The low drum is actually a split setup that have good 250 metre artificial hawser for escorting, and you will a great 150-metre synthetic line to own harbour towing
In Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug Spinola classy ladies of Bad Ischl escort, 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.
This new boat has been clothed towards the high criteria to have a great team of up to 14. An element of the platform hotel boasts about three (3) two-people cabins, five (4) one-people cabins, an effective galley, disorder, galley places, workshop, petroleum research, locker place/lobby, and you will platform shop. The new deckhouse in the forecastle platform peak is sold with four (4) one-person manager compartments. The new wheelhouse is made for limitation visibility that have one manage station providing restrict profile to help you one another fore and you may aft platform doing work parts, toward increased exposure of the fresh aft deck. The reduced deck includes engineer’s areas and you may laundry business. Every cabins is out of a good proportions, and feature durante-package toilet facilities. This new noises peak throughout the team accommodation try registered in the listing of sixty dBA, reached because of use of complex methods of isolating head propulsion equipments, in addition to high grade insulations and you may floating floors procedure.
Category pull is an enormous aft deck in order to assists petroleum recovery procedures, a removable escort towbitt to be sure a clear deck throughout the non-pulling points, and you may petroleum dispersant spray 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.
The fresh electricity plant is constructed of about three (3) similar diesel gen-set, for each having good 380 volt/fifty Hz power efficiency out-of 125 kW.
Part of the towing winch try an excellent waterfall-layout, twice instrument type of, with single lateral warping lead. The upper musical instrument is capable of storage space step 1,000 metres of 56 mm steel cord line. The newest point windlass, inside the a horizontal axis configuration is equipped with several (2) chain wildcats and two (2) warping minds, that are clutched by themselves. The fresh keep includes a hydraulically powered shops reel for putting away to a single,000 yards out-of free 56 mm material wire rope.
Towing independence was enhanced by inclusion regarding an enthusiastic 80-tonne, radial sleeve pull connect, if you find yourself salvage and you may general areas/deck operations is actually aided by the inclusion regarding a twenty five-tonne-metre knuckle boom crane. Ship-addressing fenders at tight (skeg end) had been a good 900 x 450 cylindrical fender a lot more than a-row from 450 mm “W” block fenders. Good three hundred x three hundred empty “D” fender brings safety during the chief and you may foc’sle deck absolute traces, and you may “W” stop form of fendering can be used once again from the ribbon.