The Netherlands: De Hoop Foxhol Shipyard Launches Caballo Galiceno

Yesterday at 10 AM the vessel with yardnumber 435, Caballo Galiceno (formerly known as Don Alfonso) was launched at Foxhol yard. In the next weeks the vessel will be finished and will be transported to Harlingen where the sponsoons will be fitted.

Main dimensions:

Length Overall: 67.00 m

Length between p.p: 61.91 m

Length waterline: 64.496 m

Beam moulded: 12.80 m

Depth moulded: 5.50 m

Draught: 4.63 m

Work deck area: 422 m2

Deck load capacity: 5.0 t/m2

Complement : 30 persons

Delivery: mid 2011

Tank volumes:

Fuel Oil: 599 m3

Fresh water: 140 m3

Drilling water: 798 m3

Liquid mud: 648 m3

Brine: 330 m3

Dry bulk: 227 m3

Regulations, certificates & flag:

Flag: Mexican Flag

Class: Lloyds Register EMEA

Shipyard De Hoop has a history of almost 1500 build vessels and more than 3000 designs. Although it is strong in the inland passengervessel and offshore markets, virtually any ship can be completely engineered and built by De Hoop. Examples of this are the transport vessels “Brion” and “Breuil” built for Airbus, the cable layer “Sea Spider” built for Wagenborg and the semi-submersible diving platform “Amethyst”.

Source: dehoop, July 10, 2011.