shipyard to deliver 17 offshore orders by 2011 16 

Cochin to build two OSVs for SCI 30 

Collision Annabaai spotted. 15 

Colombo Dockyard delivers fourth AHTS 25 

Colombo dockyard win contract for two AHTS’s 40 

Colombo Dockyard wins AHTS order 37 

Commander committed 10 

Commander Of The Seas 6 

Commercial Port of Vladivostok to have EUR 5 mln tug boat built at Damen shipyard 16 

Compact design: PG-Hyde Clean Ballast 44 

Company Made History with First Trip to China in 1946 19 

Completion of development and approval of the engineering design documentation on 

a tug of 3200 kW power 21 

Condor flying Pacific 15 

5/31


Construction commences on Polarcus vessels NB71 and NB72 2 

Contract award for Solstad 4 

Contracts Bonanza for Trico 10 

Corporate Survey Award 2008 for “Thamesbank 2 

Cosco Delivers Italian ATB 20 

COSL to build Skipsteknisk-designed seismic ships 30 

Count Turk sold to Selig Services 2 

Courbet towing Hull 0573 48 

Courbet towing Hull 0573 update 49 

Craig group's latest newbuilds on long-term charter to Talisman 38-39 

Crane on Havila Phoenix is a world first 10 

Credit Crunch Casualty 23 

Crewboat Chinyelugo delivered 13 

Crewboat Rumaila on trails 17 

Crewboat sold 21 

Crewboat Zubair on trails 13 

Crossmar barge completes first project in Gulf of Mexico 25 

Crowley adds Sesok to growing fleet of Alaska river tugs 35 

Crowley Christens New ATB Tank Vessel 44 

Crowley Earns CSA Safety Award 26 

Crowley Helps to Lower Emissions in Port 27 

Crowley receives new Alaska tug Nachik 16 

Crowley Tug Nachik Christened in Alaska 20 

Crowley, Receives 10th ATB in Mississippi 14 

Crowley's Vigilant, Environmental & Safety Award 25 

Crusader completed 28 days tow 30 

CSL delivers its 11th platform supply vessel 27 

CSL launches four ships 30 

Cudarebo sold 

Cummins Power for Amazon Tug 

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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. awards PAZFLOR FPSO Towage 

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and Mooring Contract to Fairmount Marine 3 

Dag van de Zeesleepvaart echt Maassluis feestje 22 

Damage from Volga oil spill could exceed $450,000 - watchdog 32 

Damaged bulk carrier towed to safety for repairs 43 

Damen delivered the first of four tugs to the Egyptian Navy 49 

Damen delivers the 22nd ASD2810 to Smit 31 

Damen expected a 100 Million turnover in Romania 14 

Damen Galati delivers Jumbo Jubilee 24 

Damen Galati launched Stantug 50 

Damen Galati makes the difference in one week 7 

Damen Stan Patrol 1204 & Damen Fast Crew 1204 33 

Danish tug sold to Canada 6 

Danube River Tug “Dragos” spotted 35 

Davie’s out of problems 34 

De Zhou arrived in Curaçao 24 

Dedication day for Falmouth’s new tug 11 

Deep Ocean awards extension deal to Normand Flower 3 

6/31


Deep Sea Supply AHTS delivery delayed 6 

Deep Sea Supply announces December freight revenues 1 

Deep Sea Supply cancels newbuilding 10 

Deep Sea Supply enters into LoI for AHTS 3 

Deep Sea Supply enters into LoI for AHTS 3 

Deep Sea Supply freight announces January revenues 6 

Deep Sea Supply freight revenues 32 

Deep Sea Supply has acquired the AHTS vessel "Sea Eagle 1" 32 

Deep Sea Supply secure charter contract 28 

Deep Sea Supply takes delivery of Newbuild 45 

Deep Sea Supply takes delivery of Sea Eagle 1 17 

Deep Sea Supply's freight rates stabelizing 49 

DeepSea Supply secures LoI for anchor handlers 5 

Delayed Delivery 23 

Delivery Hadi 24 11 

Delivery of ‘Lamnalco Griffin’ 26 

Delivery of MÆRSK LEADER 31 

Delivery of Maersk Lifter 47 

Delivery of Maersk Tackler 8 

Delivery of MÆRSK TENDER 27 

Delivery of Maersk Tracer 5 

Delivery of Mærsk Transporter 24 

Delivery of MÆRSK TRIMMER 13 

Delivery of new PSV/DP1 vessel Halul 40 34 

Delivery of Samid Shikhar delayed 24 

Delta Billie Rated Safest Oil Tanker Escort Tug on the Bay 20 

Demand increasing for KTK tugboats 21 

Demas Victory death toll set to rise 27 

Dercktor launches LNG escort tug 42 

Design Prize 2009 49 

Design Prize nomination 47 

Diesel-Electric PSV for Norwegian Firm 13 

Dintelstroom commenced trails 43 

Dintelstroom Launched 35 

DMS Buzzard commenced trails 13 

DOF acquires newbuild contract from Aker DOF Supply 16 

DOF Subsea cancels newbuilding contract 27 

DOF Subsea secures contracts for ‘Geobay’ 47 

Don Amado goes to work 10 

Donald C.Hannah sold to Kindra 43 

Double Eagle sold 4 

Double naming in Dubai 48 

Dover Coastguard Coordinating Assistance To Sinking Barge 19 

Drydocks World Delivers 5 Vessels 34 

Drydocks World Delivers Multi-purpose OCV 17 

Drydocks World Dubai launches ‘Polarcus Asima’ 51 

Drydocks World Dubai launches new marine seismic vessel 26 

Duke renamed 20 

Dulas Island on trails 13 

Dutch Power Christened 29 

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Dutch Power Launched 27 

Dynamic positioned accomodation vessel Dan Swift delivered 48 

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E R Offshore newbuild secures first fixture 19 

E.R.Georgina underway to Norway 43 

Eastern Navigation takes delivery of ENA Challenger, ENA Treasure 45 

Ebro 1931 35 

Edda Fjord goes to Global Marine 28 

Edda Frende delivered 27 

Edda Sprint returns to Aberdeen 21 

Edison build Arctic support Vessel for Shell 34 

EDT Offshore PSV delivery date slips 14 

Eems visit cape Town 33 

Eerland 26 for sale 25 

Eidesvik gets extentions for two vessels 42 

Eidesvik Takes Delivery of Viking Poseidon Subsea Construction Vessel 3 

Eidesvik, Ulstein Verft postpone vessel delivery 23 

Eight crew of tug kidnapped 4 

Elan sold 7 

Elbe for Drydocking to Damen Shipyard 37 

Elbe open to Public 51 

EMGS awarded 3D EM survey offshore Greenland 34 

EMGS awarded 3D EM survey offshore Greenland 35 

EMGS launches second purpose-built 3D EM vessel 30 

Empress Impresses Total 10 

EMSA adds Finnish icebreaker to its fleet 47 

EMSA looking for more stand-by vessels 9 

Engineroom Stantug 2909 28 

Eni charters AHTS vessel 3 

ERRV market remains steady says broker 17 

ESV launched at Yantai Raffles 27 

Esvagt Cobra made bunker stop 16 

Esvagt Connector to replace temporarily the Waker 49 

Esvagt lays up four ships 46 

European Tugowners Association holds 46th Annual Meeting in Lisboa 21 

8/31


Ex Duitsland drydocked 40 

Ezra Holdings cancels newbuilds at Karmsund 11 

Ezra receives new contracts, extensions for AHTS 15 

Ezra Upbeat 18 

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Fairmount again selected for towage SSDR Aban Pearl 25 

Fairmount Fuji back on charter to CNR 25 

Fairmount Fuji chartered to CNR 8 

Fairmount Fuji visit Cape Town 22 

Fairmount Glacier contracted by Prosafe for the FDPSO Azurite installation 8 

Fairmount Glacier contracted for towage of accommodation barge African Worker 50 

Fairmount Marine secures Indian towage job 16 

Fairmount Summit chartered for the towage of S/T Nordic Brasilia 42 

Fairmount Tugs chartered by French Accident Investigation Authority 24 

Fairplay 30 & Jascon 21 arrived with FPSO Escravos 41 

Fairplay 31 delivered 21 

Fairplay X(1) 1911 33 

Fairplay XIV 43 

Fairplay’s Latest Acquisition 23 

Fairplay-31 ready for trails 17 

Faith farewell 49 

Falcon fly’s over Capetown 15 

Falcon’s available for sale. 16 

Falmouth based tugs remain on standby for cargo ship 48 

Far pair enroute to Australia 27 

Far Sagaris delivered 44 

Far Samson claims bollard pull record 11 

Far Samson delivered 13 

Far Samson wins OSJ ‘Ship of the Year’ 2009 award 23 

Far Scorpion delivered 26 

Far Scout two years Brazil 34 

Far Sea to keep sailing for Petrobras 2 

Far Serenade delivered 14 

Farstad Shipping announces new charter commitments 14 

Farstad Shipping wins Heyerdahl Award 24 

Fast Crew Supply vessel delivered by Damen 26 

Fatal explosion at VT Halter Marine 48 

FD Incredible gets offshore access system 21 

FD Reliable fixed to ENI 46 

FESCO icebreakers to provide ice navigation 52 

Filipinos, Ukrainian taken from vessel off Cameroon 12 

Final Contract to fund Neah Bay Response Tug 25 

Final outstanding payment detains tug OSAYAME in Cape Town harbour 46 

Fintry design winf farm service catamaran 41 

Fire extinguished aboard tug boat near Norfolk terminals 51 

Fire on the Florence Filberg 28 

First ESV moves down river from COSCO Nantong Shipyard 29 

First LNG terminal tug nears completion at Derecktor 26 

First Moss 424 anchor handler joins Hartmann fleet 10 

9/31


First PSV laid-up 38-39 

First RAstar 3200 Tugs from Robert Allan Ltd. 21 

First seismic vessel with ULSTEIN X-BOW® 14 

First ship delivery contract between Van Oord & TOS 50 

First Stantug 1606 fore Jan de Nul delivered 20 

First torpedo anchor handling system delivered by Rolls-Royce 21 

First tug to support tankers in Kola Bay delivered to SCF Group 12 

First two X-bow seismic vessels at work in Gulf of Mexico 40 

First Ulstein-designed OSV to be built in Asia 40 

Five years contract for Smit in Australia 50 

Fjellstrand develops Offshore Windfarm vessel 40 

Fleet expansion in Taiwan 14 

Fleet Extension for Kotug 7 

Fleet Reshuffle 5 

Flora Fully Grown Rem Again 10 

Flushing 1937 still afloat 32 

Follow Me 51 

Forwards AVANT 18 

Fosen Shipyard to deliver ‘Boa Galatea’ 22 

Foss Vessels Environmental Excellence 50 

Four new tugs for Sovcomflot 2 

Four Times 500 HP for Colombian River 35 

Four tugs delivered to Saveiros 40 

Four tugs help stricken vessel 50 

Four tugs loaded for Suriname 8 

Fox launched 16 

From Norse God To Indian God 6 

Fugro Discovery upgraded 37 

Fugro Extend Gargano, Cancel Fugro Energy 23 

Fugro Synergy delivered 37 

Further delays for P/F Supply Service newbuilds 21 

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Galal Desouky commenced trails 38-39 

Galati launched StanTug 2909 40 

Gale Force bought by the bank 38-39 

Gardline set up yard for offshore wind park vessels 48 

Garware Offshore Services takes delivery of Makalu 11 

Gazflot to build special-purpose vessels at Amur Shipyard 26 

GC Rieber cancels newbuild order with PT Batamec 28 

GC Rieber Shipping and subsea contractor Technocean enter into charter agreement 3 

GC Rieber Shipping bids for Sea4 34 

GC Rieber Shipping to acquire seismic vessel 25 

GC Rieber to acquire Sea4 subsidairies 38-39 

Geo Shipyard delivers 3,200-hp towboat 24 

Georgi mamarchev grounded 38-39 

Geotechnical vessel for Bluestone 50 

Ghaznavi commenced trails 28 

Giant vessels safe in care of little tug with monster pull 46 

Ginger arrived in Holland 19 

10/31


Glas Dowr departure 42 

Global Diving and Salvage completes heavy lift salvage operation in San Francisco Bay 37 

Glomar takes Ramco Clipper 45 

GMMOS secures funds for refinancing and for acquisitions 51 

Goal Gamalon trails 48 

Gold Star on Tow 46 

Gondan build two terminal tugs for Neri 46 

Good Seamanship???? 28 

Goof times return to Martinac 42 

Gordon Bain of Groupe Ocean Awarded 25 

Grampian Fame sold to Greek buyer 18 

Grampian Talisker launched in Spain 18 

Grandweld contracted for a 25.9 metre long workboat 7 

Grandweld delivers ‘Bourbon Yack’ 34 

Grandweld delivers new 41-metre crewboat 17 

Grandweld holds keel laying for thee vessels 26 

Great Offshore acquires a new built Tug `POLARI 28 

Great Offshore starts charter 14 

Great Offshore takes delivery of Northern Clipper 47 

Greatship names DP Vessels 51 

Greatship takes delivery of an 80T Anchor Handling Tug cum Supply Vessel 26 

Greatship takes delivery of new AHTS 9 

Groen take delivery Marianne-G 14 

Growth spurt 33 

GSP Prince arrives in Constanta port 42 

Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan conducts sea trials for 48-metre AHTS 50 

Gulf Offshore to supply TAQA platforms 30 

Gulf Princess delivered by C&G Boatworks 23 

Gulf venture sold 32 

GulfMark takes delivery of AHTS and fast supply vessel 31 

Gulmar newbuilds "on schedule" 8 

Gulmar Offshore confirms delivery dates for newbuilds 20 

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Hahhah D.Hannah sold to Warner 43 

Hako 18 made a bunker call 42 

Halifax shipyard celebrates 120 years and steel cutting of new offshore supply ship 38-39 

Halliburton christens new generation well stimulation vessel 24 

Hallin flagship Ullswater 6 

Hallin Marine secures contract from Global Industries 6 

Hallin orders Newbuild SOV 10 

Halul Offshore tipped as purchaser of multi-purpose vessels 31 

Handy Sized OSV for Gulf Resource 12 

Hannah Marine tugs, barge on the block at U.S. Marshals' Sale 31 

Hans Tide acquired by T & T Bisso 17 

Harbours on Transport 21 

Harding ashore for Maintenance 35 

Hard-luck tug sinks in Duluth harbor 13 

Harley Marine NY Reduces Emissions 33 

Harms Bergung's newbuild Uranus due to be delivered this month 49 

11/31


Harvey Gulf plans $200 million expansion 27 

Hatlapa supplies winches to Fincantieri vessels 40 

Havila Aurora awaiting first job 21 

Havila Herøy’ to be named in Norway 49 

Havila Neptune extended 12 

Havila Phoenix charter cancelled 12 

Havila Phoenix enters service 7 

Havila Shipping ASA announces financing for 3 vessels 26 

Havila Shipping buys into KS Havil 1 

Havila’s Fortune 10 

Havyard Tomrefjord delivers Havila Borg 48 

Heavy Lift Vessel ordered by Heerema 23 

Heavy lift/construction vessel Borealis launched 43 

Helicopter incident on Kondor Explorer 50 

Hellespont christens two platform supply ships 23 

Hellespont Daring lay by in Cape Town 21 

Herman Sr. signed contract for new Tarka 8 

Heung Kong renamed 27 

High speed aluminum crew boat sold 46 

Highland Citadel fixed to Nippon Oil 31 

Highland Courage with Pride South Seas in Cape Town 41 

Highland Endurance fixed to Noble Energy 15 

Highland Prince 47 

Hindustan Shipyard launches Indian Coast Guard vessel 23 

Historic ship may end up as Portsmouth attraction 26 

Hitzler Werft wins contract for two icebreakers 29 

Hoeksebank renamed 8 

Hope Delivers Vessel to J.F. Brennan 28 

Hope Services Delivers Miss Sarah 33 

Hope Services, Inc. (HSI) delivers again 41 

Hope Services’ New Vessels 28 

Horizon Delivers Two Vessels in Three Days 45 

Horizon Shipbuilding delivers ‘Isla San Gabriel’ crew boat 35 

HOS Iron Horse 30 

HOS Iron Horse delivered 35 

HOS Mystique completes first job 5 

HOS Mystique completes first project 7 

Huawei bound 41 

Hudson & Lindekerk 37 

Hull 1620 arrived 33 

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Icebreaker stuck in the ice 47 

Iceflower Going Home 10 

IJsselstroom Raised 30 

Incat Crowther to design 29m utility catamaran 47 

Incomplete vessels at Ulstein due to funding delays 43 

Indian contracts for Veripos 26 

Indian vessels leave North Sea 26 

Innovative Kotug makes the "Connection" again 41 

12/31


International Transport Contractors named two AHTS 34 

Intertug sold Poseidon 11 

Iraq to build two OSVS under accelerated newbuild programme 38-39 

Irving Shipbuilding Delivers Tugs to Nordane 48 

Irving-owned company wins contract to build supply vessel for Deep Panuke 11 

Is it the End for Bender Shipbuilding? 27 

Iskes purchase Bugsier 12 10 

Iskes purchase the Bugsier 8 24 

Isla Coronado sold 15 

Island Boats closes doors 17 

Island Boats Delivers Second Crewboat 3 

Island Offshore acquires emaining Aquanos newbuild 43 

Istanbul Naval Shipyard delivers two Voith Water Tractors 33 

ITC has taken on long term bare boat charters 29 

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Jack Gaston launched second edition “The Tug Book” 14 

Jaguar commenced trails 28 

Jawar Dubai delivered 44 

Jawar Dubai Launched 27 

Jawar Dubai towed by Busteni 28 

Jaya cuts back on newbuild programme 38-39 

Jeffboats delivers tank barge ‘Endeavour’ 30 

Joint Venture between Damen and Nakilat 14 

Jordan signs agreement for advanced multi-mission platform vessels 25 

Jumbo Jubilee 12 

Junak Commenced trails 18 

Jupiter handed over 12 

Jutten 37 

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Kay Lynne Hannah sold at Mobile 43 

KBV on trails 11 

KBV001 handed over 23 

KBV001 return from trails 21 

KBV002 on trails in the Black Sea 43 

KBV003 ready for Launching 20 

Keel laid for Seven Pacific 31 

Keel laid for Seven Pacific 35 

Keel laying ceremony for Polarcus vessel 29 

Keel laying of diving vessel at Yaroslavl shipyard 38-39 

Keppel delivers ice-class rescue vessel to LUKOIL 27 

Keppel Ends Year with More Contracts 2 

Kestrel enroute to Invergordon 15 

Kestrel on delivery trip 18 

Khiam Chuan Marine-designed anchor handling tug delivered 8 

Kingfisher on trails 25 

Kooiman delivers powerful terminal support tug 50 

Kooimantugs 43 

Kooren Towed Ill-Fated Nikita into Rotterdam Europoort 37 

13/31


KPT orders two tugs at Uzmar 40 

Kristin Lee Hannah sold at Vicksburg 43 

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LA Maritime Museum Raising Funds to Repair 1944 Tugboat 32 

Lamnalco Sana’a named in Turkey 17 

Lamnalco secured a $125m loan 3 

Lamnalco signs with Damen for new ASD Tugs 27 

Largest Ulstein A122-type AHTS 15 

Last GPA 670 MKIII PSV by Sinopacific 32 

Latest newbuild for UOS named 41 

Latest update Triton 7 

Launch of the DPII ROV Survey SV Noordhoek Pathfinder 46 

Launching KBV003 21 

Launching Multi Purpose Offshore Support Vessel - Hos Iron Horse 5 

Launching of first ULSTEIN PX105 in China 37 

Launching of new seismic vessel 35 

Launching of Subsea Venture, Harvey Bisso 43 

Lay-ups double 45 

Letter of Awards for Swiber 51 

Liberty bunkers in cape Town 22 

Liberty Class Vessels Delivered to China 6 

Lightering begins on tug Pathfinder in Prince William Sound 52 

Liquidation plan for Superior Offshore 6 

Lluavi launched 52 

Loke Viking under construction 40 

London in Cape Town 45 

Long term charter for tug "DE HONG" 31 

Lucky Omen for Total 23 

Lukoil's Arctic Fleet Welcomes New Multi-Purpose Ice-Breaker Vessel 6 

Luna A towed Dutch container feeder to repair yard 50 

Lung Teh delivers 36-metre crew boat 46 

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M/V Alliance Towing On the Inland Waterways 15 

M/V SARAH ready to be delivered from Ulstein at last 48 

14/31


MAC tackles ‘Bourbon Dolphin’ sinking case 47 

MacDuff delivers new 16-metre tug 42 

MacGregor anchor-handling/towing winch range pulls up to 600 tonnes 17 

Maersk Asserter in Cape Town 50 

Maersk Champion taken bunkers in Cape Town 31 

Maersk newbuild named in Chile 40 

Maersk Nomad delivered 45 

Maersk Seeker Operational 22 

Maersk Tackler and Maersk Tracer 3 

Maersk Terrier 48 

Maersk Terrier sold 12 

Maersk Traveller delivered 40 

Magnetic patches speed supply ships return to work 14 

Mahone Motoring 18 

MaK engines to power escort tug series 49 

Malaysian tug runs aground in Tra Vinh, 7 still missing 15 

Manta to tow Divi Divi-aircraft to Curaçao 50 

Marco Polo Marine loses Hallin Marine contract 13 

Marco Polo Marine secures buyer for first AHTS 11 

Marco Polo sells 43 

Marcol Launched website 19 

Marcon tops 1,000 brokered vessel sales 26 

Marine Builders Delivers to Waxler 33 

Marine Subsea takes delivery of OCV 51 

Marion went down 50 

Mark Hannah sold at Port Oswego 43 

Market Overview 9 

Marrento Emerges 50 

Master Boat Builders Deliver Callais Explorer 6 

Master Marine completes 135' supply vessel 24 

Med Dieci Launched 37 

Med Dieci prior to her launching 30 

Med Dieci rolled out her building shed 21 

Medma commenced trails in China 27 

Medma departed from Shanghai 30 

Men rescued after tug flips 31 

Mermaid Asian secures dive support work for CUEL 25 

Mermaid Commander bunker stop in Cape Town 32 

Mermaid Marine takes delivery of AHTS 32 

Mermaid takes Aquanos newbuild 27 

Mermaid Voyager delivered 41 

Meteor finished trails 25 

Mexican charter for OCV Goliath 50 

Milestone for Rainier Shipyard; First Non-Tugboat Completed 33 

Milford Haven Service takes delivery of 'Svitzer Kilroom' 3 

MODEC selects Fairmount for the FPSO Cuidade de Santos 25 

Møkster confirms order for VS 482 Mk 2 at Gondan 12 

Moran build another tug at Maine Yard 9 

Moran Towing signs for new 36-metre Intercon Tug 4 

More 58m (190 ft) Anchor Handling Tug / Supply Vessel deliveries 18 

15/31


More detailed information tug Nizao 13 

More vessels laid up on both sides of the Atlantic 49 

Most advanced diving support vessel delivered by STX Europe 12 

MPI Workboats Limited takes delivery of MPI Don Quixote 22 

MS Vigilant and MS Statum 11 

Multi-purpose OSV ‘Seabed Worker 31 

Multratug 18 arrived in Terneuzen 28 

Multratug 21 spotted 19 

Mumbles renamed 25 

Mumbles sold 6 

Museum Tug Poderoso spotted in Talcahuano 3 

Mustang in charter for Windfarm 37 

Mustang Launched 9 

MV Falcon Explorer acquires Benin embayment 2D survey 42 

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Nakilat and Damen Shipyards Group join forces to produce patrol boats, luxury yachts 33 

Name giving held for latest Esvagt newbuild 29 

Naming ceremony for GSP Prince 44 

Naming ceremony held for Normand Subsea 38-39 

Naming of ‘UOS Challenger’ at Fincantieri 21 

Napoli No More 23 

NCSP Group buys new tugboats 31 

New 3000 hp tug for Vane Brothers 8 

New and Second Hand finance agreement 15 

New AVT 30/35 Class Tug from Robert Allan 11 

New Build Fairplay XIV arrived in Rotterdam 50 

New building procedures 46 

New Challenger 23 

New charter agreements for Farstad 7 

New charter agreements for Farstad 23 

New charter deals for Ezra Holdings 16 

New Construction, Shipyard and Conversion News 9 

New contract awarded to Rue 43 

New contract for Hallin Marine 31 

New contract for Havila Phoenix 46 

New contract for Havyard 848 SMART AHTS 25 

New contract for next-generation DP-3 offshore vesse 25 

New contract for Normand Drott 2 

New contract for Simek 45 

New contracts for Havila 35 

New Crewboats for Kanoo 23 

New generation RAmparts 3000 Class tugs 49 

New Lease of Life for Tug 23 

New Marine Service Vessel from Alnmaritec 16 

New names for Smit tugs 40 

New owner for Sical Torino 21 

New RAmparts 3200 Class Tugs 19 

New Remedy 6 

New Robert Allan ASD tug class 4 

16/31


New Robert Allan tug "Spinola" 38-39 

New ROV/survey vessel for Volstad Shipping 20 

New Salvage and Diving Support vessels for Russia 51 

New Shipyard on the Caspian Sea 34 

New South African Standby Tug Contract awaited 47 

New towage company in Vietnam 38-39 

New towing company in Riga and Ventspils 4 

New tug ‘Horcon’ for LNG terminal in Chile 26 

New tug delivered 27 

New Tug for Fairplay Towage 33 

New tug for GPS 46 

New tug for tankers in Kola Bay 32 

New tug for Viegers under construction 46 

New tugboat christened 47 

New tugboat website 40 

New Tugs ordered by Kazakhstan OMS Shipping 48 

New tugs under construction at J. M. Martinac 34 

New vessels join Swiber fleet 11 

New Voith propeller for special Offshore Vessel 40 

New work for 'Sapura 3000' 13 

New work vessel design offers fuel savings, speed 7 

Newbuild AHTS for Tidewater 20 

Newbuild AHTS prices plummet 14 

Newbuild fixed 47 

Newbuild Ice Breaker order for German Inland Waterways 49 

Newbuild SeaSafe Supporter for Brunei 18 

Newbuilding Dintelstroom 8 

Newbuilding Union Koala delivered to URS 24 

New-Generation Stimulation Vessel 23 

Newsletter renamed 19 

NFC Offshore takes delivery of HELLESPONT DEFIANCE 51 

Nico launches crew boat 17 

Nizoa on trails 12 

No Malaise In Malaysia 6 

Noordhoek announces new-build vessel names 11 

Noordhoek Constructor Launched 32 

Nor Australis launched in Batam 11 

Normand Subsea’ commences first project in the North Sea 48 

Norskan Offshore secures LoI from StatoilHydro Petroleo Brasil Ltda 2 

North Fortune reported sold 3 

North Fortune reported sold 3 

North Ocean 102 51 

North Ocean 102 enters service 10 

North Sea fixture for FD Incredible 9 

Northern Challenger sold 50 

Northern Corona laid up 49 

Northern Crusader docked at Westcon 43 

Northern Gambler sold 20 

Northern Retriever Scrapped 31 

Northern Shipyard lays down keel for Norwegian supply vessel 26 

17/31


Norwegian Boa in Troubles 23 

Norwegian vessel attacked by pirates 3 

Not so dry dock 22 

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Ocean Bertrand Jeansonne delivered 31 

Ocean Georgie Bain christened 49 

Ocean Hotels planned order for two Offshore oilfield Accommodation vessels 48 

Ocean Mainport remains in the Med 9 

Ocean Scotsman sold 27 

Ocean Services Expands Offshore Fleet 18 

Ocean Supporter wait for rig move 37 

Ocean Tug & Barge Delivers FacetTug Design 33 

Ocean Wrestler spotted on the Danube 23 

Oceanteam and ABB High Voltage part company 16 

ODIM introduces Smart AHTS technology 9 

Offshore Construction Vessel Goliath Delivered 33 

Offshore market to remain healthy 24 

Offshore Ship Designers Strategy 2 

Offshore Solutions celebrates significant milestones 17 

Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Markets are feeling the effects of declining activity and increasing 

numbers of new vessels 30 

Offshore Support Vessel Sinks Off Qatar 27 

Oil Service Company buys US$20 Million vessel 42 

Oil spill closes down marina 34 

OJSC DO “Vympel” designed supply vessel for drilling rigs 15 

Olympic Hera named 45 

Olympic Triton enroute to Le Trait 51 

Olympic Zeus launched at Ulstein Verft 5 

Olympic Zeus named in Alesund 14 

Omkoperij bij bouw zeeslepers 32 

ONGC charters three Great Offshore vessels 14 

ONGC Orders Twelve Offshore Support Vessels 27 

Only four orders placed at Norwegian yards 

OPK shipyards delivered a platform supply vessel’s hull to Norwegian company 

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Slovik Hull 48 

OPK shipyards successfully completed sea trials of icebreaker "St. Petersburg" 25 

Optocht van oude sleepschepen 14 

Order cancellations at Temba Shipyard 43 

Order for New Salvage Vessel 23 

OSG reportedly moves ATBs from Bender to VT Halter 13 

OSG trims Bender ATB order 10 

Osprey Boxer commenced trails 51 

Østensjø Rederi wins new deal with Shell 2 

OSV building boom continues 49 

Other renamings by Boluda 4 

Owner mystery Sir Silas solved 20 

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Pacific Endurance sold 46 

18/31


Palmali took into operation a multi-purpose tugboat Socar 51 

Panama Canal Upgrades Tugboat Fleet 18 

Parang-Wielding Pirates Attack Singapore Tug Boat 29 

Patriot delivered 35 

Patriot to Stimulate 10 

Patriot, the first example of the new Damen ASD 2310 compact shiphandling tug, is now in service at 

the port of Odessa in the Ukraine. 50 

PB Daintree commenced trails 51 

PDVSA seizes 11 Tidewater vessels 20 

Pegasus securing multiple charters 21 

Peggy D.Hannah sold to Calumet 43 

Pella Shipbuilding plant launches new tugboat built for Ust-Luga Company 7 

Penn Maritime takes delivery of ATB tug 9 

Petra Joins Owners Galaxy 29 

Petrobras inks newbuilding deals for supply vessels 35 

Petrobras Seeks 240 New Vessels 17 

Petrobras Update 6 

PGS cancels contracts with Factorias Vulcano 35 

PGS cancels Spanish newbuild 13 

PGS names latest Ramform vessel 27 

PGS sells Geo Atlantic to GC Rieber Shipping 23 

Phoenix Finished 6 

Phoenix Fixed 18 

Pirates attack tug in South China Sea 32 

Pirates release Seacor Italian Flag Tug/Supply Vessel 33 

Pirates take Seacor Italian-flag tug 15 

Polar Prince extended by Techocean 17 

Polar Queen to work offshore Brazil 29 

Polarcus awarded West Africa 3D seismic acquisition project 46 

Polarcus Nadia launched 29 

Ponton voor sleepboten aan Westerkade wekt woede van schippers Veerhaven 25 

PÓR Launched 22 

Port de Beyrouth Catch fire 35 

Port of Beyrouth into razor blades 47 

Portland Port's new tug named “Maiden Castle” 47 

Poseidon Poised For Veoila 6 

Poseidon renamed 12 

Potjestijd 30 

Power to PA 10 

Powerful new ‘Seaspan Resolution’ delivered 30 

Profit Majestic 3 under construction 25 

PS Tudor Vladimirescu spotted on the Danube River 22 

PSA investigates Big Orange XVIII, Ekofisk collision 24 

PSV Grayson Lab sold 18 

PSV Jaya Voyager sold 49 

PSV Makalu due end of February 8 

PSV ordered 44 

PSV’s for North Sea Pipehaul 18 

PSVs depart North Sea 27 

PT Newport Marine Services acquires Java Adventurer 21 

19/31


PTSC acquires newbuild anchor handler 46 

Publishing “Gondan build two terminal tugs for Neri” 47 

Pushbuster arrived on the Rotterdam New Waterway 24 

Pusher Alany 9 

Pusher sinks at Duisburg 31 

Putin unveils new ice breaker 29 

PW Delta made bunkerstop 49 

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Quality Shipyards Launches Terrel Tide 3 

Quartet arrived in Rotterdam 26 

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Ragnhild K visit Cape Town 31 

RBS sells MSVs 45 

Recent Marcon Tug & Barge Sales 9 

Record Number of Tugs Worldwide 9 

Recovery of ship begins off Doha coast 28 

Rectification 5 

Rectification Rotesand 45 

Red Snipe sold 8 

Re-Fuel in Curaçao 15 

Reg McNee Tide gets charter in the Med 21 

Reiber Increase Sakhalin Presence 10 

Rem Offshore sells new AHTS 8 

REM Offshore split 16 

Rem Offshore to sell the Rem Od 3 

Rem Poseidon now due in March 8 

Rem Poseidon to TS Marine 18 

Rem Star secures maiden fixture 26 

Remedial Offshore launches first Elevating Support Vessel 2 

Remontowa launches Reedbuck 41 

Reply on the Tugboat Pilot Plan Article 29 

Response on Daniel Mc.Allister 20 

Rickspotter 17 

Rieber fixes Greatship Maya 44 

Rieber Shipping cancels newbuild 45 

River Pusher spotted 20 

RM Pomerol sold 10 

Rolls-Royce Defies Downturn 23 

Roman Pause 10 

Romanian shipyards change tactics 25 

Rondleidingen op de Elbe 18 

Rotesand sold to Harvey 44 

Royal Thai Navy builds tug 28 

RPA-2 stuck under bridge 43 

RT Margo Christened 6 

RT Rob christened at Bremerhaven 44 

RT Rob commenced trails 13 

RT Rob eerste van hele Kotug-serie 40 

20/31


RUE takes bareboat charter on Viking Forcados 12 

Russia to build more Icebreakers by 2015 40 

Russian coast guard vessel begins sea trials 22 

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Sabine Seal sold to Bywater Ludlow 2 

Sabrare solt two tugs 40 

Saipem Calls The Tune 6 

Sale of "Mærsk Terrier" 11 

Salvage crews free grounded Crowley barge 48 

Salvaliant departed Shanghai 17 

Salvaliant lost her tow 26 

Salvaliant waiting orders 37 

Sampan, tugboat collide leaving 6 injured, one dead 30 

Samson Supplier arrived in Fremantle 52 

Samudra Nidhi in Drydock 33 

Sanko Beauty arrived with Rig 37 

Sanko Cosmos 52 

Saturnus 52 

Saudi Ports Authority orders a Tug at Zamil Offshore 27 

Sayonara Yolanda 6 

Schouwenbank renamed 11 

SCI plans to float $160-M global tender for 6 vessels 43 

Scotsman Goes Green 23 

21/31


SD Emily lifted 7 

SD Eva commenced trails 30 

SD Independent arrived from Poland 21 

SD Indulgent 52 

SD Jupiter commenced trails 23 

SD Mars commenced Bollard pull trails 13 

SD Navigator arrived for outfitting 8 

SD Reliable Launched by Floating Crane 12 

SD Reliable on trails 43 

SD Seal and SD Seahorse christened 3 

SD Tilly delivered 2 

SD Victoria launched at Damen Galati 49 

Sea Comanche underway to Singapore 27 

Sea Eagle 1 AHTS vessel 42 

Sea Monarch delivered to Greenbay Marine Technologies 28 

Sea Monarch on delivery trip 17 

Sea Regal delivered 10 

Seabrokers onfirms Dan Swift deal 41 

Seabulk Plover sold 18 

Seacontractors introduces ‘Speed & Stability’ 45 

Seacor lays up 23 ships 30 

Seacor vessels cold stack in Gulf of Mexico 15 

Sealink Delivers New Vessel 27 

Seamar Shipping acquires Highland Sprite 15 

Seamar Splendid 18 

Search for Violet 33 

Searchers locate body of tugboat captain missing off Vancouver Island 22 

'SeaSafe Supporter' begins sea trials 11 

SeaSafe Supporter’ commences five-year charter 15 

Seattle tug boat race 21 

Second Miclyn Express crew boat launched 12 

Second Ulstein PX105 launched in China 44 

Second vessel for Fletcher Shipping 23 

Sefton Supporter Sold 29 

Seine built in 1908 for the Internationale 31 

Seismic Arrival 10 

Seismic vessel Polarcus Naila launched in Dubai 32 

Seismic vessels scrapped 45 

Senesco Marine delivers tug 16 

Setback for Tidewater 23 

Seven Pacific on schedule for 2010 delivery 19 

Severnaya Verf to launch supply vesselbuilt for Siddis SkipperII AS on June 16 25 

Shell Philippines contracts newbuild Ullswater 7 

Ship raised, all bodies recovered from Demas Victory 28 

Shipbuilder Damen experience a record year 2008 14 

Shipping Corp plans to buy seven vessels 24 

Shipping Corporation to acquire 2 platform supply vessels 29 

Shoalbuster arrived 31 

Sical Torino delivered to Far Stad 40 

Siem announce charter contract for MRSV 10 

22/31


Siem Consub secures contracts with Petrobras 38-39 

Siem Dorado to perform IRM offshore Mexico 24 

Siem Offshore Announces PSV Contract for Siem Supplier 35 

Siem Offshore cancels two newbuilds at Kleven 13 

Siem Offshore takes delivery of first VS491 CD Anchor Handler 38-39 

Siem Sailor secures one year contract 48 

Siem Sailor secures one year contract 49 

Siem sells vessel 50 

Siem set to receive new anchor handler 30 

Siem Supplier remains with Senergy 26 

Siem Swordfish to be acquired by charterer 51 

Siem transfers fleet to Norway 31 

Siem turns down newbuild PSV 8 

Signet selects Faitmounth for the tow of Ju Rig Offshore Valiant 40 

Significant safety milestones for Bibby vessels 46 

Silja Europa towed after rudder failure 48 

Simon Møkster orders OSV 14 

Singapore Designed, China Built 9 

Singapore to build another “Spec” boat 52 

Singapore: Penguin Marine builds 17 crewboats 47 

Sinwa acquires newbuild anchor handling tug 45 

Skipper in drydock 20 

Sleepboot niet meer om te krijgen 23 

Sleepdiensten in Marseille liggen lam 9 

Slepers in zwaar weer 11 

SM Vietnam lays first tugboat keel 27 

Smart order for Havyard 29 

SMIT acquires Minette Bay Ship Docking Ltd in Canada 12 

Smit Beluga in Holland 45 

SMIT Buffalo 35 

Smit Buffalo commenced trails 51 

SMIT Bulldog arrived for outfitting 18 

Smit Bulldog commenced trails 38-39 

SMIT Bulldog under construction 20 

Smit Canindé delivered 8 

Smit Caraja delivered 43 

Smit Cheetah and Smit Tiger Launched 11 

Smit Cheetah arrived in Rotterdam 51 

SMIT Cheetah commenced trails 35 

Smit Cheetah departed from Vietnam 40 

Smit Cheetah in Singapore 41 

SMIT contracts Fairmount Summit for towage of MV Alina II 50 

SMIT Craó Delivered 21 

Smit Denemarken sold 40 

Smit Dominica Handed over 6 

Smit Ebro 19 

SMIT Ebro handed over 33 

Smit Ebro Launched 12 

Smit Ebro underway to Rotterdam 35 

SMIT Guadeloupe handed over 23 

23/31


Smit Guadeloupe Launched 4 

SMIT Humber goes Bahamas 24 

Smit in zee met havensleper Curaçao 17 

Smit Lumba Drydocked in Dakar 32 

Smit Lumba visit local Cape Town quay 42 

Smit Madagascar handed over 6 

SMIT Mauritius delivered 13 

Smit Panther arrived in Venice 33 

SMIT Panther completed trails 22 

Smit Panther on her Maiden trip 25 

SMIT Panther Prepared against Somalia Pirate Attacks 29 

Smit Rebras Special 8 

Smit Saba 17 

SMIT Saba delivered 16 

Smit Sakhalin 17 

Smit Sakhalin drydocking 25 

Smit Seine Launched 8 

Smit Seine underway to Rotterdam 41 

SMIT signs contract new vessel series Gladstone 52 

Smit Tiger delivered 43 

Smit Trafalgar 6 

Smit Trafalgar on transport to Taiwan 9 

SMIT wins KVNR Shipping Award 2009 44 

Smitbarge 8 launched 3 

Smitbarge 9 Launched 4 

Smitbarges loaded on each other 14 

Smith Berger Mooring & Towing Solutions 26 

Smit-Lloyd 105 spotted in the Arabian Gulf 41 

Smit-Lloyd 106 resold 4 

Sold to Diavlos 21 

Sold to TP Towage 21 

Soliman Reys renamed 8 

Solstad cancels newbuilds after KMS files for bankruptcy 11 

Solstad pair laid up 46 

Somali pirates free crew and tugboat 32 

Somali Pirates Release Nigerian Tug, Crew Held Since August 24 

Sonar locates sunken MONARCH 4 

South Africa orders more Voith Water Tractors 50 

SOV Windermere 6 

Sovocmflot acquires PSV Pacific Endurance 41 

Spanish yard wins Venezuelan order 35 

Spirited Away 10 

Spotted at Galati 21 

Spotted in Argentina 5 

Spotted in Romania 11 

Spotted on the Danube River 14 

Spring Tide 18 

Stadt Master Sold 19 

Standfast leaving, goodbye old friend 42 

Stanford Marine acquired five OSVs 52 

24/31


Stantug 2208 commenced trails 29 

Stantug 2208 sold to Cuba 8 

Stantug launched in Romania 41 

State rescue tug helps vessel aground at Neah bay 41 

StatoilHydro Receives Consent for Use of Volve, Sleipner 25 

StatoilHydro Term Contracts 18 

Statum fixed for Robin Rigg windfarm 34 

Steenbank renamed 8 

Steiner delivers fourth Z-Drive pushboat 38-39 

Stevns Iceflower renamed in Fjord Saquenay 13 

Strategic Marine builds crew boats for Mexico 32 

Strategic Marine delivers crewboats 19 

Strategic Marine launches ‘Samson Supporter’ 23 

Strategic Marine Provides turnkey solutions to Gorgon 52 

Strategic Singapore Delivers 41 

Stril Commander delivered 7 

Stril Mariner delivered 45 

Stril Myster extended by BP Norway 49 

Strong Tides Stymie Tug Salvage 1 

STX contracted for South African polar research vessel 48 

STX Europe awarded two contracts with Island Offshore 52 

STX Europe awarded two contracts with Siem Offshore 50 

STX Europe to build icebreaker tugs for Caspian 16 

STX Europe to build new environmentally friendly design 41 

STX Offshore aims for US$2 billion orders 38-39 

Subocean confirms charter for DP2 subsea support vessel 18 

Subsea 7 awarded Dutch North Sea EPIC contract 17 

Subsea sale 49 

Successful First Job for Mystique 6 

Sun London to Poland 16 

Super tug delivered to Harms 51 

Supply vessel specialist building expertise in ice operations 13 

Susan Hannah sold to Port City tug 43 

Svenborg Bugser A/S purchase Stantug 2207 7 

Svitzer Condor conducted BP trails 14 

Svitzer Hawk on her way to Panama 30 

Svitzer Humber closed down 6 

Svitzer Mull renamed 3 

Svitzer Watwick in Cape Town 7 

Swedish Coast Guard in the Black Sea 15 

Swedish Coast Guard spotted 4 

Swiber and ICON to jointly own Victorious 13 

Swiber completes sale and leaseback of pipelay barge 12 

Swiber launches dive support accommodation work barge Swiber Victorious 14 

Swiber update their fleetlist 50 

Swire Pacific Offshore orders seismic vessel 12 

Swire Pacific Offshore readies war chest 48 

Swissco Samson delivered 1 

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25/31


T&T Bisso Salvages Miss Janice 1 

Tampa's new fire boat freed after running aground near St. Austine 38-39 

Tank cleaning Maersk Asserter 40 

TAS Offshore delivers eighth vessel to Zakher Marine 52 

Tebma Shipyards delivers two tugs to Cochin Port Trust 27 

Technip acquires new construction vessel 25 

Tern made bunker stop in Cape Town 21 

TGS signs letter of intent for 3D vessel 38-39 

TGS-NOPEC charters Polarcus Nadia 37 

The greenest AHTS in the world 42 

The many colors of tugs 20 

The Noordhoek Singapore Spotted 5 

The Seattle Maritime Festival celebrates seafaring 19 

The shallow draft tug ‘AK Bars’ nears completion at Hepworth 27 

The tug boom continues 45 

The tug of TG04 project was put into operation for OJSC "MMC "Norilskiy Nikel" 41 

The tug on the photograph is the Hermina E goedkoop 49 

The tugboat Daniel McAllister 19 

Third floating dock en route to Durban 21 

Third Tug for Lührs 49 

Three Gulmar DSVs released by PDVSA 51 

Three PSVs to deliver by end February 9 

Three tugs under construction in Antwerp 41 

Thundering Horse 18 

Tides stymie fuel removal from sunken vessel 25 

Tidewater acquires construction vessel 50 

Tidewater continues to build diesel-electric PSVs 20 

Tidewater plans series of diesel electric PSVs 16 

Tidewater to purchase Aquanos Enabler 37 

Titan sold to Britain 40 

Tito Neri Settimo sold 22 

Tobi commenced trails 38-39 

Todd gets icebreaker refit contract 9 

Toisa Sonata fixed by Maersk 49 

Topaz acquires PSV for ten-year charter to BP 13 

Topaz Shipbuilding launches two 35-metre crew boats 47 

TOS delivers (D)RADO to Morocco 30 

TOS delivers Patriot 40 

TOS’s new website 47 

Total awards contract for Fairmount Glacier 17 

Total Congo fixes Polar Prince 6 

Total contracts Topaz Jumeirah, DMS 2000 3 

Tough market for anchor handlers 10 

Towboat captain indicted for porn 32 

Towboat for sale 13 

Towboats collide near High Island 33 

Towboats move more cargo per gallon of fuel 29 

Towed to Rotterdam for outfitting 4 

Towed unmanned vessel sank in Karskoe sea 44 

Tracker delivered 15 

26/31


Trails for DMS Harrier 3 

Trails for ITC Meltemi 3 

Training Starts Ahead Of New Tugs Arriving 9 

Trans Viking has to wait for AHTS 35 

Trans-Atlantic Tow Fixed 33 

Transport departed from China 16 

Transport Ministry officials: Neftegaz-67 case will take month 13 

Trekpaard' Mustang overtreft verwachtingen 16 

Trials in Europoort 5 

Tricky Salvage Op Needed for Sunken Tug 35 

Trico Marine suspends four tebma newbuilds 38-39 

Trico Marine wins offshore Egypt contract 2 

Trico takes steps to improve liquidaty 40 

Trico to Deploy Volantis in Med 6 

Triton waiting for transport 5 

Troms Vision launched at Kleven Verft 48 

Tromsoe bound for Brazil 10 

Tromsoe On Track 6 

TS Marine cancels contracts for well intervention vessels 44 

TSC Supreme in Drydock at the Al Jaddaf Yard 37 

Tug "Compass" towing the jackup barge "Alastair IV" 43 

Tug and name disappered from Ijmuiden 41 

Tug boarded in Malacca Strait 26 

Tug boat sinks after battered by big waves 3 

Tug boat sinks, causes diesel spill in hillsboro 38-39 

Tug Capsizes and Sinks at Peterhead 25 

Tug captain survives icy plunge near Campbell River 10 

Tug Charles Burton Launched 34 

Tug for Sale 17 

Tug grounded on Bligh Reef, fuel tanks breached 52 

Tug grounded to avoid sinking, S.Petersburg 20 

Tug Larin with barge VD-4001 28 

Tug master taken 48 

Tug near Strumble Head is safe, say Milford Haven coastguards 47 

Tug owner withdrawn two tugs 17 

Tug towed back to safety 47 

Tug tows Port of Long Beach greenward 5 

Tug with barge aground, Barents sea 44 

Tug World Review 2008 25 

Tug, Barge Collide; Gasoline Spills into Cook Inlet: 22 

Tug’s kidnapped crewmen released 51 

Tugboat „FAIRPLAY VIII“ new Museumship in Hamburg 27 

Tugboat Builder visit Galati Yard 21 

Tugboat Capzised 24 

Tugboat crew rescues cat that had been trown off LA Bridge 42 

Tugboat ends up on its side 49 

Tugboat Owner 32 

Tugboat pilot plan may have backfired 28 

Tugboat sinks off Treasure Island, spills oil 34 

Tugboats coming to Newburgh waterfront 33 

27/31


Tugs of the World - 5th Edition 13 

Tugs under construction in Antwerp 12 

Tugs: More being built, more for sale 22 

Tugtalk now open to everyone 3 

Two ASD 2411 delivered in Brasil 16 

Two ASD 2810 at Port Réunion 25 

Two more Offshore vessels from Keppel 31 

Two new contracts for DOF Subsea 42 

Two Nore to Nigerian buyers 16 

Two Norwegian offshore contracts for Petrobras 49 

Two saved after tugboat sinks 11 

Two tugs in collision in Tampa 14 

Tyne Tunnel Project 33 

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U.S. Marshal's Sale In Chicago Double Hull Barges, Tugs & Pushboats 35 

U.S. Pusher sold 4 

UFO spotted in Rotterdam 18 

Ullswater christened 9 

Ulstein Verft confirms two vessel launches 42 

Ulstein Verft fills gap in production schedule 29 

Ulstein wins 6 Brazilian ship design contracts 50 

Under construction in China 4 

UNICORN (ex "Soliman Reys") departed from Rotterdam to Nigeria 12 

Union 9 renamed 5 

Union Manta for maintenance home 50 

Union Panda delivered 11 

Union sold two to Eureco Italy 25 

Union Warrior 52 

Unknown Tug 48 

Update Re-namings from Greece 29 

Updating the Pusher Design 7 

Uranus christened in Cuxhaven 48 

URS voegt twee nieuwe slepers toe aan haar vloot in de haven van Zeebrugge 18 

US Shipyard selling PSV’s 18 

Utility vessel Samson Supporter sets sail 24 

Utility vessels sold 5 

28/31


UZMAR Tug delivered. 13 

Uzmar Turkey delivers RAmpart 30/70 to Intertug 33 

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V.B.Biran renamed 7 

Vale orders 49 ships 4 

Vale takes delivery of new tug 41 

Vale to spend US$1.5 billion on Brazilian-built tugs and barges 40 

VB Tugs renamed 4 

Veolia Adds Viking Poseidon to Fleet of Deepwater Marine Vessels 13 

Versatile offshore support vessel for Ajang Shipping 8 

Vessel capsizes, sinks: M/V Monarch rolls while pinned against oil rig 3 

Vessel Departs James River Reserve Fleet 30 

Vickie Tide visit Cape Town 46 

Vietnam: Song Thu launches Damen-designed vessel 32 

Vietnamese shipyard launches Damen Salvage Tug 4612 7 

Vigilant commenced trails 16 

Viking Avant and Viking Athene extended 41 

Viking Nereus delivered to new owners 10 

Vikings in the Southern Hemisphere 6 

Vintage tugboat, last of its kind, comes home 13 

Visserijmuseum opent met modellen slepers 11 

Vitol charters Fairmont Summit for rigmove Blackford Dolphin 29 

Vladimir Ignatyuk in Cape Town 47 

Vlieland spotted 6 

Voith and Ridderinkhof cooperate in winch systems 45 

Voith unveils concept design for multipurpose tug 30 

Voith water tractor feature 52 

VOS Hermes formally named 19 

VOS Hunter sold 49 

Vos Seeker 23 

VOS Seeker named 8 

VOS Voyager delivered 46 

Voyage of KESTREL from Singapore 51 

Vroon and Boston Putford end cooperation 8 

Vroon gets Maersk extensions 32 

Vroon Offshore Services Pte Ltd. takes delivery of VOS Hermes 17 

Vroon Offshore Services Pte.Ltd. Takes delivery of VOS Hades 40 

Vroon takes delivery of MPI Rosinante 40 

Vroon takes delivery of VOS Hestia 23 

VS 490 hull from Karmsund for Siem Offshore AHTS 29 

VT Halter Mourns Death of CEO 17 

Vysotsk-1 commenced bollard pull trails 17 

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W&D Wins Two Contracts to Fill New Building 22 

Waker sold for scrap 44 

Warrior arrived in IJmuiden 51 

Warrior Launched 27 

Warris commencing trails 11 

29/31


Wärtsilä combines its ship design units 24 

Wärtsilä Receives Order for FSV Design 11 

Wartsila signed contract with Pipavav Shipyard 48 

Wärtsilä wins design contract for twelve OSVs 46 

Washburn And Doughty Opens Its Doors To The Public 32 

Wave-battered vessel ‘capsized within minutes’ 29 

Well Enchancer 18 

Well Enhancer due for delivery 20 

Well intervention vessel launched at Ulstein Verft 18 

WESMAR Bow Thruster on Oil Support Vessel 25 

WesternGeco to lay up vessels in bid to cut costs 18 

Wijsmuller's Utrecht 43 

Wilbur R. Clark sold 37 

William R Croyle II made a bunker stop 42 

Wilson Sons selects PG-MACS for newbuilds 44 

Wilson ties up 41 

Windfarm first for Subocean 44 

Wolraad Woltemade Official sold 51 

Workboat "Biggada" Capsized in the Port of Fremantle 47 

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Tug Operator, Navy 52 

Wuchang wins offshore order 19 

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Yantai Raffles debuts elevating support unit for Remedial Offshore 29 

Yantai Raffles launches first elevating support vessel 26 

Yard Number 511620 for sale 27 

Yard trails for Mustang 12 

YN 502501 Launched 48 

Yolanda I sold to Offshore Express 2 

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Zamil 54 Launched 5 

Zamil Offshore launches DSV 27 

Zeesleper Elbe wordt gerestaureerd 9 

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