B.C. Tugboat News
KOTUG Canada Provides Tanker Escort and Marine Response to Trans Mountain
KOTUG Canada Inc., a partnership between KOTUG International B.V. and Canada’s Horizon Maritime Inc., has been awarded a long-term agreement with Trans Mountain, operator of Canada’s only oil pipeline servicing the West Coast of Canada providing tidewater access to...
PSA Marine Peru selects Schottel hybrid drive solution for new tug
Hongkong’s Cheoy Lee Shipyards has been contracted by PSA Marine’s wholly owned unit PSA Marine Peru to install Schottel RudderPropellers aboard a newly-constructed tug. Schottel RudderPropellers includes the patented SYDRIVE-M technology, which is expected to reduce...
Keel laying held for two RAL TRAktor tugs bound for Kuwait
Grandweld Shipyards in Dubai held a keel-laying ceremony Jan. 26 for two of four high-performance TRAktor 2700-Z tugs, hull numbers H185 and H186, designed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL). The tugs were ordered by Specialities Construction for General Trading and...
Agreement with the Port of Vancouver for Harbour Towing Services
Québec, February 21, 2022 – Ocean Group is proud to announce a 10-year agreement with the Port of Vancouver to provide harbour towing services at the two Roberts Bank terminals, Deltaport and Westshore Terminals. To carry out this agreement, Ocean Group will mobilize...
Two RAL-designed tugs delivered in Taiwan
Two tugboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL), Mailiao 1505 and Mailiao 1506, have been delivered to the Formosa Plastic Corp. in Taiwan by PaxOcean Engineering Pte. Ltd. The vessels were delivered in December and will be operated by the Mailiao Harbour...
Oldest wooden tugboat in B.C. dismantled
Completed in 1905, the MV Sea Lion is the oldest wooden tugboat in B.C., but it will soon be scrapped over environmental concerns. The 116-year-old vessel has sat derelict in Maple Bay for the last five years after the death of its previous owner. It was deemed an...
KOTUG Canada Provides Tanker Escort and Marine Response to Trans Mountain
KOTUG Canada Inc., a partnership between KOTUG International B.V. and Canada’s Horizon Maritime Inc., has been awarded a long-term agreement with Trans Mountain, operator of Canada’s only oil pipeline servicing the West Coast of Canada providing tidewater access to...
PSA Marine Peru selects Schottel hybrid drive solution for new tug
Hongkong’s Cheoy Lee Shipyards has been contracted by PSA Marine’s wholly owned unit PSA Marine Peru to install Schottel RudderPropellers aboard a newly-constructed tug. Schottel RudderPropellers includes the patented SYDRIVE-M technology, which is expected to reduce...
Keel laying held for two RAL TRAktor tugs bound for Kuwait
Grandweld Shipyards in Dubai held a keel-laying ceremony Jan. 26 for two of four high-performance TRAktor 2700-Z tugs, hull numbers H185 and H186, designed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL). The tugs were ordered by Specialities Construction for General Trading and...
Agreement with the Port of Vancouver for Harbour Towing Services
Québec, February 21, 2022 – Ocean Group is proud to announce a 10-year agreement with the Port of Vancouver to provide harbour towing services at the two Roberts Bank terminals, Deltaport and Westshore Terminals. To carry out this agreement, Ocean Group will mobilize...
Two RAL-designed tugs delivered in Taiwan
Two tugboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL), Mailiao 1505 and Mailiao 1506, have been delivered to the Formosa Plastic Corp. in Taiwan by PaxOcean Engineering Pte. Ltd. The vessels were delivered in December and will be operated by the Mailiao Harbour...
Oldest wooden tugboat in B.C. dismantled
Completed in 1905, the MV Sea Lion is the oldest wooden tugboat in B.C., but it will soon be scrapped over environmental concerns. The 116-year-old vessel has sat derelict in Maple Bay for the last five years after the death of its previous owner. It was deemed an...
