Towage Services

Wagenborg Offshore has excellent equipment for exceptional transports over sea and inland waterways. Besides their use in the Caspian Sea and the Don-Volga canal, one of the SDTs is extremely suitable for tug services on the Russian inland waterways. Our team is dedicated to on-site tug services that are designed especially for that environment.

Wagenborg Shipping has a team of specialists in the Wagenborg Tug Services division [link!]

Shallow Draft Tug (SDT)

The Shallow Draft Tugs, with a draft of 1.65 mtrs and an engine capacity of 2 x 675 hp, were developed especially for tug work in shallow water. The SDTs are used to tug cargo pontoons between the drilling sites and the provisioning base. They are equipped with a crane, and therefore the SDTs can also be used for anchor handling or maintaining beacons.

The SDTs are used regularly to assist during the installation of drilling platforms/objects. As a result of their limited ice strengthening, these ships mainly have access to the northern part of the Caspian Sea outside the winter season.

Ice-classed Barges (ICB) 

The Ice-classed Barges are cargo pontoons with a similar ice-strengthening as the IBSVs. They are designed to transport a range of cargo, including

- cuttings, drilling sludge;

- bulk cargo, cement/barite;

- mud, lubrication from drill and disposal of drilling sludge;

- oil-contaminated water;

- fuel.

These unmanned cargo pontoons do not have their own propulsion, which makes them relatively light but with a large deadweight.