Tugboat builder Sanmar Shipyards will be attending the International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) biennial Congress in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, for the first time later this month as part of its mission to lead the world to a sustainable emissions-free towage industry. Sanmar recently joined the IHMA as a Commercial Member with the aim of [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered another powerful low emission tugboat to South American towage giant SAAM Towage, the sixth tug it has delivered to the world’s third largest operator in the past two years. Known as BOGACAY L while under construction at Sanmar’s purpose built modern shipyards in Türkiye, the tug has been renamed SAAM [...]
Operating with a fleet of modern powerful and technologically advanced tugboats with an average age under three years is a major factor in the success of Sanmar Shipyards as the leading towage operator in Türkiye. Sanmar has continually renewed its fleet since the company was set up approaching 50 years ago, under the direction [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a powerful and highly manoeuvrable new build RAmparts 2400SX class Z-drive tug to global towage giant Svitzer, which will join its operations in the Dominican Republic. SVITZER RIVAS, known as Bogacay XLVI while under construction at Sanmar’s purpose-built shipyards in Türkiye, is the 27th tugboat that Sanmar has delivered to [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new-build TRAktor-Z 2500SX class tugboat to Safi Maritime Services in Türkiye, designed for maximum efficiency in both harbour ship-handling and towing duties. With an impressive bollard pull of 74 tonnes, it is the most powerful tug that Sanmar has delivered to the expanding port. Powered by two high speed, [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a powerful and highly manoeuvrable RAstar 2900SX tugboat to South American towing giant SAAM Towage. Renamed MATAQUITO ll by its new owners, the new-build ASD Z-drive tug will work in Chile. MATAQUITO II is the fifth tug that Sanmar has delivered to SAAM and follows HALCON III, delivered to Chile [...]
Sanmar has signed a year-long sponsorship deal with the Turkish Rowing Federation (TRF) as the nation’s top rowers set their sights firmly on the next Olympic Games due to take place in Paris in 2024. The leading Turkish tugboat builder and operator says it is proud to be able to support a generation of [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has signed a deal to deliver the latest updated version of its best-selling RAmparts 2400SX series of tugboats to family-owned operator Mackenzie Marine and Towage Pty Ltd based in Esperance, Western Australia. MMT Managing Director Sean Mackenzie is delighted with the quality and cutting edge features of the tug, which includes a [...]
Four powerful technologically-advanced new-build tugboats built by Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye have arrived at Karachi, Pakistan to start work for their new owner, Port Qasim Authority (PQA). The Kocacay series tugs, with bollard pulls ranging from 76 to 86 tonnes, are based on the exclusive-to-Sanmar RAstar 3200SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered two pilot boats to the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Karachi, Pakistan, which operates the expanding deep-water seaport with an annual handling capacity of 89 million tons in the country’s largest industrial zone. The twin pilot boats, renamed PB HEER and PB SASSI by their new owners, each have a [...]