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The lower musical instrument are a split configuration with an excellent 250 metre synthetic hawser getting escorting, and you may a 150-metre synthetic range having harbour pulling
In Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug Spinola, the latest AVT Class tug designed by Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain. This vessel is the second in a series built for this Owner, but this edition incorporates a number of significant changes from the previous vessel of this class, Messico.
The Spinola was classed by RINA, and will be suitable for a wide range of duties including harbour towage and ship-handling, coastal towing, salvage and escort operations and, rather uniquely for a VSP tug, is also equipped for heavy duty anchor-handling. The tug is also fitted out for firefighting and oil spill response duties.
Design features of the AVT This second tug of the series incorporates some significantly different features specifically to enable the anchor-handling function. These include different, wider stern lines to incorporate a 3500L x 1300D stern roller, a set of flush-mounted tow-pins and shark-jaws, and additional tugger winches. The aft deck is heavily reinforced for anchor impacts, and the entire deck is rated for a UDL of 5 tonnes /sq.m. The design features a full raised forecastle running nearly half the length of the tug to provide a high standard of accommodation and the best possible sea-keeping capability for operation in exposed conditions. The general layout of the Spinola is illustrated in the General Arrangement Drawing attached as Figure 1.
Brand new vessel might have been clothed for the higher standards having good team all the way to fourteen. An element of the deck holiday accommodation is sold with around three (3) two-people compartments, four (4) one-people compartments, an effective galley, disorder, galley places, working area, oils laboratory, locker area/reception, and platform shop. This new deckhouse at the forecastle patio peak boasts four (4) one-people manager cabins. The new wheelhouse is designed for restrict visibility with one control station providing limitation profile so you can both fore and you can aft platform functioning portion, with the focus on the new aft platform. The reduced platform boasts engineer’s locations and you can laundry organization. The cabins try out-of a generous dimensions, and brag durante-suite commode organization. The new music level regarding team housing was filed from the range of sixty dBA, attained due to usage of cutting-edge methods of isolating chief propulsion machinery, including high grade insulations and you can floating flooring processes.
Category tug tend to be a large aft patio to assists oils recovery businesses, a removable escort towbitt to make certain a clear patio through the non-towing issues, and you may petroleum dispersant jet capabilities
Main Propulsion for the AVT Elizabeth comprises a pair of MaK 8M25 diesel engines, each rated 2,640 kW at 750 rpm, and each driving a Voith model 32R5-265-2 cycloidal propeller in tractor configuration. On trials this combination delivered a sustained Bollard Pull of 81.6 tonnes, and a free running speed of 14.1 knots. The indirect escort steering force is estimated at 115 tonnes at 10 knots, and indirect braking estimated at 147 tonnes at 10 knots.
New electronic bush includes around three (3) identical diesel gen-establishes, each having an excellent 380 volt/50 Hz energy production regarding 125 kW.
A portion of the pulling winch try good waterfall-design, twice guitar types of, with single lateral warping lead Basel City hookers. The top of musical instrument can perform space step 1,000 metres of 56 mm steel cable line. The fresh new anchor windlass, from inside the a horizontal axis setting is equipped that have a few (2) chain wildcats as well as 2 (2) warping brains, which can be clutched individually. The fresh new keep include an excellent hydraulically powered sites reel to have putting away to one,000 yards from spare 56 mm metal wire rope.
Towing independence try enhanced because of the inclusion from an enthusiastic 80-tonne, radial case tow link, when you find yourself salvage and you can standard places/deck operations was assisted by addition out of a twenty-five-tonne-metre knuckle increase crane. Ship-dealing with fenders at stern (skeg stop) comprise an excellent 900 x 450 cylindrical fender a lot more than a row out of 450 mm “W” stop fenders. An excellent three hundred x 3 hundred hollow “D” fender will bring shelter within chief and you can foc’sle deck pure contours, and “W” stop type fendering is employed again from the bend.