Two new tugs and a workboat to join Svitzer Americas fleet
The Svitzer Abaco is one of the three newbuildings (Source: Svitzer)
Svitzer Americas is set to commission two new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tugs and a survey vessel before the end of November. The new vessels will take the A.P. Møller-Maersk subsidiary’s fleet to 82 units deployed across the Americas region.
The Svitzer Abaco, a Damen 2312 type with a bollard pull of 70 tonnes, is being built at Damen’s Vietnamese shipyard and will be deployed in the Bahamas.
The Svitzer Isabella, with the same bollard pull and built to a Ramparts 2400SX design, is destined for operations in the Dominican Republic. It is due for delivery from Sanmar in Turkey.
The Svitzer Moín will join that company’s Costa Rican fleet and undertake survey work at the APM Terminal Moín in Costa Rica where water depths need careful monitoring because they are subject to silting.
Arjen van Dijk, managing director Svitzer Americas, said: “I look forward to welcoming Svitzer Abaco, Svitzer Isabela and Svitzer Moín to the Svitzer Americas fleet. They are all vital to our fleet renewal and expansion strategy, which will enable us to continue to meet our customers’ demands as well as ensure safe, reliable and efficient operations. We will continue to expand and renew our fleet in the coming years, and in 2023 we will start taking delivery of the newbuilds that were ordered for our Brazil operations last year.”
