{"id":6177,"date":"2021-08-23T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T09:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/saam-recibe-remolcador-de-ultima-generacion-para-reforzar-sus-servicios-en-panama\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:08:04","slug":"saam-receives-cutting-edge-tug-to-reinforce-its-services-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/blog\/2021\/08\/23\/saam-receives-cutting-edge-tug-to-reinforce-its-services-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"SAAM Receives Cutting Edge Tug to Reinforce its Services in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<!--more--><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Turkey, August 23, 2021.<\/strong> Sanmar Shipyards has already delivered SAAM Towage\u2019s new tug, which will join the company\u2019s fleet in Panama, where it has positioned itself as the main supplier of towage services along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.<\/p>\n<p>The SAAM Palenque\u2014designed by Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd.\u2014is a \u201csister vessel\u201d of the SAAM Valpara\u00edso, which operates in Panama, and the SAAM Albatros, currently operating in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt SAAM Towage we are very proud and pleased with this compact, high-quality, efficiently designed and well-equipped tug. It adapts perfectly to our local customers\u2019 expectations and will allow us to continue providing safe, efficient service,\u201d remarked Technical Manager Pablo C\u00e1ceres.<\/p>\n<p>The tug has already cast off from Altinova for a 35-day journey to Crist\u00f3bal, Panama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specifications <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vessel\u2019s technical specs include a compact size, measuring 24.4 meters in length and spanning 11.25 meters in beam. It is powered by two Caterpillar 3516C main engines, each achieving 2,100 kW at 1,600 rev\/min, and boasts bollard pull of up to 72 tons and a top speed of 12.5 knots.<\/p>\n<p>Tank capacities include 72,400 liters of fuel oil and 10,800 liters of fresh water. It also has \u201cFire-Fighting 1\u201d class notation thanks to its fire-fighting pump with a capacity of 2,700 m3\/hour.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the vessel provides all the comforts needed for a crew of up to six, including a crew lounge, galley, showers and double cabins, all of which are heated and air-conditioned.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-panama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7366,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177\/revisions\/7366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saamtowage.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}