Qatar-based Nakilat, a premier marine company, has delivered two 16-metre mooring boats built by shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar for towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller.

The two Stan Tug 1606 mooring boats — named Ras Al Allaj Qatar and Al Esaiwed— are the first of a seven-vessel order that Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar is currently working on for Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller.

The vessels will work on a long term charter to Qatar Petroleum and will be part of the growing fleet of Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller vessels in the Port of Ras Laffan.

Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller already operates a fleet of 25 vessels at Ras Laffan and a further five vessels at Halul Island, performing about 12,500 tug jobs per year in the Port of Ras Laffan.

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar is a joint venture between Nakilat and Dutch shipbuilder Damen and is based in Ras Laffan, Qatar. It began operations in 2010 and builds ships in steel, aluminium and fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).

Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller is owned 70 per cent by Nakilat and 30 per cent by Svitzer Middle East Ltd. The vessels operated by the company include tug boats, pilot boats, line boats and crew boats. – TradeArabia News Service