07-09-2018, de vloot van DCS Delta Coastal Services uit Vlissingen breidt steeds verder uit, naast de DCS DISCOVERY, DCS WARRIOR, DCS MERLIN, DCS EAGLE, DCS VERIFIER bestaat de vloot uit de Multi purpose tug DCS EXPLORER (ex-Afon Goch, 1997, 19 tbp) en de Multicat DCS ADVENTURER (ex-MCS Ailsa, 1996, 22 tbp).
Delta Coastal Services houdt zich bezig met surveywerkzaamheden, tenderservice of windfarm support, support voor baggerwerkzaamheden en support voor grondverzet.
De DCS EXPLORER assisteert momenteel samen met o.a. de SEA ECHO de cutterzuiger RHONE bij de werkzaamheden van Boskalis-VBMS bij Borssele.
DCS EXPLORER
Twin screw, shallow draft, seagoing multitug.
Vessel specs.:
Built: 1997 Hepworth Shipyard, UK.
Classification: Bureau Veritas I 3/3 (E) Tug ‘Deep Sea’. Load line Certificate.
Complies with UK M.C.A. Code of Practice for workboats up to 24m
Category 1, up to 150 miles from safe haven.
Dimensions: L.o.a. 23,8m., Beam 7,5m., Depth 3,25m., Draft aft 2m., Gross 129,3 t.
Main Engines: 2 x Caterpillar 3412 D.I.T.A. engines, total 1450 BHP @ 1800 rpm,
Twin Disc MG 5202 gearboxes. Fitted with box cooling and fixed Kort nozzles.
Bollard Pull: 19 tonnes.
Free Running Speed: 11.1 knots.
Fuel Capacity: 51m³/42 tonnes.
Fresh Water Capacity: 13.8m³ domestic + 76.5m³ ballast/supply.
Navigation Aids: Compass, Robertson AP45 Autopilot, 2 x daylight viewing radars,
Echosounder, 2 x VHF radios, S.S.B. radio, Navtex receiver, GPS navigator,
Electronic chart display, GSM telephone, Searchlights.
Accommodation: For 6 persons, fully fitted and heated.
Included Equipment: High lift steering gear, 120 BHP bowthruster,
80 t/m knuckleboom crane capable of 15,800 kg at 5.0m to 7,390 kg at 10.2m.
34 t/m knuckleboom crane capable of 8,000 kg at 4.1m to 3,600 kg at 9.3m.
Anchor handling winch capable of working over bow or stern – 45 tonnes
pull at 8m per minute -22.5 tonnes pull at 16m per minute.
Towing winch, wire capacity 270m of 36mm wire.
Capstan/windlass. Cummins 6BTA diesel hydraulic power pack, 192 BHP.
2 x Cummins 33 kva generatorsets. Fuel supply system, 50m³ per hour.
Fresh water supply system, 50m³ per hour.
20 tonne towing hook. 50 tonne bow and stern rollers. Two pushbows.
Hardwood covered working decks. Towing and anchor handling equipment.
Demountable 30 tonne SWL ‘A’ frame. 9m dredging and levelling plough.
Former names: AFON GOCH 1997-2018
DCS ADVENTURE
Jumbo Multicat/ Dive support Vessel.
Vessel specs.:
Built: 1996, State Shipbuilding Enterprises Baltya, Klaipeda/Baars, Sliedrecht.
Classification: Bureau Veritas I 3/3 (E) Unrestricted Navigation.
Dimensions: L.o.a. 41,5m., Beam 14m., Depth 3m., Draft 2m., Gross 479 t.
Main Engines: 2 x Caterpillar 3508 D.I.T.A. engines, total 2200 BHP
2 x 1400 mm 4 blade propellers fixed pitch in nozzles.
Bollard Pull: 25 tonnes.
Free Running Speed: 10.5 knots.
Fuel Oil: 121m³.
Fresh Water: 72m³.
Navigation Aids: Searchlight, Magnetic compass, Gyro compass, Radar, DGPS, Autopilot,
AIS, Echosounder, VHF/DSC, S.S.B., DSC, Navtex, Sat Coms.
Accommodation: For 14 persons, heated and airconditioned.
Included Equipment: 194 BHP bowthruster,
1x Heila HLRM 240-2SL deckcrane 240 t/m – 55 t at 3,50 metres
Anchor handling/Towing winch: 2 x 50 tonnes Haugglunds.
Tugger winch: 10 tonnes.
1 x Cummins 180 kVA and 1 x Perkins 60 kVA generatorsets, 50 Hz, 230/400 V
Fuel oil separator and fuel transfer pump, water transfer pump, sewage treatment plant.
Deck carrying capacity: 220 tonnes, 430 m2.
Bow roller: 7,8 x 1m dia.
Former names: KATLITZ 1996-2003, MCS AILSA 2003-2018