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Eastern Shipbuilding Group has delivered the newbuild tug A. Thomas Higgins to E.N. Bisso and Son subsidiary Bisso Offshore.
The tug is the second in a series of Robert Allan Ltd-designed vessels that include C.D. White, which was delivered to Bisso in January this year.
A. Thomas Higgins has a length of 24 metres, a beam of 11.5 metres, and two Caterpillar 3512E 1,900kW engines that deliver a bollard pull of 65 tonnes.