Sanmar Built Vessel Join Svitzer’s Fleet
Aiswarya Lakshmi
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Sanmar Shipyard Tuzla has built M/T Svitzer Amstel (Boğaçay XII) will join Svitzer’s fleet at the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The vessel measures 24.4m x 11.25m with a 60 tonne bollard pull derived from a pair of 3512 C Caterpillar engines, each developing 1,765kW at 1,800 rev/min. connected to Rolls Royce azimuthing thrusters of US 205 FP type.
Sanmar has delivered two sister vessels to Svitzer in 2014 named as Bogacay II and Svitzer Tyne.
Last month Svitzer signed a newbuilding contract with Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of six vessels, with delivery of the first one to be expected in Q4 2016. The vessels are being built to fulfil for Svitzer’s commitment to current and upcoming new contracts in various terminal towage markets.
Svitzer has a fleet of 5 tugs serving in Amsterdam operated by Port Towage Amsterdam BV (PTA), a JV company owned equally by Svitzer and Iskes Towage. Since 1833, Svitzer has provided safety and support at sea. With 4,000 employees, a fleet of more than 400 vessels and operations all over the world, Svitzer is the global market leader within towage and emergency response.
Sanmar Shipyards is one of the leading tugbuilders in the world with a production capacity of 25 tugboats per year at its two state of the art shipyards. The whole tugbuilding process is completed indoor, totally independent of atmospheric conditions.
Sanmar is the proud builder of the world’s first LNG fuelled tugboats. Sanmar Shipyards is specialised in high technology vessels especially escort tugs for LNG terminals.