Med Marine, a leading provider of top-tier tugboats, is thrilled to announce the successful completion and delivery of yet another vessel to esteemed client Nemeca Z. The vessel named as “DIAS Z” by her owner, voyaged through the Bosphorus on Friday 22nd and arrived at port of Piraeus, Athens on the 25th of March.

This state-of-the-art tugboat is designed and constructed as a multi-purpose harbour tug of 25 meters, delivering a remarkable 75 tons of bollard pull and is equipped to meet Class FIFI-I requirements. The RAmparts 2500W series of tug is intented to work off a forward winch for ship handling, towing, pushing, mooring, firefighting facilities and also equipped with an aft towing hook.

Tug DIAS Z, endowed with all the necessary technical specifications needed for harbour, coastal and escort towages; shall take the fleet capacity combined with the highest crew skill base of Nemeca Z to another level ensuring a safe, continuous, all encompassing and the hightest service quality to its customers.

Melis Üçüncü, Med Marine’s Business Development Director, stated: “The flawless delivery of DIAS Z, once again underlines our unwavering commitment to providing our clients with reliable and innovative maritime solutions. We are delighted to have Nemeca Z as our esteemed client. Our shipyard is constantly being improved with advanced production standards and Med Marine stands as a credible partner within the shipbuilding industry globally.”

Technical specifications of the tugboat:

Length: 25,20 m

Breadth: 12,00 m

Depth: 4,60 m

Draft: 5,75 m

Crew: 7 person

Bollard Pull: 75 tons

Speed: 11 knots

About Med Marine:

Med Marine is a leading Turkish shipbuilder and leading tugboat operator. The company employs Eregli Shipyard, one of the largest shipyards in Turkey based on some 180.000 sqm with more than 30.000 sqm indoor areas to build state-of-the-art tugboats, workboats, offshore vessels and coated/Stainless Steel (STST) IMO II type chemical/oil tankers, either for its own operations or clients around the world. Med Marine has a wide selection of state-of-the-art tug boat design portfolio and the shipyard is constantly being improved with advanced production standards by keeping up with latest health, safety and environmental regulations. Med Marine has successfully completed the construction and delivery of almost 200 projects, including tugboats, chemical/oil tankers, mooring and pilot boats. Eregli Shipyard, owned by Med Marine Group, has received certifications for “Shipyard Security Compliance” and “Shipyard Production Compliance” certificates to build naval ships for Turkish Military and NATO.

About Nemeca Z:

NEMECA Z Marine Company owns and operates a fleet of 13 tugs the latest addition of which is tug Dias Z. NEMECA Z is one of the leading operators in the main Greek Ports and Islands deploying a strong, state-of-the-art and a RINA Classed fleet. The Company also forms part of the Protugs JV Consortium providing towage, mooring and other services prinicipally in the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki to major shipping lines in the various shipping segments.