This new design rounds out the RAstar family of Terminal/Escort tugs, which to date encompasses lengths from 27m to 39m, and bollard pulls of up 120 tones.
This new design is of the RAstar family of Terminal/Escort tugs. The tugs are used for berthing and unberthing large ships, particularly tankers, at exposed terminals.
The RAstar Class are a series of high performance ASD terminal support tug designs developed for berthing and unberthing large ships, particularly tankers, at exposed terminals.
They provide a high standard of tanker escort capability, emergency response, fire-fighting and oil recovery capabilities in the vicinity of oil and LNG terminals, and in sensitive environments.
RAstar tugs incorporate a unique sponsoned hull form, which has been proven in both model and full-scale testing to provide significantly enhanced escort towing and seakeeping performance.
Motions and accelerations are less than half those of comparable sized standard tug hulls.