Keel Laying for 4 Tugboats for Vietnam Coast Guard

20 Juli 2018

Song Thu STU 1606 tugboat design by Damen (photos : SongThu)

(Canhsatbien.vn)  - Danang , the Coast Guard Command and General Song Thu Company/General Department of Defense Industry held a keel laying ceremony of new building 4 tugboats STU 1606  by the Group Damen / Netherlands set for the operation of the Marine Police. Major General Nguyen Van Son - Commander of the Marine Police attended and delivered instructions.

These towing ships are designed to perform the following tasks: towing, pushing, towing vessels; Take ships, floating means into port and repair; fire brigade, rescue of waterway vehicles, infrastructure in the coastal port area. This is the tow boat type of vessel STU 1606 Damen Group/Netherlands designed to meet the norms of BV, adjusted and supplemented to meet the specific requirements and technical features of the ship has been approved by Chief of General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam. Song Thu Corporation is the general contractor for the construction of 4 towing ships for the Coast Guard on the basis of receiving technical design documents, packages of materials, equipment, technology transfer from the Group. Damen/Netherlands.

Speaking at the ceremony, Major General Nguyen Van Son praised the solidarity, unanimity, careful preparation, enthusiasm of leaders, engineers, workers and workers of Song Thu Corporation. and the close cooperation with the Damen Group / The Netherlands helped to start the construction of four towing ships of the Coast Guard on schedule.

For the project to be completed on schedule, quality assurance, the Coast Guard commander asked the Song Thu Corporation to determine that this is an important political task; In close coordination with the Client's standing body (Marine Submarine Construction Project Management Sub-committee), the Construction Supervision Consultant Company, Damen Group, the right type of supplies, equipment and configurations; Strictly commits the cooperation between the Coast Guard and the Factory. Commander of Marine Police trust with traditional achievements, capacity, brand as well as production experience of Song Thu Corporation and partners will implement tight construction, quality assurance, aesthetic industrial, safe, efficient,

(Vietnam Coast Guard)