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Jamaica Orders Damen Tug

The Damen Stan Tug 2909, Port Maria.

Port Maria, the Damen Stan Tug 2909, ordered by the

Port Authority of Jamaica, will be used for berthing and other ship handling duties, in addition to fire fighting and pollution control copabilities. The boat is classified by Lloyd's

Register of Shipping for unrestricted service. The Stan Tug 290? has a double chine hull with a transom slern and tapered bow. The transom coiners are rounded and the fore- castle reportedly gives sufficient bow height for severe work- ing conditions. Port Maria is powered by two, eight-cylinder

Deutr 8M 628 engines, driving Lips controllable pitch pro- pellers. The reduction gear is a Reinljes type LAF1561, and the main engines have a total output of 4,000 hp at 900 rpm. This power is reportedly sufficient for a bollard pull of 51 tons and a free running speed of 13.6 knots. Port Maria is fitted with Detroit Diesel 6 71N auxiliary engines, driving 112 kVA Stamford generators. A 660 -sg. -m. fire fighting pump is driven through a duthable PT0 on one of the gear- boxes. The nautical and communications equipment is reportedly in compliance with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS) for Area A#, and the accom- modations and insulation used are in compliance with SOLAS requirements.

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March, 1996 11 who was greatly involved in the project), the vessel is 96.8 x 36.1 ft. (29.5 x 11 m) and will replace an existing, aged tug. Its bollard pull of 43 tons will be slightly greater than that for the Belgian tugs, although free running speed is reduced to 12 knots.

A pair of Wartsila Nohab 25 diesels, rated at 1,490 bhp, will power the Voith Schneider units and a FiFi 1 standard fire fighting system. Cork Harbor Board's

Senior Engineer Tim Murphy told

MR /EN that the potential builders were required to meet a 14.8-ft. (4.5-m) maximum draft restriction.

Zamacona's proposal of a 13.1-ft. (4.0-m) draft was a major reason for winning the order. Naval

Architect Gerry Banks of Clyde

Consultants is acting as the

Board's consultant and is supervis- ing construction of the tug.

Deck equipment includes three fluid/mechanical winches, the aft- located version of which is a two- drum towing type with a 1,640-ft. (500-m) capacity on the top drum and 492-ft. (150-m) on the lower; an anchor handling capstan with a capacity of 2.6 tons at 65 ft./min.; a 50-ton capacity Ferri towing hook; and a Palfinger PK 8000M hydraulic crane.

Safety equipment includes a

Kvaerner spray nozzle drenching system fitted around the wheel- house and superstructure, two eight-man RFD liferafts and a

Narwal rigid inflatable MOB.

While Armon makes headway with the second URS tug, Zama- cona progresses with its Irish order, and currently estimates a mid-June delivery. The Irish tug is not only similar to those building at Armon, but also resembles VB

Heulva and VB Cartagena, vessels built for a Spanish operator last year.

According to Zamacona's sales manager Pedro Otazua, a slight change in the angle of the funnels ; — to improve visibility from the wheelhouse — is the only notable difference. To be named Gerry

O'Sullivan (in honor of the late

Irish junior minister of marine