The new Rambiz 4000 crane ship designed by Royal IHC will feature the Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS).
The first vessel of this design is currently under construction at a shipyard in China. It is being built for Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors, a Belgium based offshore marine contractor. The contract with Wärtsilä was signed in the third quarter of 2015.
Aquarius UV BWMS
The BWMS to be supplied has been specially designed to meet the space requirements of this vessel. Wärtsilä has earlier been contracted to supply the main engines and gensets for this vessel.
The Aquarius UV BWMS uses a simple two stage process involving filtration and ultra-violet (UV) irradiation, across the full range of ship operating and environmental conditions. The system uses no active substances and is type approved according to the IMO Convention and has an Alternative Management System (AMS) acceptance certificate from the USCG.
Rambiz 4000
The contract for the construction and delivery of the Rambiz 4000 was signed on 29 January 2015. The design was drawn up in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC, on the basis of Scaldis' extensive experience with hoisting heavy objects in challenging offshore conditions. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2017. The vessel will be built under responsibility and coordination of Royal IHC in Qidong and finished in Xiamen, China.
Main Characteristics
- Provisional name: Rambiz 4000
- Type: Self-propelled crane ship
- Principal: SCALDIS Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V.
- Shipyard: Royal IHC
- Length: 108.00 m
- Beam: 50.90 m
- Depth: 8.00 m
- Draught: 4.90 m
- Speed: 7 knots
- Hoisting capacity: 4000 tonnes
- Total installed capacity: 10,450 kW
- Accommodation: 78 people
- Special feature: DP2
Picture: The Rambiz 400 (by Scaldis SMC).
