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Tenacious – Thecla Bodewes Shipyards’ second shallow-draught pusher tug
Tenacious
A PERFECT FIT FOR RIVERS THAT INCREASINGLY EXPERIENCE FREQUENT LOW WATER PERIODS, TENACIOUS IS THE FIRST OF SIX PUSHERS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THECLA BODEWES’ SHIPYARDS. >>
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Dutch ship builder Thecla Bodewes Shipyards successfully launched its latest shallow-draught pusher tug this year. Floated out at its Kampen facilities in May, it was moored at the quay in Kampen, ready to be put into operation and prepared for sea trials before being officially delivered in June. Tenacious is the second pusher tug that Thecla Bodewes has built for French river transport operator Compagnie Fluviale de Transport (CFT).
At 29.5m in length, the launch of the KP1250 Pusher comes almost one year after TB Shipyard’s delivery of the first vessel in the series, Ambitious, in Feb 2019. CFT is the market leader in river transport in France, currently expanding its fleet of vessels to the Danube. New build shallow draught pushers Tenacious and Ambitious, are a perfect fit for the rivers that CFT operates in, which are increasingly experiencing frequent low water periods.
Pushing forward CFT, founded in 1948, owns and manages up to 200 ships, from barges and pushes to self-propelled barges. Its area of expertise is
transporting dangerous goods (gas, liquid, solid, bulk or packaged) and designs all of its fleet in-house. The French shipowner has been working with Thecla Bodewes for the past 15 years, in which time the yard has built several of its vessels. These include vessels that are suitable for operation in the Rhône and the Seine. The new shallow draught pushers, Tenacious and Ambitious, are the first vessels specifically intended for the Danube. Tenacious is the first of six pushers under construction at the Thecla Bodewes’ shipyard in Kampen and at Barkmeijer Shipyards in Stroobos. These pushers are built for French, German and Dutch clients and will be completed in 2020-2021. In addition, Barkmeijer has just delivered a new innovative sand and gravel dredger, Anchorage, to Zealand-based company De Hoop Terneuzen.
Thecla Bodewes specialises in building pushers, sea going vessels, fishing ships, low-profile coasters, day-passenger ships, and lightweight inland navigation vessels, from the initial concept through to construction. It has earned a reputation for advanced innovation within complex ship builds, delivering on stability, speed, energyreduction and sustainability, as well as individual specific requirements.
