New Maintenance/ Work Vessel Joins Tidewater’s Fleet

New Maintenance/ Work Vessel Joins Tidewater's Fleet

A 66m Maintenance/ Work Vessel CONSTRUCT TIDEⅡ, built by Yuexin Ocean Engineering for Tidewater was delivered successfully in August.

With Wartsila ship design, the vessel is classed under the American Bureau of Shipping as a Maintenance/Work Vessel. With a moulded breadth of 20m, moulded depth of 5.9m and draft of 4.3m, the vessel can carry 500m3 of fuel oil, and 600m3 of potable water. At the same time, the vessel can carry up to 60 men at one time, sailing at a maximum speed of 13 knots.

The vessel is powered by twin CAT3512C engines and Marathon 1405kw generator, which is the first unit to be equipped with an electric propulsion system to reduce the environmental pollution caused by the diesel generator.

In accordance with the PSPC requirements, the double bottom and double hull enables her to have safer operation. Moreover, Fire Fighting Class 1, DPS-2 system and ENVIRO notation endow the vessel with high automation and multifunction, along with environmentally-friendly features.

Besides, the vessel is outfitted with a Kingpost Deck Crane with 40T lifting capacity and advanced navigation and communication systems supplied by Furuno.

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Press Release, September 4, 2013