The Ulupınar Series of tugboats has been developed exclusively for Sanmar by Robert Allan Limited (RAL), the world's leading designer of state-of-the-art tugs. In addition, these vessels incorporate a considerable amount of Sanmar's own input, not only as a tug operator in six ports in Europe and Asia, but also as a major supplier of newbuild vessels to four continents.

Designated the ASD 24/45 series, these are compact azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs, with the second-to-none agility of this type of vessel. Furthermore they possess the outstanding power and all-round performance of an RAL designed hull backed by extensive research involving model testing.

Although primarily conceived as harbour ship assist vessels, the long delivery trips undertaken, one across the Atlantic in far from benign conditions, demonstrate excellent sea-keeping qualities. However with fire-fighting and winches both fore and aft, the versatile Ulupinar series tugs have the ability to undertake the tasks normaly reserved for larger vessels.

Furthermore, the compact overall dimensions have forced no compromises in the level of accommodation and considerable attention has been given to noise and vibration reduction to futher increase crew comfort.

Technical Specifications:

Type Of Vessel	ASD
Classification	RINA.
Designer	Robert Allan Ltd., CANADA
Construction	Steel
LOA	24.39 meters
Breadth	9.15 meters
Main Engines	2xCAT 3512B TA, 1650 BHP at, TOTAL 3300 BHP Spark arrestor exhaust silencers
Gen Sets	2xPerkins 4TGM each 74kVA at 1500rpm
ASD	Rollce-Royce US 155 FP
Fire Fighting	1 Skum monitor 650m 3/hr at 12bar. Waterspray nozzles around the tug for self protection.
Fire Pumb	SMS made axially split centrifugal pump with 650 m3/h delivery at 12 bar
Speed	12 Knot
Bow Towing winch	RR one rope drum, two cable lifters, one warping end on the same shaft. 5 tons pull at -15 m/min duty on chain lifter. 135m dia 40mm rope capacity. 100 tonnes brake holding load. Rope tension read out.
Aft Towing winch	RR single drum, 650 meter, dia 40mm steel wire. 100 tonnes brake holding load.
Tow Hook	Data Hydraulic DCX 45-90, 45 tons SWL, 90 Ton test load, DiskType
Communication	2xSailor VHF DSC RT 5022
Epirb	Sailor
Radar Transponder	Sailor
Navtex	ICS
GPS & Chart Sounder	Simrad
Radar	Simrad
Autopilot	Simrad
GPS Heading Device	Simrad
Intercom	Vingtor Marine
SearchLight	2xSeamatz
Life Saving Equipment	1xLiferaft  for 10 person + 8 life jackets + 8 life buoy + pyrotechnics
Accomodation	2 cabins for 2 officers, 2 crew cabins for 5 crews, total 7 persons, mess, galley,stores, WC and shower
Bollard Pull	45 Tons