In April 2012, the “Suffolk Spirit”, designed by Macduff Ship Design Ltd, was successfully launched by Kocurek and sailed from Shotley to Ipswich under her own power. This vessel comes as the first 24.50m Macduff ‘Multi Mac’ to be ordered and built.
The Suffolk Spiriti is expected to commence its sea trials later in May.
Principal Dimensions for 24.50m Multi Mac:
Length Overall – 26.00m
Length B.P. – 24.50m
Breadth Mld. – 10.40m
Depth Mld. – 3.60m
Main Engines – 2x 800 hp @ 1800 rpm
Propeller Diameter – 2x 1700 in nozzle
Bow Thruster – Kort KT 170
Oil Fuel – 80,000 litres
Fresh Water – 30,000 litres
Water Ballast – 60,000 litres
Deck Cargo – 63 tonnes
Crew – 6 men
Macduff Ship Design Ltd uses the latest in Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages to enable it to optimise all of its designs in terms of economy of build and operation in service. Macduff constantly strives to create forward thinking designs that are stable, fuel efficient and tailor made for the task in hand. The company is proud for being able to tackle all jobs no matter how large or small, this has typically ranged from full design packages down to Class approved drawing work for retro fit modifications to standby vessels operating out of Aberdeen. Macduff has also undertaken investigative work where existing vessels have experienced problems with sea keeping, handling or directional stability.
The company is able to offer all of its designs as kits. These kits are produced using the latest 3 Dimensional surface modelling software which allows us to fully fair Macduff’s hull models. From this faired hull model plate profiles can be extracted and this information is then used to produce a set of pre cut, pre numbered components which are supplied to the prospective builder in a ‘flat pack’ format. A full set of assembly plans are also supplied with the kit detailing the order in which the components are to be assembled. Macduff Ship Design Ltd have supplied profiling information for vessels from 8 to 60 metres.
[mappress] Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, April 25, 2012; Image: