Fitri Shahminan
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Friday, March 5, 2010
Acting Director of Ports Department Hj Bujang Hj Tinkong (L) exchanging documents with Multitech Managing Director Gwee Peng Hong (R) while Permanent Secretary of Communications, Hj Alaihuddin looks on. Picture: BT/Zamri Zainal |
A TUG boat costing $7.2 million will be commissioned to provide better tug services to foreign vessels mooring at Muara Port, following a contract to design and build the tug boat signed yesterday.
The contract, called "The Design, Construction, Commissioning and Delivery of a Twin Screw Multipurpose 50-ton Bollard Pull Tug", was awarded to Multitech Sdn Bhd, a project management and consultancy firm that also deals in providing specialised materials.
In a statement, the Ports Department said the contract signing represents one of its projects under the National Development Plan.
The boat will measure 33 metres in overall length and come with two 2,260hp Caterpillar diesel engines with enough power to provide a "bollard pull" (towing force at zero speed and full power) of 50 tons, the department said.
Gwee Peng Hong, Multitech managing director, who signed the contract on behalf of the company, told The Brunei Times that the boat would be built "specifically as required" by the Ports Department.
However, as of press time, further details on the specification of the tug could not be obtained as an officer from the Ports Department directly in charge of the project said that he was not authorised to divulge more details about the contract.
The contract, called "The Design, Construction, Commissioning and Delivery of a Twin Screw Multipurpose 50-ton Bollard Pull Tug", was awarded to Multitech Sdn Bhd, a project management and consultancy firm that also deals in providing specialised materials.
In a statement, the Ports Department said the contract signing represents one of its projects under the National Development Plan.
The boat will measure 33 metres in overall length and come with two 2,260hp Caterpillar diesel engines with enough power to provide a "bollard pull" (towing force at zero speed and full power) of 50 tons, the department said.
Gwee Peng Hong, Multitech managing director, who signed the contract on behalf of the company, told The Brunei Times that the boat would be built "specifically as required" by the Ports Department.
However, as of press time, further details on the specification of the tug could not be obtained as an officer from the Ports Department directly in charge of the project said that he was not authorised to divulge more details about the contract.
"The new tug will be fully constructed within 14 months and will be in service, Insyallah, in June 2011. The new tug will be an addition to the existing three tug boats owned by the Ports Department," said Acting Director of Ports Department, Hj Bujang Hj Tinkong, who signed the contract on behalf of the department.
He added, "According to Ports Department statistics, the number vessels calling at Muara Port have been increasing over the years. In 2007, there were 1,802; in 2008, 1,970; and in 2009, 1,726".
The acting director said that with the new addition to the port fleet, the department could render an efficient tug service to foreign vessels, as well as government and local vessels, berthing at Muara Port.
Also present as a witness was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications, Hj Alaihuddin Pehin Orang Kaya DiGadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Hj Mohd Taha.
He added, "According to Ports Department statistics, the number vessels calling at Muara Port have been increasing over the years. In 2007, there were 1,802; in 2008, 1,970; and in 2009, 1,726".
The acting director said that with the new addition to the port fleet, the department could render an efficient tug service to foreign vessels, as well as government and local vessels, berthing at Muara Port.
Also present as a witness was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications, Hj Alaihuddin Pehin Orang Kaya DiGadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Hj Mohd Taha.
-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
