SS Nujoma
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The SS Nujoma is a special ship for the offshore search for diamonds . It officially entered service on June 15, 2017.
history
Construction began on May 19, 2015, the launch on January 9, 2016. The hull and the superstructure were built in Poland and were transferred to Norway. In the Kleven Verft in Norway Ulsteinvik the ship was built and then in Cape Town ( South Africa Equipped) for the special tasks. There the ship was equipped with the sampling system with a weight of around 2200 t. The test drives and test runs for the sampling system began on November 22, 2016 and were completed by June 15, 2017, the official commissioning.
The ship was built for Debmarine Namibia, a joint venture between the De Beers Group and the Republic of Namibia . Debmarine Namibia is a subsidiary of Namdeb Holdings . The contract value amounted to approximately 157 million US dollars .
Ship description
The SS Nujoma is around 113 meters long and 22 meters wide. The home port of the ship operated under the flag of Namibia is Lüderitz .
The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . Five Wärtsilä diesel engines are available for power generation. The engines of type 9L26, each with 2,810 kW power drive the ABB generators with a total of 14,000 kW. A Cat emergency diesel with a generator output of around 500 kW is also available. Furthermore, Caterpillar diesel engines with 500 kW output were installed, which in turn drive generators to generate electricity. The propulsion is provided by two Rolls-Royce - azimuth thruster at the stern of the ship. The propeller nacelles each produce 2200 kW. A third propeller pod (1200 kW output), which can be lowered into the hull, is located in the bow area of the ship in addition to two bow thrusters (1500 kW each).
The ship is equipped with a helicopter deck with a diameter of 22.2 meters. Sikorsky S-61 helicopters can land on the deck . There are facilities for 80 people on board.
The ship is named after Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma , the founding president of Namibia.
The ship is equipped for use in 90 to 150 meters deep water and a moon pool measuring 9.5 m × 8.5 m was installed for underwater work. For the search for diamonds it uses z. B. sonar and echo sounder as well as AUVs that can be used from the ship.
See also
Web links
- Learn the shipyard (English)
- Photo of the ship
Individual evidence
- ^ SS Nujoma, Vessel Status - 9761918. LR Class direct, accessed November 14, 2017 .
- ^ Founding Father Inaugurates New Marine Vessel - The SS NUJOMA. Namport, June 15, 2017.
- ↑ a b c MV SS Nujoma. De Beers Group, accessed November 11, 2017 .
- ↑ "Diamonds are De Beers best friends ...", Hansa no. 8/2017,
- ↑ Mike Schuler: Kleven Verft Launches Diamond Exploration Vessel, SS Nujoma. gCaptain, January 18, 2016, accessed November 11, 2017 .
- ↑ World's most advanced diamond exploration vessel officially reports for duty in Namibia. De Beers Group, June 15, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Debmarine Namibia is the World's Largest Marine Diamond Mining Company. Debmarine Namibia, accessed November 16, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c SS Nujoma. (No longer available online.) Skipsrevyen, July 13, 2017, archived from the original on November 16, 2017 ; accessed on November 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b SS Nujoma Diamond Exploration and Sampling Vessel. Ship Technology, accessed November 14, 2017 .
