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Monday Classics and challenging royalties Åbo Båtvarf boatyard and its legacy are of high value to Alfons Håkans. The beautiful products of the historical yard are built for sailing and that is exactly what the current collection of classic yachts are there for. They are also made available for young but also more experienced sailing enthusiasts who don’t own their own boats. Team Åbo Båtvarv a [Read more..]

Do you know the communication guidelines of European Tugowners Association & European Maritime Pilots’ Association? In their instructional video they show how all the participants in harbour towage operations benefit from clear communication and how this creates an efficient and safe working environment for all participants. Click here to see the video and learn more  [Read more..]

Kimmo Lehto, HSSEQ Manager at Alfons Håkans, has been appointed European Tugowners Association’s Chairman for the next two years term. ETA baton was handed over to Lehto by Leendert Muller (Multraship Towage & Salvage). Lehto’s previous position as Deputy Chairman will be taken by Vicente Boluda Ceballos (Boluda Corporacion Maritima SL). Changes in the chairmanship were approved at the ETA A [Read more..]

PKL Flote, a member of the Alfons Håkans group, is strengthening its fleet with a new ASD tug. The tug, like Alfons Håkans’ two other new-buildings as well, is designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and build at Sanmar shipyard in Turkey. The tug is now launched for final installations and sea trials after which it will be finished at Sanmar and sailed to Latvia. PKL Flote is specialized in harbor and se [Read more..]

Alfons Håkans’ two icebreakers, Thetis and Zeus, have finished their icebreaking season. Their active operating started already in January but all in all winter was quite temperate. Only in the Bay of Bothnia ice conditions became more severe. Both Zeus and Thetis successfully operated a long and undisturbed icebreaking season, assisting merchant vessels in Bothnian Sea, Kvarken, Bay of Bothnia [Read more..]