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Engage Marine expands Australian tugboat fleet with Damen newbuild
An Australian owner presented its latest newbuild ASD tugboat in a public display in Sydney Harbour with three others in its fleet
Engage Marine has increased its towage and emergency response capabilities in Australia with the addition of a newbuild azimuth stern drive (ASD) tugboat built in Vietnam.
Engage Maverick was built by Damen Song Cam shipyard in Vietnam and arrived into New South Wales in May where it joined three other Engage-owned tugs in a display for the public.
This 2025-built tug was constructed to a Damen ASD design with a winch on the forward deck for escorting, towing and handling ships, another winch on the aft deck, a line-handling deck crane and a FiFi1 off-ship fire-fighting system for emergency response.
Engage Marine said the aft deck was redesigned for offshore and emergency response.
The Australian owner said its two main diesel engines are connected to a selective catalytic reduction unit to minimise NOx emissions, enabling this tug to comply with IMO Tier III standards for lower emissions during operations.
According to automatic identification system (AIS) information, Engage Maverick is operating in Sydney Harbour.
When it arrived, this ASD tug was welcomed by 2023-built Engage Renegade and Engage Rascal and 2014-built Engage Bandit in a display that included testing their FiFi1 systems in the harbour.
“It is not often we have four Engage tugs together in one location, but Sydney Harbour recently provided the perfect backdrop,” said Engage in a social media post.
According to AIS, Engage Renegade remains operating in Sydney, while Engage Rascal has been mobilised to Brisbane and Engage Bandit is in Cairns.
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