Qatari shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has laid the keels for two 16 metre-long stan tugs, part of a seven-vessel order for marine services provider Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW).
A small ceremony was held at NDSQ's facilities at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Qatar's Port of Ras Laffan. The two twin-screw tugs have a bollard pull of 15 tonnes and will be used for mooring vessels visiting the Port of Ras Laffan.
NDSQ is also currently building five other vessels for the NSW order: two 28-metre azimuth stern drive (ASD) tugs, two 31-metre ASD tugs and one 22-metre fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) pilot boat. The stan tugs, the ASD tugs and the pilot boat will be delivered to NSW for use at Ras Laffan.
NDSQ is a joint venture between Nakilat and Dutch shipbuilder Damen and is based at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan, a state of Qatar.
