News
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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 […]
RALion wins Canadian Coast Guard contract to design offshore fisheries science vessels
November 30, 2010
RALion, a Joint Venture between Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Alion Science and Technology Corporation of McLean, Virginia, and Alion Science and Technology […]
RAmpage 5000 Class offshore support vessel Smit Siyanda delivered
November 4, 2010
In October 2010, the Offshore Support tug Smit Siyanda was delivered to her Owners, SMIT Shipping Singapore Pte. Ltd. of Singapore. The vessel will be […]
Maiden voyage of the BRAtt
November 3, 2010
Maiden Voyage of the BRAtt Early on the morning of October 28th, the BRAtt departed Point Roberts, Washington State bound for Seattle. Captain Ron […]