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BTT Marine joins tugboat sector with multipurpose vessel
A Turkish contractor has taken delivery of its first multipurpose tug to join its fleet of diving support vessels that support marine construction and underwater projects
BTT Marine has become a tugboat owner for the first time, introducing a newbuild Turkish-built multipurpose tug to its growing vessel fleet that supports subsea and towage work in Turkey and the Middle East.
The Istanbul-headquartered contractor has added Deco, a 24-m tugboat with 31 tonnes of bollard pull from a single-drum towing winch used for vessel and barge towage and anchor handling.
BTT Marine founder and owner Yildiray Kopmaz confirmed Deco’s delivery in a social media post and its details are on the BTT website.
Deco has a beam of 9 m, a draught of 3 m, a top speed of 12 knots, a Hidrokon HK90NS 14-tonne deck crane and other machinery for handling equipment to support diving, underwater construction and marine rescue services.
This tug was built at the Zonguldak Eregli Ustaoglu Shipyard with two main diesel high-speed Mitsubishi S12R-T2MPTK engines, each rated 1,230 kW, driving two fixed-pitch 1,800-mm diameter Kaplan propellers at the stern through Reintjes WAF/LAF 665 gears.
Deco has a 90-kVA ERC bow thruster with a 600-mm diameter propeller and two Baudoin 125-kVA generator sets and two Weichai CFFJ30J-W5 30 kVA gensets, plus capacity to store 66 m3 of diesel fuel and 44 m3 of fresh water.
It has accommodation for 10 crew members and its bridge equipment was supplied by Samyung including a radar, compass, echosounder, intercom and VHF radio.
BTT Marine provides underwater and marine construction services in Turkish territorial waters, including diving, subsea inspection, bathymetric surveys, pipeline and cable laying and maintenance.
It also provides marine salvage services, pier and jetty construction and repairs, mooring system design and deployment and safety surveillance.
Turkish projects it has supported include construction and modification works of the cooling water structure of the Eren power plant in the Zonguldak Çatalağzı region, and installing water pipes at the Metka power facility in Samsun.
BTT operates diving support vessel Alcatras and shallow-draught support vessel Yogi, and works in Iraq supporting the construction of facilities for the Umm Qasr multipurpose terminal project.
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