Article: Robert Allan tug enters into LNG Service.(Update)

The Robert Allan- designed RAstart 3200 class tug Monterrey was delivered to its owner Servicios Maritimos de Baja California, S. de R.L. de C.V. of Mexico. The company is the result of a joint venture between Moran Towing, New Canaan, Conn., and Spain-based Grupo Boluda.

Built by Union Naval Valencia, Valencia Spain, the 32 m tug is the first of four tugs designed to work at the Costa Azul LNG terminal.

The owners required the tug to be less than 500 GRT and expected the tug, along with its winch, a Markey DESDF-48WF, to sustain a line pull of 75 tonnes throughout. Its winch is placed on the fore deck ...

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