The shallow-draught ASD Tug 2810design will work at Novorossiysk in the Black Sea.

The ship has been adapted to have a draughtof only 4.5 metres due to the shallow working depths there.

 “Toachieve the desired draught reduction, the lower part of the thruster will haveto be modified,” said Damen sales director Mijndert Wiesenekker.

“Consequently, the resulting bollard pullwill be a still respectable 50 tons, instead of the standard 60 tons.”

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