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SHIPYARDS

Three

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Jordan

Sanmar Shipyards delivered three more vessels to the Aqaba Port Marine

Services Company (APMSCO) for the

Sheikh Subah Al Ahmad Al Subah LNG terminal at Aqaba, Jordan. The overall contract comprises four 80-tonne bol- lard pull specially modi? ed Terminal

RAstar 2800 ASD tugs, two convention- al twin screw Rascal 1500 line-handling tugs, all designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Canada, and a pilot boat designed by

Camarc Ltd in the UK. This latest de- livery comprises the second RAstar, Pe- tra 3, a RAscal 1500 line-handling tug,

Aldaem,and a 16.7m Pilot boat called Al

Sanad. The ? rst RAstar of the contract,

Hashim 3 has been operating at the Port since late May.

Petra 3 and her sisters are all suitable for use in a Zone 2 LNG environment and are equipped with a gas detection system and a ventilation gastight damper control system to isolate the ship from gas leakage throughout the vessel.

Al Sanad is a 16.7m, 20 knot twin- screw pilot boat designed by Camarc

Limited, a specialist in the genre. Pow- ered by two 500kW Caterpillar C18 die- sels, the vessel has suspension seating for the helmsman and ? ve others plus settee seating for three, on main deck.

There are berths for four, galley, mess area and sanitary space on the lower deck.

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