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Name |
UNION EMERALD |
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Type |
Seagoing tug |
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IMO-number |
9314296 |
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Registration number |
01 00607 2005 |
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Call sign |
OROE |
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Flag |
Belgium |
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Port of registry |
Antwerpen |
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GT |
497 t |
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DWT |
Summer: 92 t |
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NT |
147 t |
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Length |
33,71 m overall |
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Breadth |
11,51 m overall |
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Draft |
5,60 m |
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Depth |
5,60 m |
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Speed |
Max.: 13,0 knots Economic: 10,0 knots |
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Built |
2005 |
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Keel laid |
01/12/2004 |
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Date of completed |
26/09/2005 |
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Builder |
Astilleros Armon S.A. Navia Spain |
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Yard number |
614 |
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Hull material |
Steel |
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Hull type |
Single hull |
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Number of decks |
1 |
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Main engine |
2x ABC 8MDZC4 - 4 stroke 8 cylinder diesel engines total 3.700 kW at 1.000 rpm Builder: Anglo Belgian Corporation NV, Gent - Belgium |
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Propulsion |
2 x Schottel type SRP1515FP full azimuth propellers in Kort nozzles |
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Generators |
2x Scania DS 9 95M diesel engines each 196 kW connected with generators each 180 kVA / 3x 380 Volt - 50 Hz |
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Harbour generator |
1x Generatorset 90 kVA |
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Deck equipment |
Robust waterfall winch Brusselle SLH-130/50/2-1 with one warping head on aft deck Brake holding: 130 t, dynamic: 44 t at 10 m/min, slack rope speed: 50 m/min |
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Bollard pull |
66 t ahead 62 t astern |
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Fire-fighting system |
2x Fire-fighting pumps: 1x 1.500 m³/h + 1x 1.200 m³/h at 18,0 bar delivering water to two water/foam monitors. The monitors and the complete FiFi-plant is computer remote controlled Two distribution boxes at each side. Effective self-protecting water curtain, capacity 300 m³/h |
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Tank capacities |
Potable water: 30 m³ Fuel oil: 210 m³ Foam: 30 m³ |
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Lifting equipment |
1x Crane - SWL 4,0 t at 2,00 outreach |
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Accommodation |
3x Single and 3x double cabins provide air-conditioned accommodation for 9 persons |
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Navigation & communication equipment |
Magnetic compass: Cassens & Plath Observator Echo sounder: Skipper GDS-101 VHF: Sailor DSC RT-4822 Radar: Decca Bridgemaster II C252/6 GPS: Furuno GP-35 |
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Operator |
Boluda Towage Europe Italiëlei 3 2000 Antwerpen Belgium |
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Owner |
Boluda Corporation Maritima Valencia Spain |
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Previous names & owners |
2005 - 2016 Union Emerald - Unie van Redding en Sleepdiensten NV, Antwerpen - Belgium 2016 - 2019 Union Emerald - Kotug Smit Towage, Rotterdam - The Netherlands |
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Renamed |
2023 VB Emerald Belgium, Antwerpen - Call sign: OROE Operator: Boluda Towage Europe, Italiëlei 3, 2000 Antwerp - Belgium |
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Last data adjustment |
19 December 2023 |