PSA Valkyrie [Image: Robert Allan Ltd.]

PSA Marine, Singapore, has taken delivery of two more Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs from China’s PaxOcean Engineering Zhuhai Co. Ltd. The tugs, PSA Marvel and PSA Valkyrie, are of the same basic design as the PSA Thor and PSA Hulk delivered by the same shipyard in 2018, but with some improvements.

A deckhouse and wheelhouse exclusively developed for PSA Marine give them a distinctive appearance.

High performance tugs of this design are suitable for ship assist in berthing and unberthing operations at ports/terminals, coastal towing operations and in addition are capable of escort service.

Key particulars of the PSA Marvel and PSA Valkyrie are:

The vessels are constructed to Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Class requirements with the following notation:

LR ✠ 100 A1, Tug, Escort Tug, Fire Fighting Ship 1 with Water Spray, ✠ LMC, UMS, IWS

Propulsion and auxiliary machinery consist of:

The accommodations have been outfitted to a MLC compliant standard for a crew of ten. The main deckhouse contains an entrance lobby, the galley, mess, two officer cabins and a WC. The lower deck contains four double berth cabins with shared en suite WC. The wheelhouse is designed with a single split control station which provides maximum all round visibility and exceptional visibility to the bow and side fendering. The engine room features a small, acoustically isolated switchboard room.

On trials, the PSA Marvel and PSA Valkyrie met or exceeded all performance expectations, with the following results: