Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is delivering four tugboats to the Egyptian Navy. According to Ronald Maat, this is not the first time that Damen has provided vessels to the Egyptian Navy. “In 1982, the Egyptian Navy purchased four Damen Stan Tug IV model tugboats from us. The tugboats Damen is building for the Egyptian Navy are Stan Tug 2208 models, which are 22 metres long, 8 metres wide and with a bollard pull of about 40 tons. Damen delivered the first one at the beginning of November, with the rest to follow at the end of 2009 and the middle of 2010. During construction, Damen has intensive interaction with delegations from Egypt. A number of Egyptian inspectors are permanently assigned to each ship, and they closely monitor the construction process.