Adani Group Places Largest ASD Tugs Order on Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited

Adani Ports & SEZ, through its subsidiary, Ocean Sparkle Limited, has placed an order for 8 nos of 70 T Bollard Pull ASD (Azimuthing Stern Drive) Tugs on Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cochin Shipyard Limited. This order is in addition to the 3 nos of the 70 T Bollard Pull Tugs already under construction at Udupi-CSL for Ocean Sparkle Limited, making it a total of 11 Tug order on Udupi-CSL. The 70 Tonne Bollard Pull Tugs have a Length of 33 m, Beam of 12.2 m and Draft of 4.2 m. The vessels will be propelled by 2-Main Engines of 1838 kW and 2.7m Propellers from Niigata IHI Power Systems Co. Ltd., Deck Equipment from W-Rig Limited. These tugs will be built to the designs of Robert Allan Limited. The tugs are built to the Approved Standard Tug Design and Specifications (ASTDS) promulgated by Government of India. Udupi-CSL has already delivered 2 x 62 T Bollard Pull Tugs for Ocean Sparkle Limited in 2023 and 2 x 70 T Bollard Pull Tugs for Polestar Maritime Limited in 2024. Udupi-CSL also has ship building orders for construction of 6 nos of 3800 Deadweight General Cargo Vessels and 8 nos of 6300 Deadweight Dry Cargo vessels for M/s. Wilson ASA, Norway. The first of the series of vessel — 3800 Deadweight General Cargo Vessel was launched in Dec 2024.