Med Marine holds keel-laying ceremony for Svitzer’s ice breaking tugs
Med Marine held keel-laying ceremony at Ereğli Shipyard for two icebreaking tugboats with hull numbers ER84 & ER85 on April 16th, 2020. Two companies signed a newbuilding contract for two icebreaking tugboats last September, the company said in its release.
The tugs are TundRA 3000 design by Canadian Robert Allan Ltd..TundRA design is made for tugs operating in extreme winter conditions, which makes it a great fit for Svitzer’s North European fleet. High-quality and well-designed vessels have some distinctive features compared to other 20 different designs offered in Med Marine’s tugboat portfolio. In this project for Svitzer, the winch is capable to operate over the stern as well via trunk running through the deckhouse. It is also located in an enclosed area to achieve perfect performance even in severe cold weather conditions.
Once delivered, the vessels will operate across Scandinavia, predominantly serving ports in Denmark and Sweden.
TundRA 3000 design has following design particulars:
LENGTH OVERALL: 30m
BEAM OF HULL: 12.6m
EXTREME BEAM (INCLUDING FENDERS): 13.2m
DEPTH MOULDED: 5.7m
MAXIMUM DRAFT: 5.6m
GROSS TONNAGE: <500GT <500GT
MINIMUM BOLLARD PULL: 60ton
POWER: Approx. 3900 kW
About Med Marine:
Med Marine is a leading Turkish shipbuilder and leading tugboat operator. The firm employs Eregli Shipyard, one of the largest shipyards in Turkey with its 162.000 sqm area and 220 L x 38 W mtrs slipway capacity, to build its state-of-the-art tugboats and Stainless Steel (STST) IMO II type chemical/oil tankers, either for its own operations or clients around the world. The shipyard is constantly being improved with advanced production standards by keeping up with latest health, safety and environmental regulations. Med Marine has successfully completed the construction and delivery of almost 200 projects, including tugboats, chemical/oil tankers, mooring and pilot boats.
About Svitzer:
As part of Maersk, an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains from end to end; Svitzer has provided safety and support at sea since 1833. With 4,000 employees, a fleet of more than 430 vessels and operations all over the world, the Danish company is the global market leader within towage and marine related services.