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Hindustan Shipyard Ltd flagged off two 50-tonne bollard pull tugs — MT Dhiraj and MT Sahas — here on Wednesday evening. The two tugs are on their way to the naval base at Karwar, which will be their home port.
The tugs can achieve a maximum speed of 13.5 knots against a design speed of 12 knots, a statement said. They have achieved a bollard pull of almost 10 per cent in excess of specifications. The tugs will have an important role to play in the handling of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is expected to arrive at Karwar in January 2014.
The tugs were flagged off by Cmde (retd) K.S. Subramanian, Director (ship-building) of HSL, according to a press release. They were seen off at the jetty by a large contingent of HSL officers, workers and contractors.
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