Thrusters, cooling units, dynamic positioning and alarm systems have been contracted for an ultra-low-emissions workboat being built to support marine construction and offshore projects
Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has contracted Kooiman Marine Group to builda shallow-draught workboat in the Netherlands to expand its fleet supporting marine construction and shallow-water renewable projects.
Kooiman is building multipurpose vesselRijnstroom to its own design, with Dutchmachinery and automation.
This 47-m vessel will have a beam of 16 m, a draught of just 2.6 m, dynamic positioning to DP2 class, accommodation for 27 crew members, and heavy-duty deck equipment for towing,anchor handling,dredging support, subsea constructionandmaintenance, and to deploy navigation aids.
Deck machinery will include two deck cranes with an outreachof 21 m and holding capacity of 17tonnes,and an anchor-handling, towing winch with a 220-tonne pulland 250-tonne hold.
Its hybrid diesel-electric propulsionwillbe compliant with IMO Tier III emissions standards and ultra-low-emissions vessel class notations.
Propulsion will consist of two Veth Z-drives of type VZ-900, two Veth VT-400 tunnel thrusters and a compact jet of type CJ-1400V.
Design, production and testing of the thrusters and control systems will all be carried out at Veth’s facilities in Papendrecht, the Netherlands.
