Tug upgraded for Engage Australian gig

Engage Marine has purchased a 2004-built tugboat in Chile and contracted a shipyard to upgrade it for Australian port operations.

ASENAV shipyard in Valdivia, Chile, is refurbishing tugboat Pellaifa, which has served under Ultratug’s management for 21 years. This upgrade work includes modifying the engineroom, installing tanks, piping and an off-ship fire-fighting system, and general maintenance and repair.

Once this work is completed, this 25-m tug will be renamed Engage Ghost and sail across the Pacific Ocean to Australia to begin its new life, manoeuvring and docking ships and providing emergency response if required, where it will face new operational challenges.

This 223-gt vessel, with a beam of around 10 m was built by ASENAV as part of a series of four and is the second Ultratug tug acquired by Engage Marine.