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Svitzer names new tug in Felixstowe

UK Svitzer held the naming ceremony for “Svitzer Deben”, a new Damen ASD 3212 80 Tonne bollard pull escort tug, for the Port of Felixstowe on 22 nd April 2016, the company said in its press release. Svitzer Deben was built at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam and delivered to the Port of Felixstowe earlier this year. The new vessel is an 80 Tonne bollard pull Damen ASD 3212 escort tug, equipped with a 2800mm controllable pitch propeller, a hydraulically driven double drum forward winch, a single drum aft winch, two Caterpillar 3516C HD+ TA/D engines and two Rolls Royce US255 P30 CP Special thrusters. Svitzer Deben is already working in the port, complementing the fleet consisting of Svitzer Shotley, Svitzer Sky, and Svitzer Stanford. The 80 Tonne bollard pull on Svitzer Deben is required to safely assist the largest container vessels as they approach the Port of Felixstowe.

Svitzer takes delivery of Damen ASD Tug 3212 in the UK

Svitzer, the leading global towage and salvage specialist, has taken delivery of two Damen ASD Tugs 3212 in the UK. The initial contract was signed at the Tugnology 2015 event, which took place in London in May, Damen said in its press release. The vessels were built for stock at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam and arrived in Rotterdam in late October as part of a 22-vessel consignment on board BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel, Happy Star. Named the Svitzer Deben and Svitzer Kent respectively, the 32-metre vessels deliver 80 tonnes of bollard pull and are equipped with 2.8 metre controllable pitch propellers (CPP) and special render recovery winches.

New SVITZER DEBEN arrives in Felixstowe

The Damen Shipyard group built ASD 3212 tugs SVITZER DEBEN and SVITZER KENT which were delivered by the HAPPY STAR in Rotterdam shifted both to Rotterdam Europoort ready to sail to their homeports London and Felixstowe due to the stormy conditions at the Notrthsea the tugs were waiting for weather improvement in the 4th Petroleum harbor Svitzer, the global market leader within towage and emergency response, ordered the two Damen ASD 3212 tugs with 80 tonnes bollard pull performance for its escort and towing operations on the Thames and Felixstowe. They are built at Damen’s state-of-the-art Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam The 32 metre ASD tugs, designed for push-pull, escorting, towing and fire-fighting operations, feature a 12.2 metre beam and speed of 14 knots. For propulsion, they are equipped with two Caterpillar 3516C HD TA/D engines with a total power of 5,050 bkW at 1,800 rpm.