Adakale is a RAscal 1800 class tug.
Turkish tugboat specialist Sanmar Shipyards delivered 4 tugs through the closing week of 2022, rounding off a particularly profitable yr that noticed the corporate ship a complete of 30 tugs to operators in Turkey and throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America and Asia.
The final tug to be delivered in 2022 was Yenicay XVI. It went to home buyer Marintug, which has renamed it Adakale. The vessel is a RAscal 1800 class compact tug.
Developed solely for Sanmar by Canada’s Robert Allan Ltd, RAscal 1800 class tugs are designed to deal with the challenges confronted by trendy, high-performance Z-drive line-handling and smaller ship-handling tugs. They are supposed for low manning and have a excessive customary of equipment automation that enhances their inexperienced credentials.
Measuring 18.7 meters LOA, with a molded beam of 9.2 meters and navigational draft of three.95 meters, Adakale is able to ship help work, line-handling, basic harbor service and coastal towing with extremely maneuverable properties at sluggish speeds. Ship help work is usually finished over the bow whereas basic towing will be finished over the bow with the winch or over the strict with both towing hook or towing winch.
Adakale’s two Caterpiller C32 4 stroke principal engines every produce 970 kW at 1.800 rev/min to drive customary manufacturing, 360-degree azimuthing Veth VZ 900 thrusters, enabling a bollard pull forward of 32 tons and a velocity forward of 12 knots. The tug’s tank capacities embrace roughly 34.000 liters of gasoline oil and 5.900 liters of contemporary water. The tug has been constructed in accordance with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) necessities with the notation + A1, +AMS, UWILD, Towing Vessel, QR and FF Capable.
Another supply to a Turkish home proprietor was Bozcay VI, one other compact tug beforehand working in Sanmar’s personal fleet. It went to Yalpaş, which has renamed it Yalova 5. Based on the RApport 1900SX design from Robert Allan Ltd, it’s a twin-screw, diesel-powered tug, designed for optimum effectivity within the efficiency of ship-handling duties for seagoing vessels.
Measuring 19.3 meters LOA, with a molded beam of 8.2 meters, Yalova 5 is powered by two Caterpillar C32 principal engines, every creating 970 kW at 1,800 rev/min to ship a bollard pull forward of 33 tons and a free operating velocity of 12 knots.
“As 2022 comes to an end, we can reflect on a good year at Sanmar Shipyards with healthy production figures at both our Altinova and Tuzla shipyards” stated Ruchan Civgin, business director of Sanmar Shipyards. “With our third purpose-built yard coming on line in the not-so-distant future specifically to produce and further develop our low and no emission tugs of tomorrow, I am delighted to be able to report that prospects are looking good for 2023 and beyond.”
