Smit Lamnalco orders four Damen ASD 3212 Tugs
Towage and marine services company Smit Lamnalco says it has ordered four DAMEN ASD 3212 tugs - all for delivery next year.
Making the announcement at the Europort Exhibition in Rotterdam, Smit Lamnalco CEO Mauro Fernando Sales said: “We decided to invest in four new DAMEN ASD tugs following the recent award of two important contracts – one in Australia and the other in Oman.
“The move to acquire more DAMEN vessels is in line with our mission to standardise our fleet and to provide high quality, reliable vessels, which is particularly important given the challenging environments our vessels often operate in.”
Smit Lamnalco, headquartered in Rotterdam, has been a longstanding client of DAMEN Shipyards and has 55 DAMEN vessels in its fleet.
Two of the new DAMEN ASD 3212 tugs will head for the mining town of Weipa in Queensland, Australia in the third quarter of 2018, where they will be deployed on a Rio Tinto project.
Jeroen van Woerkum, DAMEN Shipyards Sales Manager Benelux, emphasises: “Smit Lamnalco has been a customer of DAMEN for many years, appreciating the experience and quality offered by the company. Additionally, in this particular case, the end-customer Rio Tinto had a strong preference for DAMEN ASD tugs for its project in Weipa. It was vital that we could deliver these vessels quickly from stock.”
Smit Lamnalco is also very familiar with Damen’s Service Hub in Brisbane, which is for the benefit of DAMEN customers operating in the region.
In Oman, the two DAMEN ASD 3212 tugs will work at a terminal operated by the Oman India Fertiliser Company S.A.O.C (OMIFCO) in the Port of Sur. These tugs are due to be delivered in June 2018 and will be operated by the joint venture Bahwan Lamnalco Company (BLC).
The DAMEN ASD 3212 is a powerful, sturdy and highly manoeuvrable tug, with a bollard pull of 80 tonnes. As part of the DAMEN portfolio, the vessel is series built for stock, ensuring rapid delivery of proven technology.
Damen Shipyards Group
Damen Shipyards Group operates 33 shipbuilding and repair yards, employing 9,000 people worldwide. DAMEN has delivered more than 6,000 vessels in more than 100 countries and delivers some 180 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Based on its unique, standardised ship-design concept DAMEN is able to guarantee consistent quality.
Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels in stock leads to short delivery times, low ‘total cost of ownership’, high resale values and reliable performance. Furthermore, DAMEN vessels are based on thorough R&D and proven technology.
Damen offers a wide range of products, including tugs, workboats, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, cargo vessels, dredgers, vessels for the offshore industry, ferries, pontoons and superyachts.
For nearly all vessel types DAMEN offers a broad range of services, including maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and the transfer of (shipbuilding) know-how. DAMEN also offers a variety of marine components, such as nozzles, rudders, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.
