Rimorchiatori Riuniti group subsidiary Tug Malta has started operating a new escort tug, built to support an LNG terminal on the island nation in the Mediterranean. This is an azimuth stern drive ASD tug with bollard pull of This Its ventilation dampers can be remotely closed and all essential electrical equipment on deck is certified safe and type suitable for use in a Zone 2 LNG environment.
All non-essential electrical equipment can be electrically isolated. Vittoriosa was built for ship escorting with a sponsoned hullform that has been proven to provide significantly enhanced escort towing and seakeeping performance.
Vittoriosa has fire-fighting capabilities to FiFi1 and free running speeds of Vittoriosa has twin MTU series M65L engines with 16 valves, each developing a power output of 2, kW driving two Rolls-Royce US P30 fixed pitch thrusters with cm diameter and carbon fibre shafts. Rolls-Royce has also supplied the heavy-duty escort towing winch and mooring capstan, while Data Hidrolik is supplying the electric-driven capstan and towing hook.
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