Med Marine, the Turkish shipbuilder specialized in building mainly tugboats and workboats at its Eregli Shipyard, has delivered a tug with 70 tons of Bollard Pull to the Italian based Scafi Società di Navigazione S.p.A.

Named as “GEA”, the 25m tug is a RAmparts 2500W series multi-purpose tug which is also equipped with an aft towing hook and is equipped to meet Class FIFI E SYSTEM -1 requirements.

Tug “GEA” will be deployed by Scafi group in the port of Rijeka in Croatia, to support the Scafi subsidiary Jadranski Pomorski Servis operations in ship handling, towing, pushing, mooring, firefighting facilities.

“This reflects Med Marine’s dedication to excellence in the tugboat building sector. We are grateful for our continuing collaboration with Scafi Società di Navigazione S.p.A. and their trust in Med Marine,” said Melis Üçüncü, sales director at Med Marine.

“We are pleased to welcome Gea in our fleet! She will be the second tug built by Med Marine to operate in port of Rijeka, where she will prove her abilities by further increasing the quality of our services,” noted Paolo Visco on behalf of Scafi.

Source: Med Marine

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