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Two Damen tugs for Fairplay Towage Group
Damen Shipyards Group recently delivered two RSD Tugs 2513 t o the Fairplay Towage Group. The vessels will operat e in Germany and Poland, respectively
During the same week, the company signed a fur ther contract which will see Damen delivering an additional three tugs to its client; two more RSD Tugs 2513 and an ASD Tug 2813
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Although built to proven, standard Damen designs, the tugs are being built with a number of options to ensure their suitability for Fairplay Towage Group’s requirements
In the case of the RSD Tugs 2513, Damen is also providing ice reinforcement to enable the tugs to operate in light ice conditions
Due to Damen’s practice of constructing vessels in series for stock, the three vessels of the latest order will be delivered before the end of the year Damen, which seeks to suppor ts its clients with a comprehensive por tfolio of ser vices spanning the entire lifecycle, is also arranging the transpor tation of the vessels from its yard in Vietnam via heavy lift ship
As par t of ship deliver y suppor t, Damen Ser vices provides a contact person who is available round the clock to provide any information that the customer may require Additionally, Damen handles contact with the carrier, expor t documentation, drawings and calculations, transfer to location and all lashing and loading operations
Damen sales manager for Germany Joschka Boddeling said, “We are ver y grateful to Fairplay Towage for this latest order Star ting with the Fairplay 37, the company has ordered a total of seven Damen vessels over the last eighteen months It’s an honour to see the relationship between our two companies continue to develop in this way and I’m looking for ward to continuing our collaboration ”
Philip-Alexander Harmstor f, Managing Director of Fairplay Towage said, “We are ver y happy to place another order with Damen These tugs will help to increase the commonality of our fleet, increasing the efficiency of our operations Throughout our previous orders with Damen, the communication and response has been excellent; they have always done what they have said they will do Fur thermore, we really value the local presence they have established in Hamburg for both sales and ser vice ” www.damen.com
