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13 TH VOLUME, NO. 33 DATED 19 AUGUST 2012 HINDUSTHAN SHIPYARD DELIVERS BOLLARD PULL TUG TO VIZAG PORT The Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd delivered a 50-tonne bollard pull tug to the Visakhapatnam port trust here on Friday 10 th August 2012, in the presence of Vizag port chairman Ajeya Kallam, according to a press release. Col. H. Cartwright Reid was the sixth tug delivered by Hindusthan Shipyard to the Vizag port, enabling the latter to handle more vessels. Hindusthan Shipyard has so far delivered 168 vessels of various types. The tug has a steerable rudder propulsion system for better navigation. It is 33.50 metres in length, 10.80 metres in breadth and 3.90 metres in depth. It has a speed of 11 knots and complement of 14. It has been built to Indian Register of Shipping classification, according to the release. The function was attended by the CMD and senior officials of Hindusthan Shipyard. (Press Release: The Hindu) KEVERNE IN BRAEFOOT BAY An unusual assignment for J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd's Keverne (Imo 9381794), 393 gt, 2006, ex Azuma Maru was as standby tug at Braefoot Bay, Firth of Forth, 12th August 2012. She took over from the usual tug, Fidra (Imo 9108491) Forth Estuary Towage, Leith, 1995, 276 dwt, mid-morning when the latter went to Rosyth. Braefoot exports products produced at the Mossmoran Plant in Fife with two jetties, the larger one operated by Shell and a smaller one operated by Exxon. In the background is Bastogne (Imo 9237747) LPG Tanker, 22,902 gt, 26,616 dwt, Exmar Marine NV, built: 2002. Renamed 2011, ex- BW Hugin (2007), Berge Hugin (2005), Lancashire (2002), on the larger west jetty operated by Shell. (Photo: Iain McGeachy) Advertisement 6/22
13 TH VOLUME, NO. 33 DATED 19 AUGUST 2012 WÄRTSILÄ TO POWER FOUR SVITZER TUGBOATS Wärtsilä contracted to supply power systems of four modern diesel-electric tugs building for Australian owner Svitzer. The vessels are being built at the ASL shipyard in Singapore and are scheduled to be in operation by early 2014. Each of the four 80 Ton Bollard Pull (TBP) harbour tugs will be fitted with two 9cylinder and one 8-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 20 engines. The use of the Wärtsilä 20 engines as diesel-electric generating sets is a new development in the tugs market. The engines will operate on Marine Gas Oil (MGO) and the tugs will be equipped with batteries that allow power from the Wärtsilä generating sets to be stored for later use. “Modern tugs need to feature both fuel efficiency and environmental sustainability, as well as lifecycle reliability. This contract represents further evidence of Wärtsilä’s strength in meeting these demands, and further emphasises our ability to offer sophisticated dieselelectric machinery solutions for this particular sector of the marine industry,” says Aaron Bresnahan, Vice President, Wärtsilä Ship Power Specials. “By selecting Wärtsilä 20 engines for the diesel-electric generating sets, the owner will benefit from their robustness and reliability, which has been proven by the fact that more than 4000 of the engines have been delivered since this model was introduced to the market in the early 1990s. The Wärtsilä 20 offers low exhaust gas emissions, low operating costs, fuel economy across the entire engine operation range, and high redundancy,” says Bresnahan. Wärtsilä has earlier supplied integrated propulsion solutions for two Svitzer Tier III compliant ECOtug(s). (Press Release Wartsila) TUGS OF BOLUDA TOWAGE AND SALVAGE IN THE GREAT RACE OF CÁDIZ 2012 The tugs VB Cádiz y VB Jerez from the fleet of Boluda Towage and Salvage, took part on the manoeuvres of docking and exit of the two big school ship from the Spanish and Italian navy, Juan Sebastián el Cano and Américo Vespucci respectively, in occasion of the bicentenary of the Spanish Constitution, have participate in the Great Race, that took place in the waters of Cadiz. Nearly half hundreds of big ships have participated in the competition that due to its spectacular way, have concentrated thousands of spectators in the bay of Cádiz. The sailing ships left Cadiz on the 5 th August to La Coruña. (Source: Boluda) 7/22
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