Song Thu launches Damen-designed vessel

Da Nang City, Vietnam: The Song Thu Company has launched a new multipurpose rescue vessel.

The ‘Sosrcem’ was designed by Dutch shipbuilding group, Damen Shipyards, and can perform a variety of roles including: fire-fighting, search and rescue, and oil spill protection.

The vessel has a length of 52 metres, a beam of twelve metres and a height of 5.5 metres. The 2,600kW vessel has an endurance of 30 days.

The US$16.8 million vessel will operate as a freighter carrying materials and processed oil products to and from a local oil refinery between duties.
 

(Source: www.bairdmaritme.com)