Bay-Houston Towing has inked a take care of Port Neches, Texas shipbuilder Sterling Shipyard to construct a number of new tugs to serve the Texas Gulf Coast area.
The new vessels can be Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-W ASD ship dealing with and escort tugs for berthing/unberthing massive ships and offering escort and emergency response in uncovered coastal areas with demanding sea states.
“The addition of the RAstar 3200-W further diversifies our fleet and provides an extremely powerful package with enhanced seakeeping features designed to assist the largest ships in all types of environmental conditions. The new tugs will complement our large number of existing Low Emission Vessel (US) Tier 4 tugs and they align with our commitment to provide industry with high performing and emission friendly tugs,” mentioned Kevin Lenz, Vice President of Bay-Houston Towing.
A pair of EMD 16 E23B HD Tier 4 EPA compliant engines will energy two mannequin SRP-610 FP Schottel drives. The tugs distinctive sponsoned RAstar hull kind coupled with 8800 horsepower is designed to supply 116 brief tons (105 metric tonnes) of direct bollard pull. The tug’s efficiency throughout oblique tethered escort modes actually units it aside resulting from producing sustainable steering and braking forces in extra of 115 tonnes and 162 tonnes respectively at escort speeds of as much as 10 knots.
The deck equipment package deal will encompass a ahead winch, aft winch and an aft Capstan. The bow can be fitted with 800+ ft. of 10” Circ. HMPE artificial line layered on a Markey Model DESF-52-AGILE Electric Class III Hawser Winch. This 200 HP winch permits the tug to Render and Recover the road whereas sustaining most towline forces and contains scope suggestions and a line pressure show system with pressure set factors. The stern can be fitted with a Markey mannequin TES-40UL electrical tow winch able to storing as much as 2500 toes of 2-1/2” diameter wire rope designed to fulfill ABS necessities to the notations and classifications of the tug.
A pair of John Deere 6090AFM85 EPA Tier 3 and IMO III compliant gensets, every rated for steady operation at 200 ekW will present electrical energy.
ABS ✠ A1 Towing Service
ABS ✠ AMS Escort Service
ABS Firefighting Vessel 1
ABS Low Emission Vessel (US)
Power: 8800 HP
LOA: 105 toes
Beam: 46 toes
Molded Depth: 18.3 toes
