Union 11 - IMO 9120190

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Name

UNION 11

Type

Seagoing tug - Fire fighting tractor tug

IMO-number

9120190

Registration number

01 00385 1997

Call sign

ORKQ

Flag

Belgium

Port of registry

Antwerpen

GT

398 t

DWT

Summer: 255 t

NT

119 t

Length

30,54 m overall

28,50 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

11,52 m overall

Draught

3,34 m

Air draft

17,60 m

Depth

4,50 m

Speed

Max: 12,5 knots

Economic: 11,0 knots

Built

1997

Keel laid

14/11/1996

Delivery date

09/07/1997

Builder

Astilleros Armon S.A.

Navia

Spain

Yard number

373

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Number of decks

1

Main engine

2x Deutz-MWM type SBV8M628 - 4 stroke 8 cylinder combustion engines each 1.550 kW total 3.100 kW / 4.080 bhp at 900 rpm

Built: 1997

Builder: Motorenwerke Mannheim AG, Mannheim - Germany

Propulsion

Each engine drives a Voith Schneider propeller via a fluid coupling

Generators

2x Main diesel generatorsets each 180 kVA each 3x 380 Volt - 50 Hz

1x Diesel generatorset of 90 kVA for harbour duties

Bollard pull

Ahead: 42,2 t

Deck equipment

  • Remote controlled hydraulic driven combined towing winch with double drum on aft deck, for harbour and long distance towing jobs.

  • Harbour winch: Brake holding: 90 t., dynamic: 16,5 t. at 10,6 m/min, slack rope speed: 50 m/min.

  • Towing hook with pneumatic release device - SWL 50 t

  • Hydraulic deck crane - SWL 3,3 t @ 11,00 m outreach

Fire-fighting equipment

2x Main-engine driven fire fighting pumps of 1.200 and 1.500 t/h at a pressure of 15,0 bar

2x Remote controlled monitors. SB monitor is of the combined type for delivery of foam

The tugs carry 30 m³ of heavy foam (fluorprotein type)

Self protection water spray system for hull and superstructure

Tank capacities

Potable water: 30 m³

Fuel oil: 120 m³

Faam: 30 m³

Lifting equipment

1x Crane - SWL 3,3 t @ 11,00 m outreach

Accommodation

Air-conditioned accommodation for 8 persons

Navigation & communication equipment

Magnetic compass: Geomar Gobierno

Echo sounder: Furuno FCV-528L

VHF: Furuno RT2048/RM2042

Radar: Sperry Bridgemaster

GPS: Furuno GP-37

Operator

Boluda Towage Europe

Italiëlei 3

2000 Antwerpen

Belgium

Previous operator

1997 - 2016 N.V. Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst, 2000 Antwerpen - Belgium

2016 - 2019 Kotug Smit Towage, 3072 AR Rotterdam - The Netherlands

Joint venture (KOTUG International B.V. (KOTUG) and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis)

Head quarters

Boluda Towage Europe

Waalhaven Zuidzijde 21

3007 GA Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Owner

Boluda Corporacion Maritima

Paseo de Caro, s/n - Edificio Boluda

46024 Valencia (España)

Spain

Remarks

1997: Built by "Astilleros Armon" at Navia (ESP) (YN 373)

1997: delivered to "URS - Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst" at Antwerpen

Renamed

09/2023 VB Falcom

Belgium, Antwerpen - Call sign: ORKQ

Owner: Boluda Towage Belgium NV, 2, Italielei 3, 2000 Antwerp - Belgium

Manager: Boluda Towage Rotterdam BV, Waalhaven Zuidzijde 21, 3089 JH Rotterdam - The Netherlands

Latest data adjustment

22 December 2023