Delivery – ASD Tugboat VB MAGNUM – 26.04.2023

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On Wednesday 26th April, 2023 the Turkish built 28.40 metre ASD 2885 Tug (Robert Allan Design) RAstar 2800 tugboat VB MAGNUM entered Valletta for few hours for uplifting bunkers during her delivery voyage.

She entered Valletta at 1146 hrs coming from Eregli, Turkey. She was launched as MED XLIII at the Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine.

With 75 tons bollard pull, her homeport is Hamburg, Germany (DEU) though for delivery voyage she’s homeported at Kingstown (VCT).

She was berthed at DWQ 1 and left at 1555 hrs bound to Hamburg, Germany giving ETA on Thursday 11th May.

April 2023 ASD 2885 ASD tug Boluda Boluda Towage Europe Capt. Lawrence Dalli Caterpillar Delivery Delivery Voyage DEU Diesel Engines DWQ Eregli Germany Grand Harbour Hamburg Malta MaltaShipPhotos Med Marine MED XLIII MSPAP Newbuilt RAstar 2800 Road Tankers Robert Allan Design Turkey Turkish built Uplifting Bunkers Valletta Valletta Gateway Terminals Ltd Valletta Port VCT VGT

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