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Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong have launched the first of two Z-TECH shiphandling tugs built to a radically different and brand new design by Canadian naval architect Robert Allan.
The first vessel entered the water on the 24 December 2003 and is currently being fitted out for PSA Marine of Singapore.
The design is intended to incorporate the best handling and operational characteristics of both Z-drive tractor tugs and ASD vessels. The first of this new series, the Z-TECH 2800 , is 27.40m in length and powered by two Caterpillar main engines producing a total of 5068bhp to drive Schottel fully steerable propulsion units.
US broker Marcon International Inc has reported the sale of the Mexican twin-screw tug ‘ Marmex VII (ex:
Drive Mar ).Once under the British flag, as the Keverne of JP Knight Ltd , the vessel was originally built in 1977 by Dutch yard Jonker & Stans as the Groenland . The tug has been purchased by Coloured Fin Ltd of Trinidad and Tobago for deep-sea and harbour towage, and renamed Thunderer . A vessel of 41.4m in length, she is powered by two Alco main engines of 5420bhp for a bollard pull of 60 tonnes.
The new twin-screw tugworkboat Prince Rock , completed by VT Halmatic for the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners of Plymouth ( Maritime Journal -January 2004) successfully completed trials prior to delivery and achieved a bollard pull of 19.5 tonnes.
A twin screw-tug the Balea was recently delivered to the French port of Bayonne by Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem.
The vessel is a StanTug 2207 of 22.5m in length, fitted with Caterpillar 3508B TA/B diesels generating a total of 2100bhp.
Balea was built for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry inBayonne and has a bollard pull of 31.5 tonnes and a free running speed of 11.5 knots.
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