Two new tugs delivered to Philippine Navy

The Philippine Navy recently took delivery of two new tugs built by local shipyard Josefa Slipways.

Designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd, the newbuilds include one harbour tug and one ocean tug constructed to owner and Philippine flag requirements.

The harbour tug YT 027 has an LOA of 27.6 metres, a moulded beam of 10 metres, a maximum draught of 4.35 metres, and a gross tonnage of approximately 309. Two MTU 12V4000M53 diesel engines each rated 1,380 kW at 1800 rpm drive fixed-pitch propellers to deliver a bollard pull of 45.8 tonnes and a free running speed of 13.1 knots.

The ocean tug AT 010 has an LOA of 30.25 metres, a moulded beam of 11.75 metres, a maximum draught of 4.67 metres, and a gross tonnage of approximately 452. Two MTU16V4000M63 diesel engines each rated 1,920 kW at 1600 rpm drive fixed-pitch propellers to enable the tug to achieve a bollard pull of 61.1 tonnes and a free running speed of 13.8 knots.

While both tugs are fitted with aft towing winches, YT 027 is also fitted with a ship handling/anchor winch forward while AT 010 has a forward bitt for mooring/calm water, light duty towing manoeuvres with an independent anchor winch.

The pair are also fitted with foldable cranes and firefighting monitors.