
Momentum Continues For Tugbuilder Sanmar Following Record Year
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar constructed 17 tugboats final yr, together with one pictured above, the Yenicay 1. It was probably the most tugs ever constructed by Sanmar in a calendar yr.
The firm is within the means of finishing a 50,000 sq. meter shipyard in Altinova, Turkey to help its rising order guide. This month alone, Sanmar says they’ve gained an order for 3 new 70 ton bollard pull tugs from the Port of Fujairah, all designed by Vancouver-based naval structure agency Robert Allan Ltd. and powered by CAT 3516C diesels with Rolls-Royce US 255 FP Z-drives.
The Yenicay 1 is the primary of the brand new RAscal 1800 collection of azimuth stern drive tugs designed Robert Allan Ltd. Sanmar constructed the Yenicay 1 so as to add to its personal fleet of operated tugs and is “a big sister” to the RAscal 1500 delivered by Sanmar final yr to Buksér og Berging AS of Norway.
Robert Allan Ltd notes this vessel “shares a typical hull type fashion, wheelhouse, and common structure. Both are constructed to extraordinarily excessive requirements, virtually yacht end, and are fitted with Caterpillar C32 principal engines, a pair of Caterpillar C4.4 diesel turbines, and Veth VZ-900 fastened pitch Z-drives. Propellers are 5 bladed 1700 mm Kaplan sort in nozzles.
The RAscal 1800 is designed to carry out ship help work, line-handling, common harbor service, and coastal towing.
Vessel particulars:
- Length total: 18.7 m
- Beam, moulded, excessive: 9.2 m
- Depth, moulded: 3.5 m
- Maximum draft: 3.7 m
- Bollard pull: 31 tons
- Speed: 12 knots
- The tug was designed and constructed to ABS necessities with the notation: ABS ? A1, Towing Vessel, ? AMS, UWILD, BP (30)
- Fuel Oil: 33,500 litres
- Potable Water: 5,776 litres
- Foam: 1,618 litres
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