Sanmar Lays Keel for TundRA 3200 Tugs

Sanmar Shipyards of Turkey, held a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two TundRA 3200 ice breaking tugs for Finnish operator, Alfons Håkans Group.

According to a press release, Jarkko Toivola (Director/Vice President) and Tero Hänninen (Project Manager), representing Alfons Håkans Group, and Orhan Gürün (Chairman of the Board) and Hasan Çakmak (Technical Director) on behalf of Sanmar Shipyards were present at the occasion.

Robert Allan (RAL) was selected as the designer of new ice-breaking tugs for Alfons Hakans, a major tugboat owner and operator in Finland. RAL worked closely with the operator and the shipyard to develop the customized design for the first of Class 32 meter variant of the successful TundRA series tugs.

The new TundRA 3200 tugs will be powered by two Caterpillar 3516C main engines, each driving a Kongsberg (formerly Rolls Royce) US 255 CP Z-drive, delivering a bollard pull in excess of 65 tonnes.

These new tugs will operate year-round in the Baltic Sea and particularly in the Northern Baltic Sea which is covered with heavy ice during winter.

The TundRA series of tug designs are specially developed for operations in a full range of ice conditions and are uniquely designed for each specific ice class and set of operating conditions.

The vessels are expected to enter service by late 2020, said the release.