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WATERFRONT

TWO TUGS FOR BOLUDA

TOWAGE

Boluda Towage Europe has ordered two 85-tonnes bollard pull ASD Tugs 2813 from Damen Shipyards Group, both complying with the most recent IMO Tier III emission standards, for operations in the Port of Zeebrugge as part of the extended concession for towage services.

The new tugs will be named VB Bolero and VB Rumba and will be added to the fleet of Boluda Towage Europe, which currently comprising of 81 tugs and operating in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. The ASD Tugs 2813 are highly manoeuvrable and high performance, environmentally friendly vessels, which can be used for a variety of operations.

BAHRI’S FLEET OF 101 SHIPS

TANKERS

Saudi Arabia-based Bahri, formerly the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, has ordered ten 49,999dwt Medium Range chemical tankers from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy

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