The China new built tug  Svitzer Trym is now under Faroes Flag.

The Tug is operation in Scandinavia after a long delivery voyage from Qingdao. The tug is stationed in Sweden.  Svitzer Trym is an ice strengthened multipurpose tug fitted with large towing winches. Svitzer Trym – and her sister  Svitzer Tyr -arrived at Frederikshavnafter 15,000 nautical miles delivery voyage from Quindao in China. Svitzer Tyr left for Singapore to pick up a brand new barge and towed across the Pacific Ocean to Talara, Peru. Then she sailed without tow via the Panama Canal and Ponta Delgada direct  to Frederikshavn. Svitzer Trym sailed across via Panama without any tow. The third sister in this series,  Svitzer Thor, left the shipyard in Quindao in the end of January and headed for Denmark via Panama too.  Svitzer Tyr and  Svitzer Trym have presently saild with Danish flag, but eventually be handed over to the Swedish operation in Svitzer Scandinavia. Originally the plan was to used Swedish flag, but lately Svitzer has changed several of the tug to Faroese flag in order to cut cost as the Swedish government has rejected to create a second register like most other countries. Svitzer Tyr will in the future work in the western part of Sweden (Gothenburg and the oil refinery at Brofjorden), while Svitzer Trym will work in the western part (Nynashamn, Oxelosund and Stockholm) with base in Oxelosund.  Svitzer Thor, which is destined for Danish operation is without iceclass. Technically: Length overall: 33.3 m, breadth 13.0 m draft 5.0 m. 641 gt, 192 nt , 430 dwt. Powered by a double Niigata plant – type 8L28HX  – with a total output of 4.400 kW to a service speed of 12.5 knots. The maximal bollard 12 pull is 89 tons. The  tugs are fitted with a large towing winch (placed in-doors) fitted with 1,000 metres of 54 mm towing wire with a breakload of 207 tons. Class: Lloyds Register + 100A1 Escort tug, FiFi 1 (2,400 cbm/h) with waterspray, IWS Ice Class 1B.

(Source & Photo: Shipgaz-Bent Mikkelsen)