Dutch vessel operator Multraship Towage and Salvage, a division under the German- and Dutch-owned company the Muller Maritime Group, has added a new ASD tug to its harbour service fleet at its home port in Terneuzen in Zeeland province.
Built by the Damen Shipyards Group and classed by Bureau Veritas, Multratug 6 replaces an earlier, similarly named RSD tug in the Multraship fleet. The newer tug was designed to provide towage and escort assistance.
Multratug 6 utilises a standard Damen 28.57- by 10.43-metre ASD tug design but with custom features including a winterisation package to allow all-weather operation, FiFi1 class firefighting equipment including two monitors, and installation of an aft winch. Two Caterpillar 3516C main engines that each produce 1,865 kW at 1,800 rpm turn Kongsberg Maritime US 205 azimuthing propellers to deliver a bollard pull of 61.6 tonnes and a maximum speed of 14 knots. Electrical power is meanwhile supplied by two Caterpillar C4.4 107kVA generators.
The deck has 40 square metres of total space allowing for the installation of a double-drum anchor/towing winch, a Mampaey aft towing hook, a Damen capstan, and a crane with a lifting capacity of 2,200 kilograms. Also fitted are two Furuno radars and a dedicated 2,400m³/h diesel pump for the two 1,200m³/h foam/water firefighting monitors.
The crew of eight are housed in two single cabins and three two-person cabins. Among the other onboard facilities are a mess and a galley.
The newer Multratug 6 has already commenced operational sailings, assisting vessels in the Scheldt River area alongside the other vessels in the Multraship fleet.
| Multratug 6 | |
| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Type of vessel: | Harbour tug |
| Classification: | Bureau Veritas Escort Tug; Fire Fighting Ship 1 |
| Port of registry: | Terneuzen, Netherlands |
| Flag: | Netherlands |
| Owner: | Muller Maritime Group, Netherlands/Germany |
| Operator: | Multraship Towing and Salvage, Netherlands |
| Designer: | Damen Shipyards Group, Netherlands |
| Builder: | Damen Shipyards Group, Netherlands |
| Length overall: | 28.57 metres |
| Length bp: | 24.78 metres |
| Beam: | 10.43 metres |
| Draught: | 4.6 metres |
| Gross tonnage: | 293 |
| Net tonnage: | 87 |
| Main engines: | 2 x Caterpillar 3516C, each 1,865 kW at 1,800 rpm |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Kongsberg Maritime US 205 propellers |
| Generators: | 2 x Caterpillar C4.4, each 107 kVA |
| Maximum speed: | 14 knots |
| Bollard pull: | 61.6 tonnes |
| Capstan: | Damen Marine Components |
| Other deck equipment: | Mampaey towing hook |
| Firefighting equipment: | 2 x foam/water monitors |
| Fuel capacity: | 72.3 cubic metres |
| Freshwater capacity: | 14.9 cubic metres |
| Sewage capacity: | 6.7 cubic metres |
| Accommodation: | 2 x one-person cabins; 3 x two-person cabins; mess; galley |
| Crew: | 8 |
| Operational area: | Scheldt River, Netherlands |