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Hot August start for Kotug

21 Aug 2008

This month got off to a busy start for Rotterdam based Kotug International BV. The liner SS Rotterdam arrived at the Maascenter buoy on Monday the 4th after a short voyage from Wilhemshaven, towed in by Kotug’s tugs RT Magic and RT Spirit.
Tugs from Kotug's French subsidiary SNRH escort a 310m long floating dock from the Port of Le Havre.
Tugs from Kotug's French subsidiary SNRH escort a 310m long floating dock from the Port of Le Havre.

Once the pilot had been brought on board and two more Kotug tugs, the SD Stingray and SD Shark, had been secured to the rear of the SS Rotterdam, the ship set sail for the Nieuwe Waterweg.

Scores of people lined along the entire route from Hook of Holland to Rotterdam to welcome the beautiful ship during its final run to moorings at Maashaven.

The next day the 310m long floating dock of Le Havre left that port under assistance from four tugs of Kotug's French subsidiary SNRH. The dock was sold to Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. of Freeport early this year and had been repaired and prepared for sea towage prior to departure.

Read the full story in the September issue of Maritime Journal.

 

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