Albwardy Damen in Sharjah has completed the world’s biggest Rotortug, the ART 100-46 RT Raven.
The vessel will be operated by Perth-based KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Ltd, a joint venture partnership between Kotug International BV and Teekay Shipping Australia Pty Ltd.
The naming ceremony, which took place 18 January, was attended by the pioneer of the Rotortug design, Ton Kooren along with Kotug CEO Ard-Jan Kooren. Representing Damen was CCO Arnout Damen and MD of Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld Jos van Woerkum. The naming ceremony of the RT Raven was combined with the christening of the tug by long standing ConocoPhillips Australia employee Chantelle Birtwistle; currently the JV Manager for the Bayu Undan Project.
ISV RT Raven
The Infield Support Vessel (ISV) RT Raven is built to a Robert Allen design. It is a customised 46 m-long, DP2, 100-ton bollard-pull Rotortug for offshore support. The ISV RT Raven is designed and outfitted for operations in the Timor Sea, 500 km north-west of Darwin and 250 km south of East Timor. The vessel has been specifically designed to meet the field’s marine service requirements which include tanker berthing and operations support and emergency response.
Apart from being the biggest Rotortug ever built, it is also one of the most powerful tugs ever built in the UAE.
Jos van Woerkum, MD of Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld commented: ‘The RT Raven is the sixth Robert Allan Rotortug design which is sold, managed, engineered and purchased by our yard in Hardinxveld. The vessels are built at the Damen yards in Gdansk, Poland and Sharjah, U.A.E. For Kotug it is the third Rotortug delivered by Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, after the ART 80-32 RT Evolution and the RT Emotion.’
