VESSEL REVIEW | Tareef 1 – Versatile, compact ASD tug with features for ship-handling, coastal towing and other towing duties

VESSEL REVIEW | Tareef 1 – Versatile, compact ASD tug with features for ship-handling, coastal towing and other towing duties

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When United Arab Emirates port operator Abu Dhabi Ports Company recognised that it needed a compact yet highly versatile harbour tug to support its activities at Khalifa Port, it turned to Med Marine to satisfy this requirement. The result is Tareef 1 (“Unique 1”), the latest example of the Turkish builder’s series of ASD tugs that utilise a Robert Allan Ltd proprietary design introduced in 2017 and developed exclusively for manufacture by Med Marine.

Although this is Abu Dhabi Ports’ first time to order this model of tug, the long history of collaboration that the team of Med Marine and Robert Allan Ltd has had with various shipowners in the UAE enabled the two partners to develop an all-steel vessel that is capable of operations in the hot weather typical of the Middle East, thanks in part to a Heinen and Hopman HVAC system that also includes a secondary AC unit in the wheelhouse.

Perhaps more importantly though, the vessel is also well-suited to the conditions prevalent in Khalifa Port, which is the only dedicated facility that handles all seaborne container traffic that passes through Abu Dhabi – an estimated 2.5 million TEU in throughput every year. Hence, an LOA of only 23 metres, a design draught of only 3.15 metres, and precise manoeuvrability give Tareef 1 the freedom to sail more easily within the port’s narrow and shallow water areas while still being able to deliver a reasonable bollard pull of up to 60 tonnes.

Abu Dhabi Ports had earlier remarked that it opted for this model precisely because it guaranteed better performance and greater flexibility despite being smaller than most other models of 60-tonne bollard pull tug in the market today – an important attribute when considering the need to operate under port conditions similar to those in Khalifa.

Thus, even with the newbuild’s relatively compact size, it nonetheless possesses the versatility envisaged by its owners as it has also been equipped for a range of diverse duties that include coastal towing and firefighting in addition to its primary roles of ship handling and escort within the waters of Khalifa Port.

To adequately carry out its various intended functions, Tareef 1 comes equipped with a Kongsberg electric towing winch, a Toimil T-10500M deck crane with 10-tonne lifting capacity and eight-metre reach, and a firefighting pump with a capacity of 1,200 cubic metres of water per hour. Lifesaving equipment is supplied by Viking while many of the electronics including the radar, radio, GPS, and AIS transponder are from JRC.

Tareef 1 was delivered to Abu Dhabi Ports just three months after the signing of the contract with Med Marine.

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Tareef 1 General Arrangement Drawing Med Marine Robert Allan RAmparts

Tareef 1
SPECIFICATIONS
Type of vessel: ASD Tug
IMO Number: 9854856
Classification: RINA
Port of registry: Abu Dhabi
Flag: UAE
Owner: Abu Dhabi Ports Company, UAE
Operator Abu Dhabi Ports Company, UAE
Designer: Robert Allen Ltd., Canada
CAD software: NUPAS
Builder: Med Marine Eregli Shipyard
Construction material: Steel
Plate cutting: CNC
Length overall: 23 metres
Length waterline: 21.85 metres
Beam: 10.9 metres
Draught: 5.05 metres
Depth: 4.4 metres
Gross tonnage: 287
Main engines: 2 x Caterpillar 3512C, each 1,765 kW
Propulsion: 2 x Kongsberg US205P20 FPP
Auxiliary engines: 2 x Caterpillar C4.4, each 86 ekW
Steering system: ASD
Maximum speed: 12 knots
Bollard pull: 60 tonnes
Electronics supplied by: BMA
Radar: JRC
Depth sounder: JRC
Radio: JRC
Satcom: JRC
Autopilot: Navitron
Compass: JRC
GMDSS: JRC
GPS: JRC
AIS: JRC
Winch/es Kongsberg
Capstan/windlass: Data
Crane: Toimil
Alarm system: Praxis
Paints/coatings: Jotun
Safety equipment: Viking
Liferaft: Viking
Rescue boat: RedSea
Type of fuel: DO
Fuel capacity: 62 m3
Freshwater capacity: 12 m3
Sewage/blackwater capacity: 10 m3
Accommodation: 6
Crew: 6


Nelson E. Dela Cruz

Nelson Dela Cruz is Baird Maritime's news editor and Philippines correspondent as well as a former local facilitator of Interferry's FerrySafe project in Manila and Cebu.