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Laying down of the first SWATH customs vessel at TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Emden
Emden / Hamburg, August 8, 2008 On August 8, 2008, the keel of the first of a series of two customs vessels for the German Customs Authorities has been laid at TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Emden, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The vessels have been ordered by the Procurement Office of the German Customs Authorities and are to be delivered in May and November 2009. The design of the vessels is based on the SWATH principle. SWATH stands for Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, thus a twin hull ship with a very low waterplane in the waterline. Due to the very small waterplane, sea states are largely eliminated. The result is that SWATH craft show an excellent seagoing behaviour – even at high seas. The Federal Customs Administration deliberately selected a craft with such characteristics to perform its official duties, such as coast guard functions, in cooperation with other authorities at the best. For TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke, this order represents a continuation of the SWATH programme, in which the experience gathered with the design and construction of the SWATH research vessel "Planet" leaves its marks. In 2004, the "Planet" was elected “Ship of the Year”. The vessels are constructed inside a production hall independent of the weather. Upon construction, the vessels will be pulled out of the hall into the water for final outfitting at the quay. The vessels have a displacement of 1,000 tons and will be equipped with a diesel electric propulsion system. They will be built in compliance with the regulations of Germanischer Lloyd. The main dimensions are as follows: Overall length: approx. 49 m
Moulded breadth: 19 m
Moulded depth: 9 m
Propulsion: 4 x 2,080 kW (mech.)
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Olaf Berlien Hermann Blohm Strasse 3, 20457 Hamburg Executive Board: Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien (Chairman), P. O. Box 10 07 20, 20005 Hamburg, Germany Dr. Herbert Aly, Dr. Christian Eckel, Carsten Evers, Walter Freitag, Phone: +49 (0) 40 1800 0,Fax: +49 (0) 40 1800 1111 Reinhard Kuhlmann E Mail: marinesystems@thyssenkrupp.com Commercial Register: District Court of Hamburg, HRB 93950 Internet: www.thyssenkrupp marinesystems.com Registered Office: Hamburg A Company of ThyssenKrupp Technologies ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
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ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG, with its head office in Hamburg, Germany, is part of ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG within the ThyssenKrupp Group. With its technological competence, extensive portfolio and continuous innovations the corporate group, being the umbrella organisation for shipyards in Germany, Sweden and Greece and various marine engineering companies, represents one of the leading systems houses in European shipbuilding. Contact: ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG Andrea Wessel Phone: +49 (0)40 1800 1320 Fax: +49 (0)40 1800 2177 E mail: [email protected] TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke GmbH Ole Christian Bolze Phone: +49 (0)4921 85 2698 Fax: +49 (0)4921 31164 E mail: [email protected]
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Olaf Berlien Hermann Blohm Strasse 3, 20457 Hamburg Executive Board: Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien (Chairman), P. O. Box 10 07 20, 20005 Hamburg, Germany Dr. Herbert Aly, Dr. Christian Eckel, Carsten Evers, Walter Freitag, Phone: +49 (0) 40 1800 0,Fax: +49 (0) 40 1800 1111 Reinhard Kuhlmann E Mail: [email protected] Commercial Register: District Court of Hamburg, HRB 93950 Internet: www.thyssenkrupp marinesystems.com Registered Office: Hamburg