Feature 1 | TUGS AND SALVAGE Damen dominates the tug market
Te Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen, has recently delivered a large number of its modular tug designs.
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ontracts for various types of tugs have continued to flow into Damen in recent months. The multitude of
recent deliveries for Damen demonstrates that the tug market is still very crowded, with no signs of a slow-down yet reported. One of its most popular designs is its 2810 azimuthing stern drive (ASD) series. Recent deliveries include a pair of vessels,
Tornado and Typhoon, for Baltic Fleet Ltd, of Russia. Tey are to be used in towing, mooring, and fire-fighting operations, and are classed by Lloyd’s Register to: +100 A1 Escort Tug, Ice Class 1a FS, Specified Coastal Service standards. Te 2810 series is 28.67m long, with a
beam of 10.43m, and a depth at the sides of 4.60m. Two Caterpillar 3056 T 50Hz generator sets are fitted, rated at 105kVA, 400V. Tornado and Typhoon have an aft
draught of 4.68m, but the former displaces 550tonnes and the latter just 544tonnes. Tornado reached a speed ahead of 12.7knots on trials, and 12.2knots astern, with a bollard pull of 51tonnes ahead and 46.6tonnes astern. During Typhoon’s performance trials it
attained 12.6knots ahead and 12.1knots astern, and had a 50.9tonne bollard pull ahead, with a 47.6 bollard pull astern. Both tugs are powered by two Caterpillar
3516B TA/B main engines, rated at 3132kW at 1600rev/min. Two Rolls-Royce US 255 azimuth thrusters are also installed on each vessel, and two electrically-driven air compressors and one manual emergency
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Tornado
Length, oa ......................................... 28.67m Beam, oa .......................................... 10.43m Draught, aft ......................................... 4.68m Speed ahead ..................................12.7knots Speed astern ...................................12.2knots Bollard pull ahead ........................ 51.0tonnes Bollard pull astern ......................... 46.6tonnes Engines .........................................2 x Caterpillar
20 Typhoon was delivered to Baltic Fleet Ltd, Russia, in January 2008.
air compressor comprise the starting system. Te Russian pair includes a Westfalia
OTC 2-02-137 fuel oil purifier onboard, and a Sterling R 35/25 lubrication oil pump capable of handling 2.1m3
/hour. Accommodation is provided for eight
persons, with a captain’s cabin, a chief engineer’s cabin on the main deck, three double crew cabins, a galley, mess, and storage facilities.
Popular series A further pair of 2810s were delivered in November 2007 to Les Abeilles SAS, in France. Abeille Magellan and Abeille Vespucci are intended to carrier out more fire-fighting and towing duties than the Russian vessels. Two Kvaerner 1200m3
fi-fi
pumps aboard the tugs are driven off the pair of Caterpillar 3516b TA HD/C main engines through Norgear step-up boxes. Te engines have a total power of 3678kW at 1600rev/min. A couple of Skum fi-fi water/foam
monitors are also installed, having a capacity of 1200m3
lically-driven towing winch can pull each. An aſt hydrau-
18tonnes at 11m/minute and has a 130tonne brake. Te aſt draught for this pair of tugs is 4.7m, and they can carry 4.3m3 sant and 15.7m3
of disper- of water ballast each.
Classed to Bureau Veritas I + Hull Mach Tug Unrestricted Navigation AUT UMS FiFi Ship 1 requirements, the vessels carry St Vincent and Grenadines flags. The two azimuthing thrusters are
of Rolls-Royce US 205 design, and the accommodation is air-conditioned, with five cabins above the waterline. Abeille Magellan has a displacement
of 532tonnes, and reached a speed ahead of 13.5knots on trials, a speed astern of 13.4knots, 58.8tonnes bollard pull ahead, and 56.5tonnes of bollard pull astern. Abeille Vespucci displaces 529tonnes, and recorded a speed ahead of 13.7knots ahead and 13.6knots astern during sea trials. Bollard pull ahead is 61tonnes and astern is 55.9tonnes. Another 2810 delivery took place towards
the end of last year, on behalf of Italian owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti Spezzini. Isola Del Tino has a 4.67m draught aſt and a displacement of 520tonnes. Te vessel has
Ship & Boat International May/June 2008
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