Leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship has continued its fleet renewal programme with confirmation that it has bought two new Damen ASD 2810-type tugs with state-of-the-art FiFi 1 firefighting capabilities. The tugs, to be named Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, are building in Romania for delivery in June/July 2013, the Company's news release said.
Contracts for the two tugs were signed during the course of Multraship’s annual client gathering in Terneuzen on April 18, where Multraship managing director Leendert Muller said, “We are delighted to have concluded deals for these vessels, built to a proven design by a yard with extensive experience and expertise in this sector."
The Company said the new tugs will be engaged largely in harbour towage activities in the Zeeland Seaports and Antwerp areas.
The tugs will have a minimum bollard pull of 62.5 tons and a maximum speed of 13.5 knots. They are being built at Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania, in which country Multraship has a representative office and provides towage and salvage services as part of its strategic coverage of the Black Sea area.
Multraship Towage & Salvage is a division of the Muller Maritime Group, a private company owned jointly by the Muller family of Terneuzen, The Netherlands and Hamburg based Fairplay Towage. The company specializes in harbour towage, salvage, coastal & deep sea towage and provides services to offshore windfarm, dredging & marine contracting industries.