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The Nordic is owned by NORTUG Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG which is partially held by the members of the German consortium Arbeitsgemeinschaft Küstenschutz. The ship is operated by Fairplay (after merger with the former operatior Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft) who charter the tow vessel to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development for an initial time of ...
In 2010 Algeria ordered three tug boats of the Bourbon class which was already in use in the French harbours of Brest and Cherbourg. The ships were built by STX OSV in Norway and STX Tulcea in Romania. A first vessel El Moundjid was ready for delivery in December 2011, the two others were scheduled for delivery in June and September 2012.
The Voith Schneider propeller was originally a design for a hydro-electric turbine. [2] Its Austrian inventor, Ernst Schneider, had a chance meeting on a train with a manager at Voith's subsidiary St. Pölten works; this led to the turbine being investigated by Voith's engineers, who discovered that although it was no more efficient than other water turbines, Schneider's design worked well as ...
The NLTs have much increased power at 60 metric tons (59 long tons; 66 short tons) of bollard pull and Azimuth stern drive propulsion with 4,988 horsepower (3,720 kW) per side. [1] The NLTs will measure 24.40 metres (80 ft 1 in) long overall with a moulded beam of 11.25 metres (36 ft 11 in) and a draught of 5.40 metres (17 ft 9 in).
The Viking 34 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by C&C Design and first built in 1973. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Viking 34 is a development of the Viking 33 , with a 1.5 ft (0.46 m) taller mast, 4% more sail area, a 0.5 ft (0.15 m) deeper Peterson-style keel and a revised interior layout.
The Baltic is driven by two main engines of the General Electric 16V250MDB3 type which are connected to two Schottel controllable pitch propellers via transmissions and drive shafts. The engines are 16-cylinder Diesel units which can provide 4,239 kilowatts (5,685 hp) each at a nominal 1,050 revolutions per minute .
The IRS class of tugboats are a series of Bollard pull tugboats built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, for the Indian Navy.. INS Sahas and INS Dhiraj tugs were flagged off by Commander (retd) K.S. Subramanian, the Director (shipbuilding) and INS Himmat was flagged off by Rear Admiral (Retd) N K Mishra, NM Chairman & Managing Director of HSL.
The Coast 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with a foam core used in the hull above the waterline.It also has wooden trim. The design has a masthead sloop rig, or optional cutter rig, with aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, a rounded bulbous transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.