Merseyside marine engineering firm, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a contract to upgrade an offshore support tug in the Republic of Congo, western Africa. The company delivered the work for Andofe Shipping Management in the mouth of the Congo River.
SeaKing Electrical Group’s business development manager, Neil Mellenchip, said work involved fitting parts within the bow thruster control panel and recalibrating the system aboard the AHT Independence.
Mellenchip commented, “It [the deal] is the latest in a number of international projects which have seen our specialist engineers and technicians working across the globe in places including the Suez Canal, Russia, Malaysia and the Caribbean. The Congo project took around one week to complete. Work was required to the bow thruster which enables the boat to manoeuvre and hold position in the water.”
The AHT Independence is a 42 metre, 70 tonne bollard pull support tug. In 2012 it had been involved in offshore tanker heading operations in Iraq. Further work has seen it delivering general towage, continuous anchor handling and supply duties to offshore projects in Kuwait.
