Cheoy Lee delivers tug to Timaru, NZ

By Baird Maritime - January 29, 2019.

Hinewai (Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Hayden Brown)

Hong Kong-based Cheoy Lee Shipyards has delivered a newbuild ASD tug to operator PrimePort Timaru of New Zealand.

The Robert Allan Ltd-designed vessel has been named Hinewai after the Maori translation of “water maiden.”

The NZ$8 million (US$5.48 million) tug will begin operational sailing under its new owners at the end of February.

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