Sanmar has signed its first contract of 2025, an order for one amongst its Boğaçay Assortment tugboats to Ultratug Mexico, which operates at Lazaro Cardenas Port on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Ultratug, headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is among the many fundamental operators inside the harbor towage, salvage, and offshore commerce inside the Americas, with over 55 years of experience.
Ultratug Mexico has been working beneath a long-term contract at Lazaro Cardenas Port since 2017 with a up to date and versatile fleet of three ASD tugboats.
Its new tug is based on the Sanmar RAmparts 2400SX-MKII design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd.
The design transient of the tug has been tailor-made to satisfy Ultratug Mexico’s specific needs and should have lodging for as a lot as eight crewmembers, with two single-berth cabins inside the deckhouse and three double cabins beneath deck.
The tug’s inexperienced credentials will embrace two IMO Tier III compliant CAT 3516E important engines, each producing a minimal of two,200kW at 1,600 rev/min to comprehend a bollard pull over the strict of 75 tons and a free working tempo of roughly 12.5 knots.
It may even be acceptable for a Caterpillar SCR exhaust gasoline after-treatment reply designed to chop again NOx emissions.
Boğaçay Assortment tugboats are designed for, amongst totally different points, optimum effectivity in ship-handling duties for sea-going ships and have a wider 12m molded beam enabling bigger effectivity and stability. The tug will measure 24.4m LOA, with a least molded depth of 4.5m and navigational draft of 5.45m.