RAsalvor 6500 Steel Cutting Ceremony
On January 17, 2025, a steel cutting ceremony was held for a new RAsalvor 6500 at Rizhao GANGDA Shipbuilding (Shandong Port) in Shandong Province, China. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for Smit...
Press Release – The agency boat Salim Duzgit, ex Poyrazkoy, has grown from 19 metres to 24 metres! The boat was literally cut in half by Sanmar Shipyards and a new piece installed in the middle. This extended the working deck and greatly increased its capacity. After completion, the boat was refinished and repainted and now shows no signs of its previous shorter life. When Robert Allan Ltd. designed the original boat, they included a short section of parallel midbody just in case lengthening was ever contemplated and sure enough, it was lengthened by inserting a new section at that point.
19 metre Salim Duzgit becomes the new 24 metre Salim Duzgit
Original Bow Section
Original Stern Section
The particulars before and after the lengthening are given below:
The new, bigger Salim Duzgit has now gone back to work in the busy Bosporus.
For more information about our designs, please contact [email protected].
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