Svitzer have positioned 5 vessels to Bangladesh to prepare for the commencement of a new 15 year contract to service Excelerate Energy's new LNG import terminal at Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal which will commence operation in mid 2018.

Three new Ocean going offshore terminal tugs of the RAstar 3200 design named 

SVITZER DHAKA, SVITZER RANGPUR, SVITZER KHULNA will be accommpanied by the new 36m crew boat SVITZER CHITTAGONG. Also part of the contract will be the 2012 built tug/OSV SVITZER FOXTROT. 

Images of the five vessels are shown in the Tugs/ORSV category on page 24.