Feature 3 | INLAND SHIPS
Transferium adds to efficiency of inland waterways
Container crane barge Transferium is set to enhance the efficiency of transport logistics in Holland, by further reducing the transport of goods by road and, thereby, reducing CO2
emissions.
that was launched in 2006. The initial idea behind the launch of Mercurius Amsterdam was to relieve roads around Amsterdam from congestion by reducing truck transport, by “providing a daily milk run to companies located on the waterfront in the area of Amsterdam with the crane barge,” says Robert-Jan Zimmerman, CEO of Mercurius Shipping Group (MSG). In its first two years of operation the
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Mercurius Amsterdam had difficulty in attracting customers. “Convincing logistics managers to change their transport operations from road [a flexible transport option] to sea [a not so flexible option] was difficult.” said Mr Zimmerman.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Transferium
Length .....................................................97m Breadth ..............................................11.55m Depth ...................................................4.25m Maximum draught ..............................3.50m Maximum tonnage ...................2200tonnes Propulsion ...........................2 x ABC 6MDZC 800rpm 1.103kW
Crane ............................................... Liebherr (360deg rotary lietronic crane)
Lifting power...................45tonnes on 24m/ 40tonnes on 28m
Number of crane movements .......approx. 22 per hour
Anti-heeling
.................................automatic anti-heeling system
Spreaders .................................. automatic/ telescopic spreader with
c.o.g compensation for 20’-30’-40’ ISO containers
Operator
................................MTU Lucassen Owner ............... Mercurius Shipping Group & Vof Ijsselstad
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ransferium will complement Mercurius Shipping Group’s first crane barge Mercurius Amsterdam
Transferium, before the fitting of its Liebherr crane, looks to ease congestion of Amsterdam roads.
He continued: “It took some time
to convince logistics managers, but in areas of cost we can work out cheaper for them; that is to say in total cost not just transport. Also, with the crane barge we offer one point of contact for the customers goods, where as with road logistics you can have lots of different drivers and lorry’s carrying your goods.” With work coming in for Mercurius
Amsterdam between Rotterdam and Amsterdam, MSG commissioned Transferium to be designed and built at Serbian Shipyard Begej; which MSG bought in 2007 aſter having worked on the construction of vessels for MSG. Transferium offers an improved
design of the Mercurius Amsterdam by being 10m longer in length and using Dutch-based ABC engines. Unlike the Mercurius Amsterdam that had two engines for power and generation, the Transferium utilises two engines for power and two separate engines for power generation.
The vessel is 97m in length with a
breadth of 11.25m and a depth of 4.25m and is powered by two ABC 6MDZC 800rpm 1103kW engines. With the enhanced power the Transferium is capable of pushing three push barges, two more than Mercurius Amsterdam. Te hull form has been built to be strong
enough to absorb the movements of the crane, added to this is the anti-heeling system which has two incorporated systems; one of which has two large weights of 40tonnes each located on the fore- and aſtside of the crane on lorry’s that can be pulled to starboard or portside within seconds. Te second system operates four large 10inch cross-over waterpipes, each with a 4000m3
pump, able to push water
from side to side very fast. Currently, Transferium is under
going further testing after it recently fitted its Liebherr crane in coordination with its anti-heeling system and is due to commence operations at the end of October. NA
The Naval Architect November 2009
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