JANUARY 16, 2019– Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle- based marine style as well as aquatic design firm, has actually given the thorough style for Shaver Transportation Company’s brand-new, Z-drive pull– Samantha S
Built at the Diversified Marine shipyard in Portland, OR, the multi-purpose pull ws running along the West Coast.
Samantha S is ABS classified as well as lugs a FFV1 firefighting symbols.
Measuring 112 feet x 44 feet as well as with a 22 feet draft, the pull was constructed for companion, sea towing as well as ship aid, as well as has firefighting capacities if required. It includes an increased pilot home as well as a made even ahead end. It has actually a boosted gas capability of 108,000 gallons for overseas as well as rescue tows as well as holiday accommodations for approximately 10 staff participants.
The pull’s huge, level bow permits it ahead up level versus the transom of ocean-going ships in theColumbia River It is furnished with 2 cable winches ahead, as well as 6 aft, for tough circuitry to the demanding of huge ships for companion, all 8 are Wintech 120-ton (SWL) winches. Other deck equipment contains one Rapp HA-149H-250 companion winch; as well as a Rapp dual drum AHTW-75H-165 tow winch.
She is furnished with a set of GE 12V250 U.S.EPA Tier IV, medium-speed diesel primary engines; a set of Rolls Royce 305, four-bladed Z-Drives; a set of EPA Tier III, John Deere 6090A generators; as well as one Caterpillar C32 fire pump nuclear power plant.
The engines are ranked at 4,218 HP each, as well as will certainly offer sufficient power to establish an approximated 230,000 extra pounds of bollard pull.
The fire pump as well as both fire displays are given by Fire Fighting Systems UNITED STATE representative,Inmar Systems The firefighting system has the ability to pump greater than 12,000 gallons per min to eliminate aquatic as well as close to coast fires.
“The size and special features of Samantha S demonstrate our ability to provide agile, efficient vessels for a variety of requirements,” stated Bryan Nichols, supervisor, organization growth,Jensen “This tug is the latest multi-purpose escort, ocean towing and assist tugboat to hit the water from our diverse design portfolio which includes all types of workboats from 55-foot push boats to 225-foot anchor-handling tugs.”
