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The Bluefort is a residential ship that is used in the construction of offshore wind farms and systems for the offshore oil and gas industry.
history
The ship was built in 1979 under the construction number 0592 at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg as a RoRo ferry . The launching of the ship took place on March 31, 1979th Completion took place on May 27, 1979. The ship was delivered on June 9, 1979 as Diana II av Slite to Rederi AB Slite, which at that time still had a ship with the name Diana II .
From mid-June, the ship was used by Viking Line , which had already marketed it as Diana II , on the route between Stockholm , Mariehamn and Turku . From September 1979 the ship was also registered as Diana II . In the summer of 1980 it switched to the route between Kapellskär , Mariehamn and Naantali . In 1989 the shipping company had to sell the ship due to financial difficulties, but chartered it back so that it could continue to sail for Viking Line.
In 1992 the ship was chartered out by PK Finans, who bought it in 1989, to TT-Line , which used the ship without changing its name on the route between Trelleborg and Rostock operated under the name TR-Line . In 1994 PK Finans sold the ship to a company belonging to the Swedish shipping company Nordström & Thulin. The ship was now to be used by Estline, half of which was owned by Nordström & Thulin and the Estonian Shipping Company, as Vironia between Stockholm and Tallinn . While the ship was still being converted, the Estonia sank on the way from Tallinn to Stockholm after the ship's bow visor was torn off in heavy seas and water was able to penetrate the ro-ro deck. This ferry, built in 1980, had the same bow construction that was used on the Diana II . The bow visor of the ferry, now renamed Vironia , was then welded and a ducktail was attached to the stern as collision protection . In November 1994, the ship was renamed Mare Balticum and subsequently used as planned by Estline on the Stockholm – Tallinn route.
In August 1996 the Mare Balticum was replaced by the Regina Baltica and then used as the Meloodia of Tallink between Tallinn and Helsinki . At the beginning of 2007, the ship was chartered to the Baleària group, which used it in traffic between mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands until the end of the year .
In November 2007, the ship was sold to Singapore- based Equinox Offshore Accommodation, who converted it into a residential ship and supplier for the construction of offshore facilities . The ship's new name was ARV 1 ("ARV" stands for "Accommodation and Repair Vessel"). After Equinox Offshore Accommodation ran into financial difficulties when converting another ship, the ship was initially arrested and later sold. In 2015 it was finally sold to Bluefort Shipping Services, part of the Bridgemans Services Group. It is managed by Tschudi Ship Management.
Technical data and equipment
It is powered by four four-stroke - eight-cylinder - diesel engines of the manufacturer MAN B & W (type: 8L 40/45), each with 4,400 kW power . The motors act on two controllable pitch propellers . The ship reaches a speed of 21.5 knots . It is equipped with two bow thrusters . A stern thruster was retrofitted when the ship was converted into a residential ship.
Four diesel generators each with an output of 1049 kW (1,311 kVA apparent power ) and two diesel generators with an output of 900 kW (1,125 kVA apparent power) are available for power generation. A diesel generator with 900 kW output (1,125 apparent output) was installed as a port and emergency generator.
The ship was initially provided with a bow visor, behind which there was a bow ramp . The bow visor could be folded up hydraulically. There are two stern ramps at the stern . The car decks of the ship could be reached via the bow and stern. The bow visor was welded in the fall of 1994 following the sinking of the Estonia , which had the same bow construction. The ship provided around 1,190 gauge meters as a ferry . There was initially space for 555 cars on board and later for 480 cars. The passenger capacity and the number of passenger cabins also changed in the course of time as a result of modifications.
During the conversion to a residential ship, the hull of the ship was widened and part of the deck superstructure was removed in the stern area. The ship was equipped with a crane on the starboard side at the stern, which can lift up to 50 t. In the bow area, a helideck was built above the bridge that can be approached by Sikorsky S-61 and Super Puma helicopters . On the former car deck, equipment and materials can be loaded on 3,000 m². Here is u. a. Space for 20 20-foot containers . A gangway is installed on deck that can be extended up to 40 meters in length. Workers can access an offshore structure via the gangway. There is a platform at the stern for the transfer of personnel by boat.
Today the ship has 210 single cabins for passengers. If necessary, the passenger capacity can be increased from 140 single to double cabins to 350 passengers. 29 cabins are available for crew members .
Web links
- MS Mare Balticum , EstLine
- M / S Diana II av Slite , Facta om Fartyg
- Bluefort , Bridgemans Service Group
- Brochure , Bridgemans Service Group (PDF file, 2 MB)
- Data sheet / GA plan , Bridgemans Service Group (PDF file, 5.3 MB)
- Bluefort , Tschudi Ship Management
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bridge Mans Blue Fort Commences Cabin refit and repositioning to North Region , Bridge Mans Services Group. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ A b Equinox Loses Vessels and Petrobras Contract , Offshore Energy Today, May 21, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Windmill Support Vessels , Tschudi Ship Management. Retrieved March 28, 2017.