Damex Shipbuilding & Engineering recently delivered two tugboats, Caruao and Manaure, to Venezuela where they will be used in towing and rescuing operations in the country’s territorial waters. These state-of-the-art tugs come as a result of an Integrating Cooperation Agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.
They were named after two Venezuelan aboriginal heroes.
Manaure (Stan Tug 2608 ) Particulars:
Length o.a. – 26.09 m
Power (total) – 2610 bkw (3547 bhp )
Speed – 13 knots
Bollard pull – 48 tonnes
Breadth – 7.94 m
Caruao (Stan Tug 2208 ) Particulars:
Length o.a. – 22.64 m
Power (total) – 2028 bkw (2756 bhp )
Speed – 12 knots
Bollard pull – 38 tonnes
Breadth – 7.84 m
Regarding the accommodation of the crew, both ships have a cabin for the captain, a cabin for the chief engineer, three cabins for other staff, bathrooms, kitchen and dining room / pantry.
Established in January 1995, Damex Shipbuilding & Engineering is a self-sustaining organisation where all the necessary shipbuilding skills are readily available. Damex acts as a license holder and an after-sales service location for Damen Shipyards Holland. Certificates from classification societies such as Lloyds Register of Shipping and Bureau Veritas are available. Apart from a wide range of Damen Shipyards’ designs, all kinds of special crafts in steel or aluminium can be built, according to our customers’ design.
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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, March 23, 2012; Image: mpptaa