

On October 21st 2014, the first 3300AV ASD tugboat named KST PASSION from its sister lot was successfully delivered from Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd.
With the investments from AVIC ZHENJIANG SHIPYARD MARINE PTE. LTD(AZM hereafter), which is a joint venture between Zhenjiang Shipyard and CATICO INVESTMENTS PTE. LTD and taking AZM as its marketing platform, the tugboat represents a classical and standardized product series targeting the international market.
Designed by Canada Robert Design Co., Ltd, the tug is 33.75m in length (MLD), 12.20m in width (MLD) and 5.40m in depth. The tug also boasts a positive towing force ≥70.3t, 4.23m of draft, a continuous 4000kw power rate of its main engine and 13 knots of its sailing speed, which, ensures itself can be operated in unrestricted area. The class notations of this tug is from ABS, namely ABS Al TOWING VESSEL, ESCORT VESSEL,Ⓔ,AMS, UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION, FIRE FIGTHING VESSEL CLASS 1。