A second versatile multi-purpose tugboat built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has now joined its twin sister at Rijeka, Croatia’s principal seaport. Known as Boğaçay LXXII while under construction, the tug, renamed TItan
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A second versatile multi-purpose tugboat built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has now joined its twin sister at Rijeka, Croatia’s principal seaport. Known as Boğaçay LXXII while under construction, the tug, renamed TItan by its new owner, is the second built by Sanmar under a two-tug contract placed by Italian shipping group Scafi for its Croatian subsidiary Jadranski Pomorski Servis. It is now working alongside sister Boğaçay Series tugboat Moretto.
Both tugs are based on the exclusive-to-Sanmar RAmparts 2400SX MKII design from Canadian naval architect firm Robert Allan Ltd, and can achieve an impressive 80-ton bollard pull.
Measuring 24.4 meters in length overall, with a 12 meter molded beam, least molded depth of 4.5 meters and navigational draft of approximately 5.45 meterd, TItan is an example of the most technologically-advanced and environmentally-friendly version of Sanmar’s popular and continually evolving Boğaçay class of tugs.
The diesel-powered Titan, which can carry up to 77,900 liters of fuel oil, is designed for, among
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