More orders from down-under

Adsteam Marine, with three Damen ASD Tugs 2411 on order for their UK operation, has ordered another one for their Australian fleet. Adsteam?s first ASD Tug 2411, ?Barunga?, was delivered in 2004 and has been very successful since. This newly ordered ASD tug is of the same type, but this time equipped with a Fifi 1 firefighting installation and a pre-wetting system. The tug will have an impressive bollard pull of 70 tons, and is scheduled for delivery in January 2006.

A similar type of the same series has been ordered by Mackenzie Tug Service from Esperance, Western Australia. This ASD2411 will be equipped with 600 m3 fire fighting capacity, will have a 70 tonne bollard pull and will be delivered mid next year.

In Brisbane, Queensland, Damen successfully concluded a contract with INCO Australia acting on behalf of Inco Goro from New Caledonia for the construction and delivery of two tugs and a line handling boat. This success was the result of an international tender procedure and the first tug is a Damen ASD Tug 2509 equipped with remotely controlled fire fighting monitors and a bollard pull of 40 tonnes. This tug as well as the line handling boat, a Damen Mini Cat 803, will be built and outfitted at the Damen shipyard in Gorinchem, Netherlands while the second tug, a conventional Damen Stan Tug 1605, will be built at the Damen Shipyards Changde in China.

Finally, Damen has received a Letter of Intent from the biggest coal terminal in Australia for the construction of a Damen ASD Tug 3111 with an option for a second one. In February, Damen delivered the first, ?Pilbara Neptune?, out of a series of three ASD Tugs 3111 to Hamersley Iron in Dampier, Western Australia. This company is seriously considering extending the order by another one or two more tugs of the same type.

As a result of this Damen ?fleet? in Australia, Damen has decided to set up a Damen Parts and Services Center in Australia.