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Vessel launch and delivery Safehaven Interceptor 48
heads for Mozambique Safehaven Marine has launched a new fibreglass pilot vessel, built to the specifications of the builder/ designer’s Interceptor 48 class, for P&O Maritime, which has deployed the boat at the Port of Maputo, Mozambique. Te vessel, P8, is 14.7m loa, features a 4.3m beam and 1.3m draught, and has a displacement of 19tonnes in lightship mode, increasing to 22.5tonnes when fully laden. Classed by Bureau Veritas, P8 has the capacity to
carry seven pilots, two members of crew and up to eight passengers in the cabin and forward cabin, with CAB500-series suspension seats provided for comfort and protection against shock impact. Te vessel is powered by twin Volvo D13 engines, rated 368kW at 1,800rpm apiece, driving Twin Disc 5114 gearboxes and four-bladed propellers, resulting in an operational speed of 24knots. With an onboard fuel capacity of 1,900litres, P8 has a range of 220nm. Given the extremely hot and humid environment
in which the vessel will be operating, with annual average temperatures recorded at 28˚C, two Dometic air-con units, each rated 18,000btu, have been installed in the main cabin, one for vital back-up in case of failure. Noise levels have been kept to a minimum in the main cabin, and, in sea trials, have been recorded at 73dBA. Vessel protection is provided by a 150mm x 150mm
D-section rubber fendering arrangement, in addition to Safehaven’s sacrificial shoulder fender system and an Ocean 3 fender, the latter fitted on P8’s rounded bow, to take the impact of pushing operations. Raymarine provided the vessel’s electronics, while FLIR thermal imaging cameras offer remotely controllable 360degs night vision around the vessel. Sea trials were conducted off the coast of Ireland
in Winter 2012/2013, and Micheal O’Conghaile, P&O Maritime, offered this feedback: “We [took P8] into open waters, in a SE Force 8 gale with 5-6m seas. Te boat handled very well in these conditions at 10-12knots, [with] no slamming head on and no green water shipped over the bow.” Safehaven confirms that it is currently building another Interceptor 48 model for search and rescue activities in the Faroe Islands.
Contract De Hoop secures
multipurpose OSV job Dutch builder and designer Shipyard De Hoop has won a contract to put together a 64.8m loa
8 Ship & Boat International May/June 2013
The forthcoming, Shipyard De Hoop-built OSV will feature a deck working space of 500m²
multipurpose offshore support vessel (OSV) for shipowner SeaMar Subsea, part of the offshore management and logistics specialist SeaMar Services. Te vessel will feature a moulded breadth of 15.77m, a Summer draught of 4.5m and a deadweight of 1,500tonnes, with the capacity to accommodate up to 52 persons in 12 single- and 20 double-berth cabins. Other vessel features are set to include a 4m x 4m
moon pool and a total deck working space of 500m² (with a rated load of 5tonnes/m²), incorporating a crane. Te deck will be strengthened at the stern, to accommodate a 20tonne A-frame, and around the moon pool, to enable a loading capacity of 60tonnes/ m² in this area. Four Caterpillar C32 generators, rated 995kW apiece, will provide the vessel’s power, and the propulsive arrangement will be completed by a pair of azimuth thrusters at the stern, each rated 900kW, and a 600kW tunnel thuster and 400kW retractable, azimuthing thruster, both located at the bow. Te vessel will be classified, by Bureau Veritas,
to dynamic positioning 2 (DP2) status, and to the notations Clean Ship-Green Passport and Comf-VIB-1 / Comf-Noise-1.
Offshore wind farm support Seacat opts for two
further transfer vessels Operator Seacat Services has turned to its Isle of Wight neighbour, South Boats IOW, with a GBP£5.8
Seacat Services’s Seacat Resolute: now the operator has ordered two further vessels in this class from South Boats
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