Feature 2 | GERMANY
New class of SWATH for navy A 25m SWATH patrol boat has been ordered by the Latvian Navy.
The vessels for the Latvian Navy will be designed by A&R and constructed and delivered in cooperation with Riga Shipyard. Delivery of the first of class ship is scheduled for December 2010 from Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder, Germany. T e new vessels will derive from the
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well-proven SWATH pilot boats, which have been in operation since 1999 in the German Bight, and recently in Dutch waters. They will have the same main dimensions and underwater ship, but with a complete new propulsion and accommodation concept. SBI
beking & Rasmussen has secured an order for five 25m SWATH@A&R patrol boats.
A model of the newly-designed 25m coastguard vessel from Abeking & Rasmussen. Power for emergency tug
Four special Series 8000 and Series 4000 engines have been ordered for an ultramodern emergency tug.
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our diesel engines produced by Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen will be used in
the new emergency tug for the North Sea, supplying a total of 17,200kW for propulsion and 2280kW of electrical power. Negotiations are taking place on the supply of additional MTU products for this special ship. The order is worth around €10 million. The new vessel, which is designed to
take endangered ships off Germany’s North Sea coast to a safe harbour or to hold them safely in one position, will go into operation at the beginning of 2011. The Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction, and Urban Development recently decided, following a Europe- wide invitation to tender, to charter this emergency tugboat from the ‘Coastal Protection Consortium’. This consortium
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consists of Germany’s three leading companies for tugboats and salvage vessels: Bugsier, Fairplay, and URAG, as well as Wiking Helikopter Service. T e new ship will be nearly 80m long
and 16.5m wide, and will be powered by two 8600kW 20-cylinder MTU Series 8000 diesel engines, the most powerful engines in the product range.
Four MTU engines will be used in the new emergency tug for the North Sea.
They will provide a tugging power of more than 200tonnes and will allow a tugging speed of more than 19.5knots. As a comparison, traditionally harbour tugs have a tugging power of 20tonnes- 80tonnes and operate at about 13knots. Two Series 4000MTU engines will be used for producing onboard electricity. SBI
Ship & Boat International September/October 2008
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