Chilean towage operator Saam has taken delivery of a new harbour tug for operation out of the Port of Cartagena in northern Colombia.
Saam Caribe was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd (RAL). The tug can achieve a bollard pull of 72 tonnes and a free running speed of 13 knots.
Designed for demanding port operations, the tug combines performance with enhanced manoeuvrability to ensure efficient and reliable ship-handling services for ocean-going vessels.
The twin Z-drive tug has an LOA of 24.4 metres, a moulded beam of 12 metres, a least moulded depth of 4.5 metres, and a navigational draught of 5.45 metres.
The vessel is equipped with FiFi1 firefighting capability and features comfortable accommodation for up to seven crewmembers.
The tug is a customised version of an earlier 25-metre tug that was also designed by RAL.
The hull features a modest side flare, a half-raised forecastle deck for improved seakeeping, a gently rounded deck line to ensure that the tug can safely and easily come alongside and remove itself from an attended ship at speed, and a conically shaped, double-chined stern unique to all RAL designs.
The double-chined stern ensures that the tug can run astern at high speeds and maintain adequate control and directional stability.