Supply contract for the acquisition of a tugboat for Hirtshals Havn

Description

With this call for tenders, Hirtshals Havn asks for tenders for the supply of a tugboat. The requirements to be met by the Tenderer’s product and services in general are specified in the tender documents. Lot 1: Hirtshals Havn (The Port of Hirtshals), Denmark, Scandinavia, has a unique geographical location only few minutes of navigation from the sea lanes between the European west coast, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and the Baltics, right at the beginning of the European motorway network. The Ports' location combined with an efficient road infrastructure and a good logistics system makes the Port a natural turntable for transport and maritime service. The Port has daily- / weekly ferry connections to Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The Port has per year averaging 3500 vessel calls of which the larger units, ro-ro-, ferries and other vessels with large wind areas, often requires tug assistance when berthing and unberthing. The prevailing method of assistance is push- and push/pull operations all during movement of the assisted vessel. The infrastructure of the Port is in some location restricting the navigation thus limiting the size of the tug. The tug will be used on basis 24/7/365 during all conditions related to the Danish/Scandinavian climate, air temperature usually ranging from -20° to +35° Celsius and the wind speed is ten percent of the time exceeding 14 meter per second. Please refer to the tender documents for a detailed description of the tugboat and the procurement.