Mexican shipyard TNG lays down azimuth tugboat C-130 for Pemex
On May 26th Talleres Navales del Golfo (TNG) held a keel-laying ceremony for azimuth tugboat C-130 for PEMEX, the Mexican shipbuilder said in a press release.
In this historic event main authorities had presence such as SEMAR, PEMEX, Bureau Veritas and Astilleros Armon among others, it was inaugurated by TNG’s General Manager speech, Mr. Jose Antonio Sardina, who insured that the experience of its company staff is equal to the experience of the best shipyards in the world. Some minutes after, Sardina’s words were supported by Jose Manuel Carrera, PMI’s General Director of who said “Mexico can build ships, repair and maintain vessels of all drafts and technologies”.
Both speeches preceded the kick off of the Keel Laying, its dimensions are of 11m in length, 3m in heights and a weight of 3ton. With this fact, TNG is the first Mexican Shipyard to start the shipbuilding of one of the seven tugs assigned to Mexico by SEMAR and PEMEX, and leads the Mexican Shipbuilding Industry by having the mission of carrying out the steel plates cutting that will be used in the shipbuilding of these 7 vessels, and most important, the full shipbuilding of 4 tugboats assigned to TNG. The project will also include the shotblasting, shop primer and the bevel of more than 1500 steel plates with a weight close to 3000 ton.
By June of 2015, TNG will deliver the Azimuth Tugboat C-130 to PEMEX, which will have a length of 31.5m and breadth of 11.2m, with pull power of 50 tons, a draft of 4.2m and 12 knots of speed. These tugboats were designed especially to do operations at sea and port, such as: manoeuvres of towage at port and coastal areas,
towing at sea; fire fight services with foam water pump, anti-pollution works with dispersant spraying, rescue work, hydrocarbons collection jobs.
At the end, Talleres Navales del Golfo’s General Manager added “In the shipbuilding industry, the keel is the most important piece of a vessel structure, I’m sure that this big moment represents the keel of a new era for TNG and Mexico”.
Port of Veracruz based Talleres Navales del Golfo (TNG) is member of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL). HPH is the world´s leading port investor, developer and operator with interest in 26 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The company offers integral fabrication and ship repair services in the Gulf of Mexico. TNG shipyard is situated within close proximity to offshore oil and gas facilities, busy trade lanes as well as to the most important routes of communication that interconnect South East USA, the Caribbean and México. TNG through its professional staff, experience, infrastructure and state-of-the-art equipment provides a plethora of top quality services, including: Ship Repair, Offshore structures fabrication and Conversions.