ProZero trialled
Denmark’s Tuco Marine recently sea trialled the latest model in its ProZero series of workboats; the ProZero 10.5m WBW Archipelago. The vessel is described as ‘a fast and light multipurpose workboat that features a hydraulic bow gate and a deck crane for handling cargo over the vessel’s side’.
This boat is to enter service in Bergen, Norway, for the local Archipelago services and has been sold through the Norwegian company, Provide Maritime, Florø, Norway.
The delivered vessel is, as many of the ProZero vessels in Tuco Marine’s ProZero range, equipped with a flexible hung cabin, which is mounted on rubber shocks, to secure optimal sound dampening, and crew comfort inside. Two suspended seats, a passenger sofa, and a toilet ensures the very best traveling experience for the crew and passengers. On the aft deck of the vessel, a large heated locker is mounted, serving as a dry locker for the crew’s clothes and tools.
This light workboat is equipped with a Volvo Penta D9 inboard diesel engine and it is capable of doing more than 25 knots when transporting crew and passengers to or from the archipelago islands, which will be the boat’s main area of use.
On the foredeck the boat features a crane in starboard side, and in port side a line/trap hauler, and a side door for easy access to shore and water. The boat is further equipped with radio, radar, AIS and a VHF installation for optimal communication.
“We are really pleased with the performance of the vessel, and the high comfort level in the boat” said Jakob Frost, Product responsible at Tuco Marine Group. “The sailing characteristics, are just as good as we designed the boat to be, and the low weight of the vessel ensures the low fuel use, that we always give a high priority in our vessels”
The design of the ProZero cabin is aimed to provide a huge amount of daylight, this also improves the personal comfort, and a sliding door secures that access to, and from the cabin, can be done with minimum obstacles for the people working on deck or walking past the cabin entrance.
The foredeck also features the engine room access, and a deck mounted tool box for the crew.
The ProZero series of boats has received great market feedback since the revealing of the design mid-2014 and other ProZero designs are now finding their way into the offshore daughter craft market. An 11m wind turbine transfer daughter craft has also recently been launched.
By Jake Frith
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