Damen Shipyards Group has concluded contracts that will see four new tugs delivered to Hamburg-headquartered Fairplay Towage. Three of the contracts were signed directly with Fairplay. The fourth was signed with another
Hamburg-headquartered Louis Meyer has placed an order for one of Damen Shipyards’ first next-generation ASD Tug 2111 compact azimuthing tugs. It will be operated under a long-term charter by Emder Schlepp-Betrieb GmbH
Now in operation in Emden, Germany, the 28-meter harbor assist and salvage tug Peter Wessels has a bollard pull of 63 tons, making it the most powerful tug in the five-tug fleet
On August 14, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, in the Netherlands, held a naming ceremony for the Peter Wessels, a new 28-meter ASD tug — just four months after the shipbuilding contract was signed
