SCHOTTEL stories it has been chosen to equip 5 new visitors security vessels for the German Rhine Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSA) with electrically pushed SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers.
The Bolle shipyard in Derben, Germany, has been commissioned with the development of the trendy multipurpose vessels following tenders submitted all through Europe.
The fashionable visitors security vessels will every be fitted with two SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers sort SRP 100 that are being produced to be used with vertically mounted electrical drive motors (L-Drive variant) for the very first time. The motors are powered by lithium-ion batteries and diesel mills which together create a serial hybrid system. The batteries allow brief journeys to be made with out the diesel mills and might rapidly and effectively compensate for peak calls for throughout use. The 360-degree steerable SRP combines most vessel manoeuvrability with excellent course stability throughout free crusing whereas offering highly effective thrust in any chosen course always. The compact and sturdy design of the SRP 100 permits vessels to be operated in each low and shallow waters and makes them proof against any collisions with flotsam.
The fashionable visitors management vessels will every be fitted with two SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers sort SRP 100 that are being produced to be used with vertically mounted electrical drive motors (L-Drive variant) for the very first time. (Image: SCHOTTEL)
The lead vessel within the new collection, MS Emmerich, has been in operation for the WSA Rhine since July 2020. As the primary revolutionary, future-orientated multipurpose vessel for the Waterways and Shipping Administration, it’s the prototype for the collection presently below development.
The new visitors security vessels are all 33.3 meters lengthy and seven.4 meters huge, every having a crane system and touchdown ramp. They will exchange the present vessels MS Neuss, MS Rees, MS Köln, MS Homberg and MS Bonn and will probably be operated on the German a part of the Rhine between Duisburg and Bonn on a distance of roughly 130 kilometers.
Besides checking and servicing navigation indicators, their duties additionally embody clearing transport disruptions, transporting automobiles and work tools and salvaging flotsam.
As the primary revolutionary, future-orientated multipurpose vessel for the Waterways and Shipping Administration, MS Emmerich is the prototype for the collection presently below development. (Image: Bolle Shipyard)
