Baltic (ship, 2010)
 The Baltic arrives in Warnemünde (September 2010)
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The Baltic is a deep-sea recovery tug operated by the Fairplay tugboat shipping company Richard Borchard GmbH . The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) has chartered the tug for an initial ten years as part of the Coastal Protection Working Group for the Protection of the German Baltic Sea Coast. The Baltic has ice class E2 (average ice conditions with an ice thickness of up to 0.6 m).
history
Construction and commissioning
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The Baltic was built as hull number V077 at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon SA in Vigo and is based on the design of the Spanish emergency tugs Luz de Mar and Miguel de Cervantes . She ran on 29 April 2010 by the stack and was completed on August 26 of 2010.
commitment
After the Baltic had already arrived at its station in Warnemünde on August 30, 2010 , the Parliamentary State Secretary with the Federal Minister of Transport, Enak Ferlemann, signed the charter contract for the use of the tug as part of the German emergency towing concept on September 24, 2010 . The new building thus replaced the previous Fairplay-26 emergency tug . The Baltic secures the heavily trafficked section of the Kadetrinne off Warnemünde. The crew consists of eight men (captain, a nautical officer, two technical officers, two ship mechanics and two sailors).
Just a few days after commissioning, the Baltic was deployed in the fire on the Lisco Gloria ferry on October 8, 2010 off Fehmarn .
technology
Machine system and drive
The drive system of the Baltic consists of the two main engines of the type General Electric 16V250MDB3, which reduction gear and shafting to the two Schottel - pitch propellers act. The engines are 16-cylinder diesel engines that develop an output of 4,239 kW (approx. 5,765 hp) each at a nominal speed of 1,050 rpm. The speed of the variable pitch propellers running in Kort nozzles is 170 rpm. In order to improve the maneuverability of the tractor, two cross-thruster systems are installed in the bow and stern .
In addition to the two shaft generators with an electrical output of 1,500 kVA each, two main generators (500 kVA) and an emergency generator (150 kVA) are installed to generate electricity on board .
equipment
With a bollard pull of 127 tons (approx. 1,250 kN ), the Baltic was the most powerful tug in the Baltic Sea when it was commissioned. It is equipped with two hydraulic winches for towing tasks; the tow wire has a diameter of 62 mm and a length of 500 m. Two extinguishing monitors with a throughput of 1,200 m³ / h are available for fire fighting .
See also
- Emergency tug Nordic
- Emergency tug Fairplay-25
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Baltic. DNV GL , accessed June 6, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e Baltic. ARGE Küstenschutz, accessed on June 6, 2018 .
- ^ Jack Gaston: Baltic: An impressive new ETV for the German coast. Maritime Journal, October 12, 2010, accessed June 6, 2018 .
- ↑ New strong emergency tug chartered for the Baltic Sea ( memento from September 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), press release, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, September 24, 2010.
- ↑ Jan-Henrik Petermann: Powerhouse "Baltic" protects the coast of the Baltic Sea , Die Welt , September 25, 2010.