10Th Volume, No
22nd Volume, No. 47 1963 – “57 years tugboatman” – 2021 Dated 16 June 2021 Buying, Sales, New building, Renaming and other Tugs Towing & Offshore Industry News Distribution twice a week 18,400+ M I D W E E K – E D I T I O N TUGS & TOWING NEWS KOC AL ZOUR – KUWAIT OIL COMPANY ADDS 60M OIL RECOVERY VESSEL TO FLEET Uzmar Shipyard in Turkey has completed a new oil spill response vessel ordered by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) subsidiary Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The newbuild, which has been named KOC Al Zour after a region within Southern Kuwait, was developed by Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) as the first in a new series of vessels that are derived from one of the company’s existing ASD offshore tug designs. The first steel for the new vessel was cut in September 2019 and construction was completed by early 2021. KOC Al Zour, which both RAL and Uzmar have claimed is the largest vessel of its kind to be built in Turkey, was designed in accordance to Lloyd’s Register class rules to be completely outfitted and equipped to undertake oil spill containment and recovery as well as secondary duties that include area surveillance, offshore firefighting, back flush capabilities, logistics supply duties, towing services, general offshore support services, search and rescue, and other related duties. The vessel is intended for operation in international waters as well as within the waters of the Persian Gulf within Kuwait’s exclusive economic zone. The vessel has dynamic positioning capability and is equipped to carry out recovery, storage, and transfer of recovered oil to barges and/or shore facilities in support of KPC’s oil refinery activities near the Persian Gulf.
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