Svitzer Stanlow, A New Escort Tug for the Mersey

Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before its formal naming ceremony on the 7th of September.

The tug master has a comfortable control position with a good view fore and aft

Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before its formal naming ceremony on the 7th of September.