Design News
The following press releases highlight recent vessel deliveries from Robert Allan Ltd. designs, and announcements concerning major new projects
Norvegia & Spagna – New RAmparts 2400W Class tugs from Robert Allan Ltd. for Rimorchiatori Riuniti
October 20, 2011
In August 2011, the high performance RAmparts 2400W tug Norvegia was delivered by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain to Owners, Rimorchiatori Riuniti in Genoa, […]
RAnger 2400 Class fireboat from Robert Allan Ltd. for Massachusetts Port Authority
October 11, 2011
In October 2011, the new RAnger 2400 Class Fireboat, American United was delivered to the Massachusetts Port Authority, Boston by the builder A.F. Theriault […]
Robert Allan Ltd. and Ausenco Sandwell form joint venture to bid on Coast Guard polar icebreaker
September 2, 2011
‘Canada’s Arctic SAGE Team’ brings together Canada’s best to design new ship. Vancouver—One of Canada’s most storied naval architecture firms, Robert Allan Ltd., and Canada’s […]
First of class design Alaryam joins world-wide fleet of successful RAstar Series escort tugs
June 29, 2011
IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, have just taken delivery of their latest high-performance terminal support/escort tug from Astilleros Balenciaga SA, of […]
A golden milestone for Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd. and Robert Allan Ltd.
June 28, 2011
In the summer of 2011, Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd. and Robert Allan Ltd. will celebrate a major milestone in their joint collaboration. Since first […]
Christopher Wheatley – A unique new fireboat for the City of Chicago
June 15, 2011
In April 2011, The Chicago Fire Department took delivery of a new Fireboat to replace the aging Victor L. Schlaeger. The vessel was named […]
Tristan K – A powerful new addition to the world’s Z-Tech® tug fleet
June 14, 2011
Recently delivered to her Owners Bay-Houston Towing Co. of Galveston, Texas is the latest Z-Tech® 7500 Class tug Tristan K. This powerful new ship-handling/escort […]
Mojaweb – A major RAstar 3900 fire-fighting tug from Robert Allan Ltd. for Kuwait Fire Services
March 30, 2011
When is a fireboat a tug? When is a tug a fireboat? The fitting of fire-fighting capacity on harbour tugs is very common, but […]
RALion wins major international design contract for new Australian research vessel
February 18, 2011
RALion, a Joint Venture between Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., Alion Science and Technology Corporation of McLean, Virginia, and Alion Science and Technology (Canada) […]
Robert Allan Ltd.’s Turkish tug connection comes home to Vancouver
January 20, 2011
For more than fifteen years Robert Allan Ltd. has enjoyed remarkable success having tugs built to their designs by a cadre of very capable […]