Completed in just 17 weeks from the order being placed Smit Panama is the most recent vessel built to the now well-established ASD 2810 design. The new tug is a vessel of 28.75m in length overall with a beam of 10.59m and draft of 4.83m. Two Caterpillar 3516B-TA HD/B diesels, rated at 4626 bhp (total) at 1600rev/ min, to power a pair of Rolls Royce US 205 fully azimuthing propulsion units. This arrangement achieved a bollard pull on trials of 55.9 tonnes towing ahead and 52.6 tonnes astern, with a maximum free running speed in either direction of just over 13 knots.

The main engines are fitted for air-starting and cooled by box coolers fitted with a marine growth prevention system.

Auxiliary equipment includes two Caterpillar powered alternators rated at 105kVA each at 230/240v, 50 Hz.

A combined anchor windlass and towing winch, manufactured by BMT, installed on the foredeck has a line pull of 18 tonnes and brake holding load of 130 tonnes. A BMT single drum winch aft has the same basic specification. In order to give the tug some fire fighting capability a single water/foam monitor is located at bridge deck level. The monitor has a capacity of 600 cu/m/min and is supplied by a Caterpillar powered fire pump.

At the time of writing the Damen Shipyards order book listed a further six ASD Tugs 2810 under construction for various owners around the world.