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Damon Delivers Tug

Te Singapore

In mid-spring, Damen Shipyards delivered a tug to Tanker Mooring

Services in Singapore, after the ves- sel successfully completed sea trials.

The tug, TMS Star II, is the second vessel the Netherlands-based yard has delivered to the owner through its local agent Intraco Ltd., and will be utilized as a workboat at a local

SBM terminal for assisting in the berthing and unberthing of tankers.

TMS Star II reportedly achieves a bollard pull of 11.7 tons and a free sailing speed of 10.5 knots with a con- tinous output of 804 bhp. The 55.4 ft. x 17.3-ft. (16.8 x 5.2-m) tug has a 7.5- ft. (2.3-m) draft, and is classed by

Lloyd's Register. Main propulsion is provided by two Caterpillar 3408B

TA V8 engines, each developing 300 kW at 1,800 rpm. Each engine drives a Promarin, 1,300-mm diameter fixed propeller through a Twin Dii reverse/reduction gearbox type M 516. One generator set, consisting a Lister-Petter CRK 3 engine drivir a Stamford BCM 184G generate produces an output of 22.5 kVA, 5

Hz at 1,500 rpm.

TMS Star ITs single chine hull wa reportedly designed to withstan heavy impact forces, with shell an bottom plating of 10-mm thicknes and a 20-mm thick integrated shee strake. The hull is also equipped with a push bow, and D-shape rubbe fenders are located at the stern fo protection of transom corners. In thi wheelhouse, the vessel has a magnet ic Kelvin Hughes Kotter compass anc a Motorola MC-2100 VHF radio tele phone.

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