The ASD Tug and its crew make an excellent team, benefiting from the safe working environment created for all onboard.
ASD Tug 3212 "Mars"
ASD Tug 3212 "Mercurius"
ASD Tug 3212 "Mercurius"
This powerful ship handling tug has been purposely designed for worldwide use and to operate in wave heights of up to 3 metres in exposed locations. She has excellent seakeeping behaviour, superb manoeuvrability and outstanding towing characteristics. The state-of-the-art design incorporates the latest hull and skeg designs and the most recent developments in fender, fairlead and winch design.
Better seakeeping characteristics are achieved through a more slender waterline in combination with a relatively low wheelhouse, slope frames and bilge keels. These measures guarantee low acceleration for improved crew comfort and better stability. The hull is very rigidly built, with top quality welding.
Damen designed a special round bilge hull shape rather than the more common chine hull because this gives the vessel better performance. Damen continually seeks perfection. The hull structure, steelwork fittings and pipe systems are all drawn and designed in 3D down to the smallest detail. This guarantees that the hull is 100% outfitted with small parts before sandblasting and Epoxy painting.
The ASD Tug 3212 has a completely revised hull form with a more pronounced “v shape” in the forward section and more slender waterlines. Additionally, it has a higher bow with a more flared and slender shape, resulting in a dry foredeck during ship handling and escort operations.
The ASD Tug 3212 has been specifically designed to ensure good sea-keeping characteristics. This is an excellent tug for assisting in offshore conditions at LNG and oil terminals, and also at loading stations for the mining industry in the open sea, such as those off Northern Australia.
The Damen ASD Tug 3212 incorporates the most state-of-the-art solutions for corrosion prevention. All steel parts are well rounded, there are no sharp corners and welding is done without overlap or undercutting. All areas are closed and easily accessible for preservation and maintenance. Stainless steel has been used throughout on all moving parts, again to extend their lifetime and prevent corrosion.
Stability was a key focus of the design, particularly given the challenges this vessel will face in open waters. Improved stability has been achieved by a wide beam, more slender waterline, high freeboard, and a higher bow coupled with a relatively low wheelhouse.
The ASD Tug 3212 has a low centre of gravity and an extremely high GM value of 2m. For extra safety, we have made sure that the distance between the towing point and the thruster is also as low as possible.
The ASD Tug 3212 has been specifically designed to ensure good sea-keeping characteristics. This is an excellent tug for assisting in offshore conditions at LNG and oil terminals, and also at loading stations for the mining industry in the open sea, such as those off Northern Australia.
The ASD Tug 3212 has been specifically designed to ensure good sea-keeping characteristics. This is an excellent tug for assisting in offshore conditions at LNG and oil terminals, and also at loading stations for the mining industry in the open sea, such as those off Northern Australia.
The ASD Tug 3212 has been specifically designed to ensure good sea-keeping characteristics. This is an excellent tug for assisting in offshore conditions at LNG and oil terminals, and also at loading stations for the mining industry in the open sea, such as those off Northern Australia.
The ASD Tug 3212 has been specifically designed to ensure good sea-keeping characteristics. This is an excellent tug for assisting in offshore conditions at LNG and oil terminals, and also at loading stations for the mining industry in the open sea, such as those off Northern Australia.