Built as a tug under yard No 790 by Niestern-Sander B.V. Delfzijl, Netherlands for Smit International Sleepboot Maatschappij “Smit Singapore” B.V., Rotterdam.
07 May 1983 keel laid down.
17 December 1983 launched as SMIT SINGAPORE two sisters the SMIT LONDON and SMIT ROTTERDAM.
Tonnage 2,673 grt, 803 net, 1,985 dwt., dim. 74.86 x 15.68 x 7.62m, draught 6.8m., length bpp. 65.2m.
Powered by two 9-cyl. Stork Werkspoor diesels, 13,500 bhp., twin shafts, speed 17 knots.
Bollard pull 189 ton.
Bunker capacity 2,101 cubic meter.
08 May 1984 completed, homeport Rotterdam.
After delivery managed by Smit Tak Int. Zeesleep & Bergingsbedrijf.
Her maiden tow was with the Statfjord C platform in 1984.
09 November 1990 under Bahamas flag and registry.
1991 Transferred to Smitwijs Singapore C.V., Rotterdam, still under Bahamas flag.
November 1996 under Dutch flag and registry again.
18 October 1998 renamed in SMITWIJS SINGAPORE.
October 2001 she towed the heavy lift platform GIANT 4 together with the salvaged Russian nuclear submarine KURSK to Murmansk.
03 August 2007 renamed in SINGAPORE and owned by Svitser Ocean Towage B.V. Rotterdam.
19 February 2013 sold to Priyanka Shipping Ltd. and renamed GLOBAL SUCCES I., managed by Diavlos Salvage & Towage Ltd. Panama flag and registry.
23 May 2014 arrived by Marine Lines Ship Breakers at Alang, work commenced on 29 May 2014.
IMO No 8213964
Norway 1985 2k+1k sgMS960, she is the third ship from the right.
This Dutch envelop was carried on board the Dutch tug SMIT SINGAPORE during her first towing job, and to raise funds for the Foundation of the National Towing Museum in Maassluis.
SMIT SINGAPORE: She was used with other tugs to tow the oil production platform STATFJORD C from the Yrkesfjord in Norway to her location in the North Sea.
The Norway stamp on the envelope, the cruise vessel is identified as one of the ROYAL VIKING STAR, ROYAL VIKING SKY or ROYAL VIKING SEA.
Source: Scheepvaart by G J de Boer. Various web-sites. Marine News.