The delivery voyages of the tugs “Svitzer Neso” and “Svitzer Nixie” (5.915 BHP and a GT of 630) from Singapore to Newcastle, Australia were contracted by Svitzer to Redwise Maritime Services. The vessels departed Singapore April 15th 2013 and were redelivered May 6th following a safe voyage that took the vessels through the Java-, Flores-, Banda- and Arafura Sea before heading through the Torres Strait and inside of the Great Barrier reef to their destination.
With the vessels being over 500 GT, Redwise did the ISM and ISPS certification for the voyage to ensure full compliance. The voyages included a number of repeats, with the vessels having been delivered previously by Redwise from the building yard in NE China to Singapore in 2012, Newcastle being the port where Redwise delivered 3 Voith Schneider tugs R18-R19 in 1994 and with more then half of the crew members returning to Singapore after the voyage to commence with the next two voyages for the same client, but going around the other side of Australia.
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Redwise, May 15, 2013