First of RAstar 3200-W series tugboat delivered to Egyptian Navy

First of RAstar 3200-W series tugboat delivered to Egyptian Navy

Robert Allan Ltd. is pleased to announce that the RAS ALHEKMA terminal support/escort tug was successfully delivered to the Egyptian Navy in Alexandria, Egypt. The name, RAS ALHEKMA is a coastal region located on a cape along Egypt’s Mediterranean shoreline.

This RAstar 3200-W series tug was recently completed at Alexandria Shipyard and is the first of series of five that are being built in the yard. The RAstar escort series tug features unique sponsoned hull form developed exclusively by Robert Allan Ltd., which has been proven to provide significantly enhanced escort towing and seakeeping performance. All provide high bollard pull, power, maneuverability with the RAS ALHEKMA receiving positive feedback during trials from the owner including low noise levels of the tug due to noise treatments designed by this office and applied by the shipyard. As one of the biggest shipyards in Africa and the Middle East area, Alexandria Shipyard carried out the production design by its own technical team. The encouraging finished product demonstrates the executive capability of the shipyard and Robert Allan Ltd. look forward to working with the builder for more projects for the coming years.

Main particulars of RAS ALHEKMA are:

  • Length overall (including fenders): 32.7 m
  • Beam, moulded: 13.2 meters
  • Depth, moulded: 5.5 meters
  • Gross tonnage: 498

The tug was designed and constructed to comply with all applicable Rules and Regulations of Bureau Veritas to the Class Notation:

BV 1 ✠ HULL, ✠ MACH, ESCORT TUG, FIRE FIGHTING 1, WATERSPRAYING, COASTAL AREA

Tank capacities are as follows:

  • Fuel oil: 208 m3
  • Potable water: 31 m3

Sea trial results showed that the 86 tonnes bollard pull and speed of 14.1 knots surpassed the owner’s performance requirements for this design.

(Source: Robert Allan Ltd.)

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