Newbuild tug joins Young Brothers fleet

Image: Young Brothers
Image: Young Brothers

A newbuild ocean-going tug joined the fleet of Hawaii-based interisland shipping operator Young Brothers on Monday, January 14.

The 37- by 11-metre tug has been named Kapena Raymond Alapa’i after Raymond Alapa’i, one of the company’s first vessel captains.

It is the second tug in a series delivered to Young Brothers. Two more tugs in the same series will be delivered to the company by June 2019.


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