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Monday, 8 July 2013

Dutch tug Indusbank built at Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 13 April 1968

An item reported that the shipyard N.V. Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes, Millingen a.d. Rijn, Netherlands was building the tug Indusbank for account of the N.V. Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Sleepdienst. With a horsepower of 3.400 hp was she world’s strongest Voith Schneider tug and to be used in Europoort for assisting the largest super tankers. Nowadays [2013] she is still in active service under her original name. Bahamas-flagged, IMO 6818708, MMSI 309439000 and callsign C6NL9. Deadweight 1.631 tons and gross tonnage 369 tons.