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HOLYHEAD TOWING TUG - AFON ALAW

30/9/2013

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Holyhead Towing Tug Afon Alaw seen catching the early morning sun in Liverpool Docks on 29 August 2013. She was built in the UK in 2004 by the Hepworth Shipyard at Paull on the River Humber.

She has a length of 25.5m, 9.5m beam with a 2.4m minimum working draft and is powered by two Cumins KTA38-M2 engines (total 2600bhp) each driving fixed pitch propellers in fixed Kort nozzles through ZF gearboxes fitted with box coolers.

Maximum speed is 11.2 knots and bollard pull is 34 tonnes. Equipment on board includes a split drum anchor handling and towing winch, 500m of towing wire, 14 tonne tugger winch, 3.5m wide stern roller with hydraulic guide pins and a 90t Heila HLRM 90/55 hydraulic crane, 

Heated and air conditioned accommodation is provided on board for 12 personnel.

She is owned and operated by Holyhead Towing which was founded in the early 1960's as a subsidiary to the Holyhead Boatyard. Holyhead Towing started with one small coastal tug and has since developed into an operator of larger coastal and deep sea tugs. Since the late 1980's the company has focused on shallow draught multipurpose tugs and workboats in support of the dredging and marine civil engineering industries.

As well as using proven vessel designs, Holyhead Towing has successfully
developed and built its own vessels. As a result, the company now works on large and varied projects in a wide range of locations.

The company is also involved in a number of joint ventures with other companies working throughout the Mediterranean, Caspian Sea and Falkland Islands. 

MMSI - 235090202
REG -  UK, Beaumaris
IMO - 9298935
Call Sign - 2FCZ7
Tug
Built - Hepworth, Paull, UK
Yard No. - 157
L 25m W 9m
GT 157
Year - 2004
LIverpool, 29 August 2013
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    My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years  on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.

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