445 October 2007
Sealink Building QSK60-powered Anchor Handling Tug
Last August a number of Cummins representatives including
Singapore-based Tommy Quan responsible for Cummins Engines in
Southeast Asia on left met with Sealink's Project Manager Lawrence Lee,
second from left. Others in the group are (left to right) Chong Meu That,
Scott & English Miri in blue shirt, Alex Tan and Timothy C. M. Yong Scott &
English Malaysia and Singapore-based Ku Wee Ming, Cummins Southeast Asia.
A.Haig-Brown/Cummins photo
In early 2008 Sealink Sdn Bhd of Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia will take delivery of a new anchor handling tug from their own shipyard. The 38-meter tug, with a waterline length o f36.3 meters and an 11.8-meter beam, is the first of three being built to a design by naval architect Khiam Chuan Marine of Singapore.
Powered by a pair of 2200 hp at 1800 RPM continuous duty V-16 Cummins QSK60 main engines the 4400 hp tug will have a 60-ton bollard pull and 12-knot operating speed. The first vessel to be delivered, designated Hull SSS122, will have Reintjes WAF872 gears with a 7.455:1 ratio. The second AHT, currently designated Hull SSS156 with have Twin Disc MGN1727VC gears with 7.5:1 ratios fitted to the Cummins QSK60 main engines.
The anchor handler at the Sealink Yard in Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia.
A. Haig-Brown/Cummins photo
 One of the 2200 hp Cummins QSK60 engines is lowered into the hull of the AHT at the Sealink Shipyard in Miri, Sarawak East Malaysia. |
For extended periods at sea the tug will carry 320 tons of fuel and 150 tons of water in the hull with its molded depth of 4.8 meters and a 3.8-meter design draft. Tankage will also be provided for detergent and foam for the fire monitors. It will be fitted, just back of the raised for’cle, with a waterfall winch carrying 1000 meters of 52 m/m wire and will have a brake capable of holding 150 tons. A pair of tow pins and shark jaws will also be installed on deck ahead of the live roller fitted into the transom. A pair of tugger winches will be mounted port and starboard of the main deck winch. The vessel will have a 480-hp bow thruster. A 1200-cubic-meter per minute fire fighting system will be supplied by pumps driven by power take off from both the starboard main engines.
Auxiliaries include three 245 kW generator sets. Accommodation will be provided for 18 crewmembers. The engineer will have a sound isolated switchboard room in the forward part of the engine room.
This is the first of three sister tugs on order. The second and third are expected to deliver in 2008 as well.
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For more information please contact:
Yong Kiam Sam
Director
Sealink Sdn Bhd
Lot 1035 Block 4,
Jin Cattleya 5, CDT139,
98000 Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia
Phone: +6085 653480
E-mail: samyong@singnet.com.sg
Web: www.asiasealink.com
Chong Meu That
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
Khiam Chuan Marine Pte Ltd.
15, Hillview Terrace,
Singapore 669226
Phone: 677 53383
Fax: 677 53788
E-mail: khiamchuan@kcm.com.sg
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