Sanmar Celebrated 5 tugboats with a Ceremony In a remarkable ceremony, a quartet triple of tugs built by Sanmar Shipyard for the Norwegian operator Bukser og Berging were formally named Borgøy, Bokn, and Baus. Block erection of tugboat Biso and keel laying ceremony of another tugboat took place same day as well. Respectively, the vessels [...]
Sanmar Shipyard Completes M/T Borgøy, World’s First LNG-Powered Tugboat Sanmar has completed the first of two tugs for Norwegian customer Buksér og Berging, which each feature two Rolls-Royce Bergen C26:33L6PG engines fueled purely by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The first boat, named Borgøy, will enter service next month following a series of sea trials. [...]
Sanmar signs contract with Rolls-Royce for twelve shipsets of thrusters Sanmar has signed contract with Rolls_Royce for the supply of azimuth thrusters for twelve new tugs, for a variety of customers. Sanmar is a regular customer for Rolls-Royce propulsion equipment. This latest order will see three different types of Rolls-Royce thruster (US205, US255 and US [...]
Another step forward The world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled escort tug has been launched by Sanmar from its construction hall into the waters of Tuzla Bay near Istanbul. Designed by owner Buksér og Berging AS of Norway the vessel will be completed by Sanmar on its finishing pier and is scheduled to be [...]
Signings Signal more choice from Sanmar Customer demand has again prompted Sanmar, Türkiye’s trail-blazing tug builder, to sign more deals with the world’s acknowledged leading tug design team. At the recent Tugnology conference and exhibition held in London, senior officials of two of the leading participants, Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, Canada, and Sanmar [...]
Cooperation Smoothes Path to Gas Powered Tugs Sanmar, Türkiye’s leading pioneering tugboat building specialist, reports that its new build contract to deliver the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered escort tugs for Buksér og Berging AS of Norway, is proceeding smoothly despite it being ‘ground-breaking’ technology for the tug sector. Sanmar’s Board Member, Ali [...]
ASD TUG “LOMAX” ARRIVES NORWAY Lomax, which was delivered to Norwegian operator, Østensjø Rederi with a special re-naming and delivery ceremony on 19th January 2013, arrived to port of Ulsteinvik, Norway to deliver a tow. The vessel Lomax picked up the tow in the Ukraine. The tow is the new build casco X-BOW vessel Blue [...]
ULUPINAR 14 handed over SMS TOWAGE One of Sanmar’s most popular tugs is the neat, compact and yet surprisingly roomy Ulupinar Series. Some 15 of this exclusive and versatile ASD model designed by the Robert Allan Limited team with considerable input from Ali Gurun, project director at Sanmar, have now been built. However, Ulupinar 14, [...]
M/T LOMAX delivered to Østensjø Rederi Working in Harmony On 19th January 2013, Sanmar held a special re-naming and delivery ceremony at its custom-built construction facility located near Istanbul to mark the hand-over of a brand new, high-spec, fire-fighting terminal tug to the leading Norwegian operator, Østensjø Rederi. The 80-tonne bollard pull vessel departed Türkiye [...]
Lomax Østensjø Rederi, the Norwegian operator, is renowned for insisting on the highest standards of fit-out aboard its tugs. It is discerning enough to only use those tug builders that it knows can provide the high quality of finish to which its crews have become accustomed. Sanmar has recently completed and launched a second tugboat [...]