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Tugnology 2019

22nd May 2019

The 2019 Tugnology conference was held in Liverpool on 14-15 May 2019. TugAdvise founder Simon Tatham attended both days and this year’s conference was another informative and interesting event for the tug industry. Tugnology is presented by Tug & OSV and it is the world’s leading tug-only conference. TugAdvise founder Simon Tatham publishes a regular article in…

TugAdvise has a new berth: Tatham & Co

3rd May 2019

1 May 2019 Following seven years of development and growth, the specialist tug and towage, offshore vessel, salvage and wreck removal team at TugAdvise are now part of Tatham & Co. Our offices remain in the City of London, at 1 Gracechurch St, EC3V 0DD, and will be moving to modern and larger premises during…

LOF – claims by dispossessed salvors

In February 1977 a vessel in ballast, Unique Mariner, ran aground in Indonesian waters not far from Singapore. The master was advised by ship’s agents that a tug would be sourced. A professional salvor’s tug turned up from Singapore and the master mistakenly thinking that it was the tug procured by the agents, signed Lloyd’s…

Force majeure: headache of today

I am into week six of lockdown. The new office is closed and all partners and staff working, more or less happily, from home. The roses are out, the potatoes are in, the lettuce are pushing on but there is absolutely no sign of the parsley (sown late because more efficient people ordered up the…

Tugnology 2019

TugAdvise has a new berth: Tatham & Co

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