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PERFORMANCE PARAMOUNT FOR POLISH PILOTS Finish specialist aluminium shipyard Kewatec, has handed over its latest Pilot 1630, to pilot boat operator Gdańsk Pilot in Poland The fast pilot boat is self-righting and designed with extraordinary safety performance for both the pilots and boat operators. This is the second Pilot 1630 that Kewatec has handed over. Kewatec Pilot 1630 has a large wheelhouse, and it is flexible mounted to the hull for minimum noise. The boat is equipped with two Caterpillar C 18 marine engines and CJR FPP propellers. There is a separate galley and sleeping bunks in the downstairs. The extensive navigation equipment is supplied by Furuno and communication from Cobham Sailor. The boat is set to join the established fleet of Gdańsk Pilot, which also consists of the sister ship ‘Pilot 23’ that was delivered to the customer last year. Oy Kewatec AluBoat Ab is a Finnish company with a history dating back to the 1970s. The business is based on strong boat expertise and is today one of the nordic region’s leading manufacturers of professional aluminium boats. A large proportion of the boats are exported. The company has delivered hundreds of professional boats to meet diverse customer needs. Kewatec’s customer base consists of public actors such as sea rescue and coastguard organisations, fire brigades, police authorities, and defence forces, as well as other companies and associations that need work boats for professional use. The wide range of products includes professionally designed work boats, passenger boats, Fire Fighting and Oil Recovery boats, pilot boats and patrol vessels, which can be easily modified to meet each customer’s specific needs. The company also offers professional boat docking services and associated maintenance, repair, and renovation
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services as well as modifications. Turnover is approximately EUR 27 million and the business employs approximately 100 peoplein facilities at Kokkola and Porvoo in Finland and Bergen in Norway. The company is headquartered in Kokkola.
Double-ended electric ferry Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc. has successfully delivered the 7th Double-Ended Electric Car and Passenger Ferry to Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 ASA. The Multi Maritime designed ferry, named Rødvenfjord is the third in the series of which the first one was delivered in August 2019. She is the seventh ferry delivered to Fjord1 ASA by Tersan Shipyard. 107.47 metres long and 17.7 metres beam, the ferry has a capacity of 299 passengers including crew, 120 cars and 12 trailers. Rødvenfjord has electric propulsion with fast charging batteries using rapid shore connection during the disembarkation of passengers. In line with the latest environmental demands, she is also arranged with a diesel-electric back up system and can operate in fully electric
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mode, hybrid mode or diesel-electric mode. She can also navigate autonomously on the most optimum route with an Auto crossing feature to reduce fuel/energy consumption. Tersan Shipyard has successfully delivered seven 100% electric ferries to Fjord1 ASA
from 2017 until today. Two newly designed ferries NB1113 and NB1114; will be the eighth and ninth vessels which Tersan Shipyard will build for Fjord1 ASA as proof of a long-term cooperation. The latest in this long line of ferries are planned to be delivered in the second quarter of 2023.
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