Greek professional tugboat and marine salvage service provider MEGATUGS and Greek shipbuilder ONEX jointly announced that they have reached an agreement to build 1+2 new multi-purpose tugboats at the Elefsina shipyard.
Panos Xenokostas, Chairman and CEO of ONEX and President of the Hellenic Shipbuilders Association, described this shipbuilding contract as “a significant milestone for ONEX and the Greek shipbuilding industry,” marking the first new shipbuilding order secured by Greece in decades.
MEGATUGS has ordered an ASD Escort/Terminal tugboat, based on the RAstar 2800 design, approximately 28 meters in length, with a bollard pull of up to 85 tons. It is equipped with a Schotttel rudder propeller, a FiFi Class 1 fire suppression system, and oil spill recovery capabilities. This multi-purpose tugboat