Peter Wessels
Now in procedure in Emden, Germany, the 28-meter harbor help and also restore pull Peter Wessels has a bollard pull of 63 lots, making it one of the most effective pull in the five-tug fleet run by ESG (Emdener Schlepp-Betriebe GmbH).
The vessel is powered by 2 12-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engines provided by Rolls-Royce which have an overall outcome of 3,680 kilowatts.
Built by Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands, the pull was bought by ESB from Hamburg- based Louis Meyer (Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer GmbH & &Co KG).
Emden is a base port for the Volkswagen Group and also is Europe’s third biggest car transhipment facility, after Zeebrugge and also Bremerhaven.
“For us, the tugboat is an investment in the future, as the car cargo ships that will be calling at Emden port in the future will be larger,” states ESBManaging Director Frank Wessels “It offers sufficient reserves for the expected size of ships.”
AGREEMENT FOR ONE DECADE ENGINE UPKEEP
Rolls-Royce has actually authorized a lasting VCA (Value Care Agreement) upkeep agreement hat covers the vessel’s MTU engines for one decade.
“This covers all scheduled maintenance work that helps to avoid breakdowns as much as possible,” states Jacqueline Wünning of Rolls-Royce’s Hamburg sales division. A VCA supervisor is readily available to the delivery firm as a call individual throughout the whole regard to the agreement, sustained by the MTU Customer Care Center.
