In the fleet of the MSC Group's Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, which consists of more than 170 vessels, two new units have entered with delivery from the Sanmar shipyard to the subsidiary Tugboats Augusta of the tugboat San Vitale following the recent entry into the fleet of the sister ship Ortigia.

The San Vitale measures 24.4 meters in length, 12 meters in length length and 5.45 meters draught. Can reach 12.5 speed nodes and accommodate up to seven members of the crew. The new unit has a fixed point of more than 70 tonnes, and will initially be employed in the port of Milazzo. Ortigia, a unit of of the same characteristics but with a capacity of 60 TBP, it is used in towing operations in the port of Syracuse. Both units, which are the fourth and third tugs delivered in the last year from the Turkish shipyard to the subsidiary of Tugboats are compliant with the IMO Tier III standard, which reduces the emissions into the atmosphere of NOx (nitrogen oxides) produced by the combustion.

Rimorchiatori Augusta is operating in Sicily in the ports of Augusta, Catania, Messina, Milazzo, Pozzallo and Syracuse.