Kotug expands fleet....

Kotug expands fleet with two deliveries


The Netherlands: Kotug has added two new tugboats to its fleet. These
last two tugboats of a series of four, with a towing capacity of 65
tonnes, were christened in Rotterdam on January 17, 2009.


The tugs ‘SD Seal’ and ‘SD Seahorse’ were christened by Mrs Marleen van
Honk, wife of Captain Marcel van Honk, Chairman of the Dutch Works
Council and Mrs Diny Aalberts, wife of Captain Peet Aalberts, Secretary
and Treasurer of the Werknemers Vereniging Adriaan Kooren (Employee
Association).

The ‘SD Seal’ and ‘SD Seahorse’ are sister ships of the ‘SD Shark’
and ‘SD Stingray’, which were added to the Rotterdam fleet and
christened in Rotterdam last year.

At the beginning of the next month, the ‘RT Margo’, which arrived in
Rotterdam from Singapore at the end of 2008, will be christened. This
tugboat with a towing capacity of 83 tonnes incorporates the Kooren
Shipbuilding and Trading-patented Rotortug principle (three screws and
three main engines) and is currently the strongest harbour tug
operating in Dutch waters.


This series of tugs is part of an extensive newbuilding programme of
strong and highly manoeuvrable (Rotor) tugs built at shipyards in
Japan, Singapore and Turkey.