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In the Shipyard

From Design to Delivery 3000 DWT 3000 DWT

Hopper BargesHopper Barges

PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS OF THE HOPPER BARGES:

Rake barge Box barge

Length overall: 61 metres (excluding fenders) Length overall: 61 metres (excluding fenders)

Breadth, moulded: 15 metres Breadth, moulded: 15 metres

Depth, moulded: 4.27 metres Depth, moulded: 4.27 metres

Maximum draft: 3.96 metres Maximum draft: 3.96 metres

RAL

Deadweight at maximum draft: nominally 3100 DWT Deadweight at maximum draft: nominally 3200 DWT

A ? eet of 3,000-ton deadweight hopper barges, designed by A total of four shipyards across Brazil have been contracted

Robert Allan Ltd., was launched at Juruá Shipyard in Manaus, to construct the ? eet, each tasked with delivering on the scale

Brazil, marking a milestone in LHG Mining’s river transpor- and complexity of this transformative project. tation initiative in South America. Each convoy is comprised of 16 barges (8 rake and 8 box

This inaugural barge is part of a 400-unit ? eet commissioned barges) pushed by a high-powered inland RApide pushboat, by LHG Mining to enable the ef? cient, sustainable transport also designed by Robert Allan Ltd. Each convoy will transport of high-grade iron ore from Corumbá, Brazil, to export ter- over 50,000 deadweight tons of iron ore, matching the capac- minals in Uruguay. The cargo will travel more than 2,500 km ity of a typical Supramax ore carrier.

along the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway.

Transfer Boat for Hornsea 2

Methanol Fueled Bulk Carrier

ESVAGT, OSK Design, and Hvide Sande Shipyard have joined forces to devel- op a next-generation transfer boat, one that is larger, more robust, and designed to carry more technicians and cargo. ESVAGT helped revolutionized offshore wind operations when it introduced the boat transfer of wind turbine technicians using its purpose-built Safe Transfer Boats (STBs).

These boats ? lled a critical market need, and today, the STB concept, featuring experienced seafarers and custom-designed boats plays a vital role in enhancing ? exibility and ef? ciency across offshore wind farms throughout Europe.

NYK Group

Now, ESVAGT, in collaboration with OSK Design and Hvide Sande Shipyard,

A methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier is taking the next step with the STB15: a larger boat capable of transferring more chartered by NYK Bulk & Projects Car- technicians and cargo. In addition to traditional boat landings, it also supports the riers, an NYK Group company, from GUS system, which hoists technicians directly onto the turbine platform.

Kambara Kisen was delivered at the Tsu- The Safe Transfer Boat 15 (STB15) is designed for use at the Hornsea offshore neishi Factory in Japan. At the naming wind farms. It will be used to transfer technician, move cargo and spare parts ceremony, held in mid-May 2025, Yuko and transport supplies and personnel to shore. Crucially it will be able to transfer

Tsutsui, Managing Executive Of? cer cargo and technicians in rougher seas than before, which will expand the poten- and Chief Executive of Sustainability & tial of using the boat even more.

Transformation Headquarters of NYK, named the vessel Green Future. The ves- sel is the ? rst bulk carrier in the NYK

Group to be equipped with a dual-fuel engine that uses methanol and fuel oil.

Green Future is 199.99 meters long, with a deadweight of approximately 65,700 metric tons, and capacity of

ESVAGT 81,500 cu. m.

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