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Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Alfons Hakans for the delivery of an ASD Tug 3413 ICE. The contract signing took place at the International Tug & Salvage (ITS) conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Alfons Hakans is a sixth-generation family business that offers a range of services, including towing, salvage, and icebreaking, to clients in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, in the Baltic Sea.
The company operates several icebreaking tugs, including a Damen ASD Tug 3010 ICE, which the shipyard delivered in 2019. Alfons Hakans contacted Damen to acquire this latest vessel, after receiving feedback from the Port of Lulea, which currently operates an ASD Tug 3413 ICE named Victoria.
Captain Joakim Hakans, head of the Håkans family, stated that "our captains maintain close contact with the port captains. They have received very positive reports on the performance of the ASD Tug 3413 ICE, including its operational capabilities in ice. Furthermore, they have also expressed their satisfaction with the support received from Damen Services after the vessel's delivery. This, coupled with our previous experience with Damen, gave us the necessary confidence to proceed with this order."
The ASD Tug 3413 ICE is designed to operate in ports and open waters, and is capable of withstanding the most adverse ice conditions. The vessel features a reinforced hull according to Finnish-Swedish BV Ice Class 1-A SUPER regulations. It incorporates steel up to grade E and high-strength steels with plate thicknesses between 10 and 24 millimeters, as well as ice-protected anodes.
The unique hull coating allows the vessel to operate at temperatures down to -40 degrees Celsius. The tug also features heated railings, deck floor panels, and windows. Its unique high-efficiency winch for bow and stern operations is located in a protected, frost-free position on the wheelhouse.
The ASD Tug 3413 ICE is equipped with open counter-rotating stainless steel Steerprop SP60CRP thrusters. These combine the maneuverability of azimuth thrusters with the efficiency of CRP technology, generating over 70 tons of bollard pull and ensuring its suitability for operating in difficult conditions.
Source: portalportuario
