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. The comprehensive suite of oil spill response equipment includes a dedicated tank for storing up to 750 cubic metres of recovered oil, a skimmer mounted on a Heila telescopic marine crane with two specialised heads – enabling the vessel to deal with both high- viscosity and low-viscosity oil – and a flow rate of 250 cubic metres per hour, and two spray booms each equipped with nine nozzles and capable of discharging up to 125 litres of chemical dispersant per minute. KOC Al Zour has an LOA of 60 metres, a beam of 14 metres, a gross tonnage of 1,803, and a summer deadweight of 1,450 tonnes. Two Yanmar main diesel engines that each produce 1,620 kW deliver a maximum speed of 13 knots, a cruising speed of eight knots, and a bollard pull of 30 tonnes. The vessel is also designed to be on stand-by at sea for long periods of time. The hull shape 1/33 22ND VOLUME, NO. 47 DATED 16 JUNE 2021 and the optimised location of the anti-roll tanks provide improved seakeeping ability under a wide range of operating conditions, ensuring that the vessel is able to provide adequate oil spill and emergency response at all times. Power for the onboard systems is drawn from a trio of Yanmar generators that each produce 750 ekW. The wheelhouse features two roof-mounted firefighting monitors with water supplied by a 2,400m³/h pump. The wheelhouse also has improved all-round visibility to provide the bridge crew with an unobstructed view of the array of oil spill recovery equipment on the vessel’s aft deck. KOC Al Zour‘s size enables it to easily accommodate a crew of 20 and to sustain them during extended operating periods far from shore. There is also onboard space for a small fast tender and a self-propelled rescue boat as well as davits for their launch and recovery. (Source: Baird) Advertisement THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESCUE VESSEL OF THE MPSV06M PROJECT WILL BE CONCLUDED WITH THE YANTAR SHIPYARD FKU "Directorate of the State Customer" has summed up the results of the tender for the construction of a multifunctional rescue vessel with a capacity of 7 MW, project MPSV06M. As reported June 11 in Rosmorrechflot contract following the results of the procedure will be concluded with JSC "Baltic Shipyard" Yantar "(part of the USC). According to the ERC in the area of procurement, the COR application" Amber "with a price of 6,950,793,604 rubles was the only, The initial price was 6,951,200,000 rubles. The new ship will be built in the interests of the FSBI "Marine Rescue Service" under the modernized project of the "Marine Engineering Bureau." The fleet of "Marine Rescue Service" already includes two vessels of the MPSV06 "Beringov Strait” "and "Murman". Another vessel is being completed at the Amur NW. Compared to previous vessels, the MPSV 06M project has been revised to comply with the RS 2021 rules and the Polar Code for operation in the Arctic seas. Also, the lifting capacity of the cargo crane has been increased and its operation is provided during stormy conditions. The 2/33 22ND VOLUME, NO. 47 DATED 16 JUNE 2021 length of the vessel of the MPSV06M project should be 87.75 m, width - 19.1 m, draft - 6.5 m, power of the power plant - at least 2x3500 kW, speed - 15 knots, crew - 22 people. (Source: Sudostroenie) Advertisement THE BLACK SEA FLEET RAISED THE FLAG ON THE TUG "RESCUER VASILY BEKH" On June 12, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the dock of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) rescue vessels in the Streletskaya Bay of Sevastopol on the rescue tug "Rescuer Vasily Bekh". This was reported in the department of information support of the Black Sea region of the Russian Ministry of Defense. As noted in the military department, the honorary name was given to the rescue tug of the Black Sea Fleet SB-739 in honor of Vasily Fedorovich Bekh - a diving specialist, honored military specialist of Russia, chief engineer of the Department of Search and Rescue Operations (UPASR) of the Black Sea Fleet, captain of the 1st rank, who left from life on January 27, 2021. Vasily Fedorovich took part in 20 rescue operations and 10 operations to remove ships and vessels from the shallows, including the Kursk APRK and the Ochakov BPK. The rescue tug was renamed on the initiative of the UPASR veterans and the detachment command. (Source: Sudostroenie) ENGINE ROOM LULLABY (40) - BRONS 8ED ON THE LIMBURGIA Since 15 August, former inland shipping entrepreneur Roelof Fransbergen from Maasbracht has owned the legendary tugboat Limburgia. The Limburgia, built in 1942 at Boot in Leiden, contains a Brons 8ED of 500 hp from 1948 with a very special history. The Limburgia has a rich past as a Rhine tug. ‘It was a tough boy for that time,’ says Fransbergen. "Everyone wanted to sail with the Limburgia as a tugboat." Fransbergen dons an overall and takes us through the lubrication and starting procedure of the Brons. Watch the video HERE (Source: Heere heeresma Jr.) History: In 1943 built 3/33 22ND VOLUME, NO. 47 DATED 16 JUNE 2021 as Matthaus for L. Schless – Duisburg; Germany. In 1963 sold to W.H.C. Stelt – Ridderkerk; Netherlands and renamed Limburgia. In 1986 sold to Limma Schiffahrt A.G. – Bazel; Swiss and renamed Limma. Later in the 19 eighties back to W.H.C Stelt and re-renamed Limburgia. In 1993 transferred W. Stelt – Ridderkerk. In 2020 sold to R. Fransbergen – Maasbracht; Netherlands and hold her name Limburgia. She has a length of 27.85 mtrs a beam of 5.98 mtrs and a depth of 2.9 mtrs. The engine output is 368 kW (500 apk) (Photo: Jan Oosterboer) OUR COMPANY SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED TWO UNITS OF ASD TUGBOAT WITH FIFI On 12th of June, 2021, two units of 3,676kW ASD Tugboat with FiFi，named “Xu Wei Gang Xiao 1” and “Xu Wei Gang Xiao 2” were successfully completed and delivered by our company, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyards. which are designed and built for Lianyungang Xuwei Port Co., Ltd. The general particulars of this type of tugboat are as below: Loa:38.65m, B.M.:10.4m,D.M.:4.8m, Ahead B.P.:65.6t, Astern B.P.:60.3t, Endurance≥1200nm, Speed:13.45Kn. (Source: Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyards MSC STARTED MEDTUG ACTIVITIES IN ANTWERP WITH A TUGBOAT ORDERED BY MOBY The shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company founded by Gianluigi Aponte has started its new port towing business in Antwerp with a brand new vessel that had been ordered from the Damen shipyard, but not collected in recent months, by Moby. This is the Med Castor, a Damen ASD tug 2813 built by the Vietnamese shipyard Damen Song Cam as Orlando Onorato (hull number 513315) and ordered by the Moby Group in 2018 together with other sister units. The first, the Vincenzino O., was taken over in 2019 and is currently employed at the port of Sarroch, in Sardinia. The Orlando Onorato should also have entered service in Cagliari but was not withdrawn by the client probably due to the supervening application for an arrangement presented by the shipping 4/33 22ND VOLUME, NO. 47 DATED 16 JUNE 2021 group controlled by Vincenzo Onorato in mid-2020. The same vessel has now been renamed Med Castor and, after carrying out some sea trials in the month of May, a few days ago it arrived in Belgium and just this week it took up service in the proto of Antwerp. Among its technical characteristics stand out the power equal to 6,772 hp and the 85 ton fixed point pulling capacity. MedTug is not the Msc Group's debut in the towing business because the Aponte shipping group, through the terminal company Medcenter Container Terminal, controls the Con.Tug company at 50%, which guarantees the same service in the port of Gioia Tauro.