Brutus at your service

IN 2019, TUG AND WORKBOAT COMPANY HERMAN SR. ORDERED THE FIRST DP2 SHOALBUSTER EVER, WHILE IT WAS BEING BUILT AT DAMEN SHIPYARDS HARDINXVELD AND SCHEDULED FOR DELIVERY IN SPRING 2020.

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With 35m in length, nearly 14m in width, and a free deck space of 150m2, the Shoalbuster 3514 has a substantal working platorm. Her shallow draf notaton is derived from her exceptonally shallow draf of 2.7m at full tank capacity and just 2.4m at 50%. Among the many roles that this frst DP2 Shoalbuster will be capable of fulflling will be anchor handling, for which she will have an open stern complete with roller, and towage. With 60t of bollard pull she is a powerful and efectve towage asset.

Four Caterpillar C32 ACERT engines deliver a total of 3,879bkW to four 1,900mm nozzles, an arrangement that contributes signifcantly to her shallow-waters capability. The vessel carries a crew of fve to six mariners, but she has accommodaton for up to 22 personnel, allowing her to support projects both ship-based and elsewhere. Herman Sr. intends to use its Shoalbuster 3514 for windfarm support and maintenance, where her shallow draf allows her to work both near as well as ofshore. The vessel has a DP2 Kongsberg dynamic positoning system including ancillary thrusters to ensure precision positon-holding on the open sea as well in the vicinity of turbines and other structures. Its open stern makes the vessel suitable for cable-laying operatons and a sturdy af deck knuckle boom crane is capable of lifing a wide assortment of cargo and equipment.

Yard no 1570 (Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld) Delivery date June 2020 Type Damen Shoalbuster 3514SD DP2

35.55m 14.37m 3.60m 2.40m 499GT

Basic functions Towing, anchor handling, dredge support, offshore wind support, oil & gas support Classifcation Bureau Veritas I 3/3 {E} * Offshore support, Hull *MACH, Auth UMS, Cleanship, Green

Dutch fag, unrestricted navigation

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Image courtesy of Damen. Photo courtesy Herman Sr.

The new Shoalbuster 3514 is the frst DP2 vessel in the feet and is named Brutus. With a bollard pull of 60 tonnes, Herman Sr. aimed for a versatle, dynamically positoned vessel, suitable for performing a wide range of works in shallow waters. These will include PLGR, ROV surveys, mass fow, UXO surveys, windfarm support and all the other services that clients are used to receiving from Herman Sr. With accommodaton for more than 20 people, she can also work for extended periods ofshore. And of course, she can undertake many other functons such as towage, anchor handling and rig relocatons. In additon, the vessel can dry out completely for cable handling and other works. Brutus was launched in Gdansk Poland. In June 2020, the vessel was towed towards the Netherlands where the >>

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outitng phase started at Damen Gorinchem.

In May of this year, a ceremony was held at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, to mark the naming of the frst of this new model in the Damen Shoalbuster range. The ultra shallow, Shoalbuster 3514 SD was ofcially christened Brutus by Mrs Mandy Heere-van Eijk, on behalf of the leading tug and workboat company, Herman Sr. As part of the ceremony Mr Jack van Dodewaard, director of Herman Sr, thanked the team at the yard for the great job that they did and for their achievements despite having to batle against the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic. To mark the occasion, Mr Van Dodewaard was presented with a scale model of Brutus by Director of Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, Jos van Woerkum, afer which the later also presented a gif to Mrs Heere-van Eijk.

“The Van Dodewaard family is stll very happy with the good and long-term cooperaton with Damen Shipyards”, says Mr Van Dodewaard. “For nearly 75 years, and across three generatons, they have been our vessel supplier and we hope it will last for many more years. The fourth generaton of the Van Dodewaards is taking over this year, with Erwin and Chris carrying on with the family business. I wish them good fortune and a healthy business for the coming years and hopefully they will also fnd their children willing to contnue the cooperaton with Damen and extend our feet of Damen Workboats.”

Mr Van Woerkum adds, “We are proud to have built our fourteenth Damen vessel for Herman Sr. since we began our mutual cooperaton more than 70 years ago in 1947. Brutus is the frst diesel-electric Shoalbuster with hybrid propulsion in the range, with a shallow draf, dynamic positoning 2 and compliant with the latest IMO Tier III requirements following installaton of a treatment system to reduce its emissions. These features are in line with current developments within the Damen organisaton that aim to make us the most sustainable shipbuilder in the world.”