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Schottel-propelled tugs for Med Marine

With the new tug “MED XXIX”, which was re- unit with ? xed-pitch propellers of 2,100 mm di- velopment Manager. The principal characteristics cently put into service, Turkey-based Med Marine’s ameter enabling a free sailing speed of 12 knots. A of the SRP derive from the combination of propul- new ? eet of six Schottel-propelled vessels is now diesel-driven ? re-? ghting (FiFi) pump for the tugs’ sion and azimuth steering. There is consequently complete, a family of ASD-type tugs designed for FiFi E system is mounted on one of the main en- no need for a rudder, and the engine power is opti- harbor and terminal operations as well as for coastal gines. mally converted into thrust. The 360° rotation of the towing. “As can be seen throughout the ? eet, the Schot- Rudderpropeller means that the full input power is

The main propulsion for the RAmparts 2300-MM tel Rudderpropellers have proven to be suitable for available for maneuvering. RAmparts 2300-MM is consists of a pair of Caterpillar CAT 3512C engines, many applications, as they come in a robust design an exclusive Robert Allan design for Med Marine. each rated with 1,380 bkW at 1,600 rpm, and each and offer easy handling for maneuvering,” said Each of the six vessels measures 23 x 10.9 m with driving a Schottel SRP 340 azimuthing stern drive Muhammet Gökhan Med Marine’s Business De- a 4.4m draft.

MOL Trials Intelligent

Awareness Technology

The capacity for Intelligent Awareness and and its revolutionary Light Detection and machine learning technologies to signi? cantly Ranging (LIDAR) system on the vessel in improve navigational safety has been veri? ed April 2018, following the 2017 signing of a by Rolls-Royce and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. joint development agreement with MOL.

Lines, Ltd. (MOL), following the success of The technology was fused together to give a pilot project aboard a 165m passenger ferry, the vessel’s bridge team day-time-like situa-

Sun? ower Gold. Results from sea trials on the tional awareness of the surrounding area, pro- vessel, which operates night-time sailings be- viding enhanced decision-making capability tween Kobe and Oita, Japan, found that the and improving the safety of the vessel.

navigating of? cers were able to visually de- Data obtained from this and other Rolls- tect objects that would otherwise have been Royce Intelligent Awareness (IA) projects cloaked by the blackness of night. The vessel will now be fed into the company’s machine navigates the Akashi Kaikyo, Bisan Seto and learning algorithms to further develop the IA

Kurushima Straits, some of the most challeng- system, with the objective of putting a perma- ing routes in the world. However, operations nent installation aboard the Sun? ower Gold are more dif? cult during night-time crossings later this year. when these routes become heavily congested Yoshikazu Kawagoe, CTO, Mitsui Watch: with ? shing nets and small to mid-sized ? sh- O.S.K. Lines discusses marine tech trends ing vessels. on MR TV at: https://www.marinelink.com/

Rolls-Royce installed an array of Intelligent videos/video/mol-invests-in-fleet-of-the-fu-

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