Photo: Robert Allan Ltd 
Harbour Tugs and Operation

First steel cut for new tug for China’s Qingdao Port

Baird Maritime

China's Rizhao Gangda Shipbuilding Heavy Industry has cut the first steel for a new ASD harbour tug ordered by local operator Shandong Ports Authority.

The Robert Allan Ltd-designed vessel will have an LOA of 34.3 metres, a moulded beam of 11.2 metres, a maximum draught of 4.61 metres, a bollard pull of 50 tonnes, and a free running speed of 13 knots.

The tug will be operated in the Yellow Sea out of the Port of Qingdao in Shandong province.