435 August 2007

One More Tug From Shin Yang Shipyard

Shin Yang Shipyard Manager Capt. Lau Choo Mee with the Danum 61.

In 2003, Shin Yang Shipyard Sdn Bhd obtained the ISO 9002 certification in shipbuilding and maintenance and related metal fabrication activities. By 2004 the yard had delivered 178 vessels of which 86 were tugboats. In August 2007 the yard delivered their Hull#249, the tug Danum 61.

Four of the five Cummins engines that fill the engine room of the Danum 61.

Although the yard regularly builds for export, this 31x9.5-meter tug was delivered to a Malaysian customer and is registered in Kuching Sarawak. Suitable for work in the offshore oil industry the sturdy vessel includes such features as a marked “rescue zone” on both port and starboard sides with bulwark doors. On deck a 30-ton towing winch, from Singapore’s ME Winch, carries 800 meters of 44-m/m-diameter tow wire.

The clean well laid out wheelhouse of the Danum 61.

The main deck is fitted with a single drum towing winch with spooler.

The winch can be controlled from a console beside the full-length window that gives good visibility of the towing winch aft along the deck to the hardwood beam that protects the transom. A replacement for the sacrificial wooden beam is lashed in place under the starboard bulwarks. The aft control station also has a toggle type control for the main rudders as well as a combined speed and direction control of the bow thruster. Full winch and main engine RPM controls are also at the aft of the wheelhouse. The expansive forward control suite as well as the radio communications desk and chart table are built in an attractive blue and natural wood grain finish. The boat is fitted with a ComNav autopilot (www.comnavmarine.com) and PAL Marine (www.palmarine.com) steering system.

In the engine room a total of five Cummins engines, sourced from Scott and English (Malaysia), meet propulsive and electrical needs of the tug. A single Cummins NT855 powers the bow thruster while a pair of Cummins 6BT5.9-powered 80 kW generators provides electric power. The main engines are a pair of Cummins KTA38 M2 engines each providing a heavy duty rated 1350 hp at 1900 RPM. The engines turn into Reintjes WAS562 gears with 5.947:1 ratios.

A wooden transom beam can be replaced. Multiple air conditioners are mounted on the rear of the deckhouse.

Shin Yang Shpyard Manager Capt. Lau Choo Mee says that the Danum 61 is the 17th tug that his yard has built to this successful and popular design.

For more information:

Capt. Lau Choo Mee
Manager
Shin Yang Shipyard Sdn Bhd.
Lot 211, Kuala Baram Industrial Estate,
P.O. Box 2075, 98008 Miri,
Sarawak, Malaysia
Phone: 6 085 604666
Fax: 6 085 604848
E-mail: cmlau@shinyang.com.my
Web: www.shinyang.com.my/shipBuilding.htm

Chong Meu Tat
Territory Sales Manager

Scott & English (Malaysia)
Lot 1450 & 1451, Block 3, M.C.L.D.,
Piasau Industrial Estate,
P.O. Box 1290, 98008
Miri, Sarawak

East Malaysia

Phone: +6085 654984
E-mail: chong_mt@sne.com.my
Web: www.sne.com.my

All photos are by Alan Haig-Brown courtesy of Cummins Marine.

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