Third of Four Tug's Delivered from Irving Shipbuilding

Irving Shipbuilding Inc.' East Isle Facility, delivers the third of four of it’s popular 30m ASD tugs for Stevns of Denmark.

East Isle Shipyard in Prince Edward Island, a Division of Irving Shipbuilding Inc., has delivered the third of four (4) Tugs for Stevns on the 17th May 2010. The first two Tugs were Ice Class and the second two are conventional.

Present at the christening from the owner were Niels and Lone Hansen and Flemming and Susanne Hansen as well as Mr. Steve Durrell President of Irving Shipbuilding. The new Tug was christened by Mrs. Britta Schondel whose husband Henrik is a colleague of Mr. Niels Hansen. The Tug, “Stevns Breaker,” had undergone sea trials and was accepted by the Owner and had achieved 70 tonne bollard pull. This Tug has CAT Diesels and Rolls Royce configuration of diesels and Z-drives and is fitter for FiFi 1. Lloyds Register classified this vessel.

Dimensions: 30.8m x 11.14m x 3.88m draft.

Power: 2 Caterpillar 3516BHD C rating diesels, developing 2,000kW each at 1,600 rpm.

Z-Drives: Rolls-Royce Aquamaster Z drives with controllable pitch propellers of 2.8m diameter

Bollard Pull: 70 tonnes.

Bow Thruster: Kamewa 150kW.

Auxiliary Power: 2 Volvo Penta gensets developing 165kW each. A Volvo Penta harbor gen-set developing 85kW is also fitted on each tug.

Line Handling Winch: 150 tonne Ridderinkhof electric line handling winch on the raised foredeck, capable of storing 400’ of 3 ¼” Spectra line.

Towing and Anchor-Handling: a set of 200mm tow-pins and a stern roller are installed along with a 150 tonne Ridderinkhof aft towing winch, Ridderinkhof tugger winch/capstan, a 75 tonne Washington Chain tow-hook. The aft winch is capable of storing 762m of 51mm wire.

Accommodations: Space for 6 is provided.

Noise: Levels are within the stringent requirements of the Danish Maritime Authorities.

FiFi: Two remote-controlled monitors supplied by Fire Fighting Systems capable of a discharge rate of 1,200 m3/hr each are fitted aft above the wheelhouse. The monitors are supplied by a dedicated pump of 2,800 m3/hr, driven off the front end of the port main engine. A water curtain of 300m3/hr is supplied by the pump, or alternatively foam can be supplied at 300m3/hr.

Escort Keel: the tug is fitted with a large “escort” keel forward to provide effective indirect towing capability and enhance course keeping, especially when running astern.

The vessels will be managed by Nordane Shipping of Svendborg, Denmark. CMC of Aarhus, Denmark are the owners’ consultants on this contract.

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