Svitzer will provide marine services for the new APMT Moin Container Terminal in Costa Rica under a 30 - year terminal towage contract starting Q3 2017, the company said in its press release.
In addition to providing a high quality marine service solution for Moin Container Terminal, Svitzer will be providing three 70TBP ASD tugs (2 with FiFi 1) , one pilot vessel and a maintenance barge.
“The agreement with APMT was the result of a lengthy process where Svitzer assisted in all phases of the marine solution including simulations of the towage operations, determining size and lay out of the turning basin and defining the optimal specifications of the tugboats. By having a joint approach to the marine solution Svitzer is able to provide truly safe, reliable and cost - efficient services ,” elaborates Kasper Friis Ni laus, Chief Commercial Officer at Svitzer.
Regional Managi ng Director of Americas, Martin Helweg adds: " This contract signing is in line with our strategy of growing in Americas and emerging markets. The Moin project is the largest infrastructure project in Costa Rica, requiring us at Svitzer to work and train re sources of the local Limon community, such as pilots, port authorities, crew and customers in order to ensure the marine services live up to the expected standards.”