At this year’s Seawork exhibit in Southampton, UK, Damen Shipyards Group provided an ingenious brand-new style – the Multi Cat 1908 Electric. This fully electric vessel brings absolutely no emissions operations into variety for a large range of workboat activities.
The MuC 1908 E is 19.05 metres by 8.4 metres, with a deck location of 35m². It uses 7 tonnes of bollard pull and can take a trip at speeds of approximately 7 knots. The batteries utilized for the vessel’s propulsion have a life time of 10 years.
Also, the vessel can run for approximately twelve hours on a single charge, putting a day’s work conveniently within variety.
With its premium air compressors and air tools, the MuC 1908 E has the ability to help drifting pipeline operations. It is likewise able to support routing suction and cutter suction dredging operations, consisting of with usage of a Damen DOP dig up pump, a totally electrical variation of which is available to keep the vessel’s absolutely no emission abilities.
Additionally, with an A-frame set up on the aft deck, the vessel can carry out plough dredging operations with a plough able to go up to 10 tonnes of product in a single sweep.
Further addition of a modular alternatives extends the abilities of the vessel yet even more. For example, with the setup of a grabber and sweeper, the vessel is completely efficient in carrying out waste and/or oil spill healing responsibilities.
