Drydocks World and Wärtsilä sign for first LNG tug

The contract is the result of a strategic partnership announced in May this year and will see the Dubai yard build the Al-Emiratiya, a tug capable of running on both LNG and MDO.

At the signing of the strategic partnership earlier this year, it was expected that the harbour tug would be operational in the last quarter of 2015.

Middle Eastern classification society Tasneef will provide classification services for the vessel, as agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Dubai with DDW and Dubai Maritime City in September.