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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 |
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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 |