Image: Umndertun Industri
The 5 electrical double-ended, passenger-only ferryboats that Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard is developing for Norwegian driver Boreal (see earlier tale) will certainly each have actually 2 gangways provided by Skodje, Norway, headquartered Undertun Industri.
The gangways will certainly be mounted at either end of each of the double-ended ferryboats as well as are made use of when docking at piers as well as terminals in the Oslofjord.
The gangways are portable as well as light-weight, as well as additionally have a lengthy reach, both up and down as well as flat, to relieve web traffic to piers of differing elevation as well as style. The gangways are added vast to permit fast traveler loading as well as dumping. By reducing loading/unloading times, the ferryboats can preserve routine by travelling at a rate that preserves battery power.
Bj ørnar Huse of Undertun Industri claims, “We have worked extensively with the designers, yard and end user to solve challenges for size, capacity and weight. We have made a solution that is well aligned to new requirements and old piers, with good solutions for foot traffic and access for the disabled.”
Morten Aune, of ferryboat developer Multi Maritime, claims. “The gangway integrates well, is lightweight and offers great convenience and benefit for the owner. Quick deployment and turnaround is important as it lets the ferries cruise consuming less power.”
Undertun Industri is additionally providing emptying systems for the ferryboats together with Viking Life Saving Equipment.
Undertun Industri as has actually supplied 300 gangways to traveler vessels, offshore, cruise ship, angling vessels as well as even more.
