Ultra Large Tug Alp Striker Delivered

From Japan's Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc. (NSR), fully owned by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., comes the first in four of a series of ultra large, ultra powerful tugs. The first in line is dubbed Alp Striker,  delivered to Alp Striker BV (ship owning company of ALP Maritime Services BV, Netherlands ) in early September 2016. Alp Striker is one of strongest and largest towing vessels in the world, able to sail to a top speed of 19.16 knots, 13 knots in ordinal sailing and to tow 309.6 tons. Alp Striker is able to tow large floating objects, such as FPSO, FLNG, RIG etc., for long distances (45 days non-stop) and also work for anchor handling service.

To maintain this heavy workload, Alp Striker has been built to have class notations of Ice Class 1B, External Fire Fighting System Fi-Fi II, Dynamic positioning System DP Class II.  NSR is now building three more vessels and planning to deliver all by 1Q of 2017.

 

Length, o.a. 88.5m

Breadth, molded 21m

Depth, molded 9.5m

Complement 35 persons

Gross Tonnage 5901 ton

DWT 4230 

Classification DNV GL

Main Engine 4500 kW x 4 sets

Propeller 4 Blades 5000mm dia CPP with Fixed Nozzle x 2 sets

Side Thruster 4 sets (Bow x 2 sets, Stern x 2 sets)