New Tug for Irish Mainport Built in Turkey Is Named Celtic Treaty

12th May 2023

New tug Celtic Treaty which after a naming ceremony held in a shipyard in Turkey, set sail from the Black Sea bound for the newbuild's homeport in Ireland. The 50+ tonnes bollard pull (tbp) tug is to join the Shannon estuary based fleet of Celtic Tugs operating out of Foynes Port. Credit: Robban.Assafina.Magazine-facebook

Cork based Irish Mainport Holdings held a naming ceremony at a shipyard in Turkey from where their tug Celtic Treaty is to join the fleet of one of their subsidiaries.

Also at the ceremony according to Robban.Assafina was Med Marine which marked the occasion of the naming of the MED-A2885 RAstar 2800 series. The tugboat, as Afloat previously reported, is a design from Canadian naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd in Vancouver.

Celtic Treaty is to join the fleet of Celtic Tugs Ltd based in Foynes on the Shannon Estuary which Afloat adds operates two tugs the Celtic Fergus and Celtic Rebel.

The ceremony which took place on 25th April in Eregli Shipyard is where VIP guests included top-level executives Irish Mainport Holding’s C.E.O. Mr. David Ronayne and Med Marine’s C.E.O. Mr. Hakan Şen.

Senior representatives from Turkey where Erdemir’s Harbour Master, Mr. Bülent Taşdemir, Chairman of Eregli Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mr. Aslan Keleş as well as Chairman of the Chamber of Maritime Mr. Oğuz Ünlüer.

Celtic Treaty has a 50+ tonnes bollard pull (tbp) and two CAT3512C main engine which is a versatile, multi-purpose, compact and state-of-the-art azimuth stern-drive (ASD) propulsion tug designed by Robert Allan Ltd.

The new tug at 28m in length, features efficient ship-handling, coastal towing, and other general purpose towing capabilities. In addition, RAstar designs have full escort capability.

Celtic Treaty, which has accommodation for up to 8 crew, set sail for the tug's Irish home port on 26th April.

For more on the tug's specifications, click here.

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Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.

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