Sanmar’s Altinova Shipyard held a christening ceremony final Saturday for a robust new harbour tug destined to work for German operator H. Schramm Towage.
Lara König, took on the honorary function of godmother to the brand new tug, which is called Bo after her two-year-old son, who’s the godchild of SCHRAMM group proprietor Hans-Helmut Schramm.
Bo is predicated on the exclusive-to-Sanmar TRAktor-Z 2500SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan, a part of the Turkish tug and workboat builder’s Deliçay sequence.
Powered by two high-speed, electronically managed, EPA Tier lll and IMO Tier ll compliant CAT 3516C HD D-rated marine diesel engines, Bo can obtain a 75-ton bollard pull and free operating pace of 12 knots.
Measuring 25.3m LOA, with a moulded beam of 12m, Bo has been designed for escort, ship-handling, or terminal assist duties and has Fi-Fi 1 fire-fighting functionality.
Established in 1926, H. Schramm Towage primarily operates on the intersection of the river Elbe, North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Kiel Canal. Bo will be part of its operations at Brunsbüttel on the mouth of the Elbe and western finish of the Kiel Canal.
Bo would be the sixth tugboat that Sanmar has delivered to Schramm, becoming a member of Corvin, a 45-ton bollard-pull twin screw tug delivered in 2005, second Corvin in 2007, Max in 2009, Torsten a flattop Navtug delivered in 2012, and Sonke, a 71-ton bollard-pull ATD tugboat delivered in 2020.
Bo will be part of the fleet in January 2024.
