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Friday, 3 June 2016
Russian tug (ex-Drado 1976-2009, Rado 2009-2014 ) Ureka 7 2014-
Built in 1976. Horsepower 2.500 ahp. Sold by Somagec, Casablanca, Morocco to JSC Lukoil, Moscow, Russia and renamed Meteor. As Rado Equatorial Guinea-flagged and call sign CABR. . As Meteor Russia-flagged, IMO 7514189 and call sign UBRL3. Gross tonnage 231,5 (registered)-260 tons, net tonnage 78 tons, and as dimensions 30,71 (over all) x 9,02 x 4,45 (maximum) metres. Speed 12,0 knots. Bollard pull 35 (ahead) tons. Completed at the shipyard De Hoop, Hardinxveld, Netherlands with yard number 738 in June 1976. As the Drado Netherlands-flagged, homeport Terneuzen, Netherlands. Owned 23 December 1975 by Smit International Antilles, Willemstad, Curacao, 26 September 1983 by Smit International Middle East, Bahrain, 3 January 1988 by the Nieuwe Vlissingse Sleepdienst BV, Vlissingen, Netherlands, 22 June 1988 by Drado Smit Havensleepdiensten BV, Rotterdam and 29 July 2000 by Drado Unie van Redding&Sleepdienst BV, Terneuzen, Netherlands. Sold in 2009 and renamed Rado.