Tug gets on order at Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard for Port of Aarhus, Denmark
Propulsion professional Schottel, Spay, Germany, has actually been granted an agreement to supply Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard with tail props including the trademarked SYDRIVE-M mechanical crossbreed system for a 30.25 meter by 11.75 meter Parapets 3000 collection tugboat.
The pull is being constructed for the Port of Aarhus Denmark as well as includes 2 Schottel kind SRP 430 Rudderpropellers, ranked at 2,000 kW each, with 2.5 meter dameter dealt with pitch props. The azimuth thrusters will certainly be driven by diesel motor. This setup will certainly attain an anticipated bollard pull of regarding 65 tonnes as well as a cost-free running rate of around 12.5 knots.
The SYDRIVE-M mechanical crossbreed remedy attaches a port as well as starboard installed azimuth thruster in a vessel, enabling the thrusters to be driven with each other by just one of the major engines. This results in minimized major engine operating hrs, leading to reduced upkeep expenses along with much less gas usage as well as reduced exhausts.
The system requires no added electronical elements or a transmission as well as has 3 major procedure settings: Light Operation or Free Sailing Mode, Full Thrust Operation Mode as well as FiFi-Mode
Port of Aarhus Chief Executive Officer Thomas Haber Borch claims: “Not just does the tugboat have fantastic stamina, it additionally has considerably far better ability to move as well as hence effectiveness as well as accuracy in the job it will certainly take on. It can help the huge vessels getting to Aarhus with obvious accuracy, as it is provided with an Azimuth Stern Drive system.
“The yard lived up to all our minimum requirements, and at the same time they can deliver a tugboat that can sail on one engine as we sail back and forth to the ship to be towed, while we can use both of the ship’s engines during the actual towing.”
