Projects and prospects

Boom installer ship

Overview

The ship will be built in accordance with the modified project KM-132 of the launch BERSOUT. Changes made in the basic project will guarantee meeting contract requirements of ship delivery in accordance with its purpose.

 
Principal purpose is participation in oil spill response. The vessel equipment will effect booms installation, dirty waters recovery by means of the skimmer into the floating tanks and their towage to the receiving end.

The vessel may be used as a deliverer of the floating craft alongside and behind the stern, and, if necessary, with the help of fore hooking device, using the pushing method.

he vessel may operate in near shore zones at seas no higher than 4 points, and under the conditions of brash ice with thickness of up to 20 cm.

Due to shallow draught and protected propeller-rudder system the vessel can be used in shallow waters (up to 1.3-1.5m).

The ship is to be classified by the Marine Register of Shipping as III.

Main dimensions and characteristics
Length overall, m	13.2
Width overall, m	3,4
Amidships depth, m	2,0
Displacement overall, t	15
Bare displacement, t	13
Draught at full displacement, m	0,75
Draught overall, m	1,1

Main power plant, speed and fuel distance

The main engines are two PERKINS diesels with a capacity of 2x15 hp, fixed blade propellers. Full speed is about 16 knots. Fuel distance at full speed is about 250 miles. Continuous time run at medium regime is no less than 24 hours.

Hull

Hull material is shipbuilding steel with a thickness of 4mm (bottom), 5mm (bows) and 3mm (board and deck). High quality coatings and protectors prevent hull corrosion, rubber fender protects from impacting. Hull complex is classified by the Rules of the Russian River Register as M for wave height of 3.0m, and by the Marine Register of Shipbuilding - as III. Three watertight bulkheads divide the hull into four compartments. On the upper deck there is a superstructure deckhouse, made of steel, which includes bow cape over the living space, wheel house and saloon.

The deck has windlass in the bows, two mooring bollards in the bows, two mooring-towing bollards in the middle part (one at each side), two mooring bollards on the stern at sides, one towing bollard in the center plane on the stern, rails in the bows on the foredeck, bulwark rails on the stern.

Two lifting lugs of the necessary strength are welded into the hull. Deck strength on the stern allows to place on it 2 tons of cargo.

Interior outfitting

The wheelhouse on the foredeck has the door opening on the left board and open entrance into the salon. Navigator’s place is in a chair in the center plane. Main engines control levers are on the right. Along the right board there is a pilot table, which may be transformed into a couch.

On the navigator’s console there is a control panel for main engines, diesel generator, control assembly of navigation lights, emergency and fire alarms, plane indicator, fuel contents gauge, radar monitors, echo sounder, GPS, VHF radiostation unit.

On the deck-house sidewall there is a central switchboard. Deck-house and window panes are heated with warm air. On the windshield are window wipers. Deck-house walls and ceiling are noise- and heat-insulated, walls are covered with laminated veneer oak, ceiling – with artificial leather.

Deckhouse salon. It is located behind the wheelhouse and is the room for the crew to take meals or to accommodate passengers while travelling: it is equipped with seats and table.  Lockers under the seats contain lifejackets. Deck-house salon is entered from the stern.

Living space in the hull (suite). In this compartment there are: bows cabin for one or, if necessary, two persons; water closet with lavatory pan, sink and shower; berth in a spacious half-open niche; cooking area with an electric cook, sink, fridge and dressers; work wear wardrobe.

Suite is equipped with opening sea portholes, decklight (may function as emergency exit), ventilation cowls. Suite is absolutely noise- and heat-insulated, and covered with laminated veneer oak and artificial leather.

Ship systems

Sewage and service water systems. Depending on local ecological requirements there is  water collecting in collection tanks to transfer later on a purification vessel or into coastal tanks, or water dumping overboard by the sewage pump.

Water-supply system. It includes a fresh water tank with the volume of no less than 200l, hydrophore, pipelines and fittings. It provides cold and hot water supply into the sinks, galley, and shower head. Water is heated by the boiler of double action – from the cooling system of main engines, or from 220 V circuit.

Ventilation and heating systems. Living spaces heating – forced air, and room ventilation effected by Webasto air heaters, operating on diesel fuel.

Drying and bilge oil waters systems. The systems include electric deep-well pumps with floating switches, located on the bottom in the suite and in the after peak, hand-operated pump with hoses and oil waters collecting tank in the engine compartment. The system collects and removes water from the bilge at normal operation. Bilge pump functions as emergency dewatering device and is used at normal operation as washing pump.
 
 

Navigation and communication facilities

The vessels are equipped with navigation facilities (radar, GPS receiver, echo sounder) and radio communication equipment in accordance with its grade, sailing area and customer’s additional demands.

Electrical equipment

The vessel has 12 and 220 V two-wire circuits. The cables pass through watertight bulkheads and decks in hermetic seals.

Electricity sources are four storage batteries of 190 A each, sea diesel generator with the capacity of 8 kW.

Vessel rooms have 220 and 12 V plug sockets. The vessel has fire and bilge alarms.  
 

Deck equipment

On the upper open deck there are firm watertight hatches to get into forepeak and afterpeak. The hatch to get into the engine compartment is in the deck-house salon. On customer’s demand an emergency exit onto the open upper deck may be made. To get on the deckhouse deck there is a steel ladder. Behind the stern bulkhead there is a mast derrick with two tons of weight-bearing capacity.