The Dutch shipyard Thecla Bodewes Shipyards completed the construction of a shallow draft pusher tug for the South American market.

21/02/2018

The Dutch shipyard Thecla Bodewes Shipyards completed the construction of a shallow draft pusher tug for the South American market. This vessel has been built under number 279 and is number 21 of this type of tugs.

In the last 7 years, the company has positioned itself in the Colombian market and also in the Paraguay-Paraná waterway. This new vessel can be added to the work of the pusher tugs ‘Impala Campana’, ‘Impala San Antonio’, ‘Impala Pantanal’, ‘Impala Encarnación’, ‘Nuar B’,
‘Deidamia C’ and ‘Don Lucio’, all sailing at the Paraguayan waterways. A number of 14 vessels of this type are sailing in Colombia and Argentina. All with 100% Dutch technology!

The new pusher tugboat has 3 main engines Caterpillar 3512, a total power of 5508 HP, with 3 stainless steel propellers designed for navigation in tropical climates, a quality that gives a broad performance in terms of consumption and performance the machines. It has a length of 39.7 meters (m), a beam of 11.2 m, prop of 2.76 m and a draft of 2.05 with 325 m2 of fuel.

“Innovation, the constant pursuit of perfection and looking to offer viable solutions leads us to the forefront of the requirements of shipowners. Finding the perfect balance between design and construction and so generate added value to our vessels" according to Mrs. Thecla Bodewes, CEO and owner of the Dutch shipyard.

Furthermore the shipyard emphasizes that all locations work in a way to control and ensure the quality of the welds, while at the same time having greater control over all the construction processes. In addition, the new constructions are verified by the classification societies assigned by the shipowners. For this project classification organization Bureau Veritas was in charge.

It should be noted that this shipyard specializes in the design and construction of pusher tugs, sea-going vessels, fishing vessels, river navigation vessels, passenger ships and coastal vessels and intends to continue expanding in Southamerica.


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