OREANDA-NEWS. March 02, 2011. Tuapse Commercial Sea Port (TMTP) has purchased 2 new tugboats worth RUB 322 million from the Dutch Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, the company’s press service reports. The construction of the fully automated tugs vessels Daedalus and Agoi has been completed. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the early summer of 2011.

Tuapse Commercial Sea Port JSC, founded in 1994, is the main stevedore company operating at one of the largest ports in Russia - the port of Tuapse. The major shareholder of TMTP (65.06%) is Universal Cargo Logistics Holding BV (UCL Holding).

Damen Group’s Damen Shipyards Gorinchem specializes in the construction of tugs, workboats, patrol craft, cargo vessels, dredgers, mega yachts and fast ferries.
 
The two companies have been cooperating since 2000. The Dutch firm has build for TMTP the tugs Achilles and Atlas, the oil skimmer Vega and the workboat Agate. All of them are now operating at the port.