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Pilot Boats and Line Boats for Kuwait
01 Jul 2005
Early in 2005 the Naseeb Maritime Company of Kuwait took delivery of three new pilot boats and two new line-handling boats to ease ship handling in their port.
Dubai Drydock in the UAE built the vessels, Naseeb 14 , Naseeb 16 and Sealine 6 . The 20m sister ships displace 42.2 tons.
A pair of electronically controlled six cylinder Cummins QSK19 M main engines, each generating 760hp at 2,100rpm, provides power for the launches.
The engines turn into ZF-2000A marine gears with 2.029:1 ratios to spin Teignbridge fixed pitch five blade 914x711 mm propellers. On sea trials the pilot launches achieved speeds of 21.1 knots with ten people onboard.
The mooring line boats, also by Dubai Drydocks for Naseeb Maritime, are named Naseeb 18 and Naseeb 20 . They are each 11.76m on the waterline and displace 30.75 tons. They are powered by a pair of Cummins 6CTA engines each producing 350hp at 2,500rpm. The engines turn into Twin Disc MG5075 gears with 2.53:1 reduction ratios and turning four blade fixed pitch 813 x 533mm Teignbridege propellers. The line boats achieved 11.5 knots on sea trials.
MJ Information No: 20818
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