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Vessels

Mooring Boats

Launched for Port of

Ras Laffan

Nakilat celebrated the delivery of two 16-m mooring boats built by shipbuilder Nakilat

Damen Shipyards Qatar for tow- age operator Nakilat Svitzer Wi- jsmuller. The vessels were built in Qatar and will be operated at the Port of Ras Laffan. The two

Stan Tug 1606 mooring boats, named Ras Al Allaj Qatar and

Al Esaiwed, are the fi rst of a seven-vessel order that Nakilat

Damen Shipyards Qatar is cur- rently working on for Nakilat

Svitzer Wijsmuller.

The vessels will work on a long-term charter to Qatar Pe- troleum and will be part of the growing fl eet of Nakilat Svitzer

Wijsmuller vessels in the Port of Ras Laffan. Nakilat Svitzer

Wijsmuller already operates a fl eet of 25 vessels at Ras Laf- fan and a another fi ve vessels at Halul Island, performing about 12,500 tug jobs per year in the Port of Ras Laffan.

Triton Submarines will introduce its newest model, the Triton 1000/3 LP (Low Profi le) at the 2014 Monaco Yacht show. Triton’s model line now includes 11 models confi gured for two to eight passengers with depth ratings from 1000 feet (305 meters) to 5500 feet (1675 me- ters) as well as the full ocean depth rated

Triton 36000/3.

Yacht-based submersibles continue to gain popularity in the yachting commu- nity. Until now, size and weight restric- tions for existing tender garages have kept many yachts from integrating a sub.

Triton’s CEO, Bruce Jones thinks that is about to change. “The Triton 1000/3

LP will make it possible for most larger yachts to carry a submersible. It’s an ab- solute game changer and we are excited to be introducing the design in Monaco.”

At only 5.6 feet tall (1700 mm) with a modest crane weight of 7,650 pounds (3475 kg) the Triton 1000/3 LP is a light, compact three-passenger deep diving submersible (1000 foot/305 meter depth rating).

The Triton 1000/3 LP design was driven by the demand for a submersible design that could be integrated into ex- isting superyacht tender garages without the need for a major refi t. The design of 1000/3 LP utilizes a forward acrylic hyper-hemisphere for the two passengers and a rear steel hyper-hemisphere for the pilot and internal systems. This arrange- ment utilizes smaller spheres while also providing for a design that does not re- quire a large external frame.

Photo cour tesy of Nakilat Damen Ship y ards

Triton Submarines’

New Submersible

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