BUGSIER - The History

Tug Boat BUGSIER 3 1953

     The BUGSIER 3 was built in 1952 as the third of a series of identical tugboats by  Schichau-Werft in Bremerhaven. The client was the "Velox  GmbH" and the operator "Bugsier- Bugsier and salvage AG", both from Hamburg. On January 21, 1953, the diesel tugboats run with the hull number 1648 from the stack. The Bugsier-Reederei took over the new building on 24 February the same year. Until 1967,  the ship was used as a tugboat with a few exceptions in  the port of Hamburg. In 1967 took place  a major conversion on the Schichau shipyard to make the ship fit for changed requirements. The BUGSIER 3 was somewhat broadened and extended her wheelhouse forward.

                    Facts and figures of BUGSIER 3, later Bugsier 11, Rostam and Mahnaz Karoon 
Country: Germany / Iran Ship 
Type: Tug Boat 
Shipyard: F. Schichau GmbH, Bremerhaven 
Launched: January 21, 1953 
Crew: 3 man 
Whereabouts: sold in 1975 after Iran and " Mahnaz Karoon "renamed. After "World Shipping Register" in 2012 already registered.  
Specifications Survey: 86 GRT 
Length: 26.7 m 
Width: 6.15 m; 1967 6.70 m 
Draft: 2.9 m 
Drive: Deutz 8-cylinder diesel engine 
Type: SBV 8M 54 with 850 hp, a 
screw acting speed: approx 8 knots max. 
Towing capacity: 8 t bollard pull

The BUGSIER 3 after reconstruction on the same (ca. 1970, photographer unknown)

        In order to improve the maneuverability, the conventional rudder was replaced with a Kort nozzle. In addition, the installation of a fire water cannon and to required, powerful pumping equipment was carried out.

         On September 13, 1967, the Schichau shipyard handed over the tugboat with a new look to the BugsierReederei who then stationed him in Brunsbüttel. For six years, remained the BUGSIER 3 there before they were laid through the Kiel Canal to Kiel. With the transfer took place on 27 July in 1973 renamed the "Bugsier 11". In KielHoltenau the ship ,for the last year and a half  , was located under the German flag.

The former BUGSIER 3 under its new name "Mahnaz Karoon" in the port of Khorramshar (Photographer unknown time of recording)

           On February 26, 1975, the Bugsier shipping company sold the tugboat , due to the high requirements of a major European port operations barely enough covered. The buyer was the Iranian company Mehdi Karoon Shipping Co., headquartered in Khorramshar the Persian Gulf. For the transfer of former BUGSIER 3 was renamed "Rostam". The overpass will according to unconfirmed information in the summer of 1975 through the after eight years, wartime blocking straightreopened the Suez Canal to be done. Upon arrival the ship was renamed again and was named after a female member of the owner's family "Mahnaz Karoon". In Iran, have been made over the years more conversions. In particular, the bridge structure has been redesigned. In 1998, the tractor according to the Internet has been publishedInformation deleted from the Lloyds Register. In the database of "World Shipping Register" the "Mahnaz Karoon" with the IMO number 6800177 and the Callsign EPUC however 2012 still recorded. Therefore, there are indications that former Hamburg tugs still exists almost 60 years after its launch.

Literature recommendations Schnake, Reinhard H., History of Towing, Vol. 2, Bugsier-, Reederei- and salvage mbH, Koehler Publishers, 1992. The author describes in this extensively illustrated work the history of Bugsier-Reederei. Mordhorst, Jan: Tug - use in port and at sea, Koehler Publishers, 2008. The author has already published several books on the tractor and is an expert in this art. This book describes the development of the towage is comprehensively presented.