Vessel: C.S. Niwa

 

CS Niwa equipped with Dynamic Positioning System and Winfrog Cable Management System, was built by Livingstone Shipyard, Singapore in 1991. Classified as a Cable layer by the American Bureau of shipping, the ship has a gross tonnage of 13201 tons ITC with a cbale uplift capacity of 6098 m/t and a speed of 15 knots with an endurance of 60 days.

Main Features

A. General Particulars
  Name of vessel Cableship Niwa
  Flag UAE
  Port of registry Abu Dhabi
  Call Sign A6E 2964
  Shipbuilder Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd.
  Built in Singapore 1991
  IMO Number 8819029
  Type of vessel Cable Lay & Repair Vessel
  Official Numbere 4963
 


   

1. MAIN DIMENSIONS
  Gross registered tonnage 13201 T
  Net Tonnage 3960 T
  Dead Weight 7900 T
  Length Overall 145.66 m
  Length between perpendiculars 130.88 m
  Breadth Moulded 21.60 m
  Design Draught 8.08 m
  Keel to Boat Deck 37.87 m
  Baseline to Masthead 37.87 m
  Service Speed 15 knots
  Range 10000 NM
  Accommodation 138 Persons
   
 

2. MANNING
 

All crew are duly experienced in Cable Installation & Repair works as well as in undertaking all marine offshore oilfield activities. The vessel is manned by sufficient and qualified crew to guarantee twenty-four hour operation. All officers and crew are fluent in both spoken and written English language.

 
 

3. CLASSIFICATION AND CERTIFICATES
 

On request of COMPANY and prior to operational date, e-marine shall provide copies of certificates:


  3.1 Classification
  Classification society American Bureau of Shipping
  Class granted +A1 (E), +AMS, + ACCU
     
  3.2 Certification
  All certificates are valid Yes
     
 

4. MAIN ENGINES AND MACHINERY
  4.1 Main engine
  Main Engine Power 3 x Wartsila VASA 12V32D 5950 HP
  Main Propulsion 2 x General Electric 4700 HP
  Propulsion Configuration 1 x Fixed Pitch 3.8 m Diameter
  Propeller CPP
  Bow Thrusters 2 x 1970 HP Controllable Pitch
  Stern Thruster 2 x 1750 HP Fixed Pitch Azimuth
  Generators 2 x 900 KW Auxiliary
  1 x 300 KW Emergency
   
  4.2 Consumption
  Bunker type Marine Gas Oil
  At cruising speed 45 Metric Tons
  At economic speed 25 Metric Tons
  Endurance 60 Days
   
 
  5. MAIN CABLE HANDLING FACILITIES
  Main Cable Tanks 3
  Total Cable Storage Volume 3 x 1086 m3 = 3258 m3
  Cable Dead Weight 6098 tons
  Auxiliary Cable Tanks 4 x 41 m3 = 164 m3
  Repeaters Tank1-48, Tank2-48, Tank3-56 = 152
  Cable Machinery 18 Wheel Pairs x 18 Tons Douty/Parkburn
Electric Driven LCE
     
   
  6. POWER FEED EQUIPMENT
  Make AT&T make with (1+1 Redundancy)
  Voltage Range Up to 7.5 KV
  Current (Variable Range) Up to 1.6 Amp
     
  7. Protection Grounding Unit
  In the process of acquiring Acquisition under process
   
 
  8. EQUIPMENT
  8.1 Anchoring equipment
  Windlass 2 x Anchors, 1BLM windlass
  Type GE 66 (double)
  Capacity 32 Kw
  Speed 9.7 m/min
  Chain 64 U2
  Grade High Strength
  Diameter 64 mm
  Shackle Number 21 (10 & 11)
  Anchor Number 2
  Unit Weight 2 x 6.7 Tons
     
  8.2 Deck auxiliaries
  Type BLM Windlass
  Description Electric Motor
  Capacity 10 Short Tons
  Capstan Electric Motor
  Description 64 U2
  Capacity 6 Tons


   
  8.3 Lifting Anchoring equipment
  Crane Hydralift
  Number 4
  Location 2 Forward, 2 AFT Boat Deck
  Loading capacity 2 x 10 Tons Forward
  2 x 5 Tons Boat Deck
     
  8.4 Navigation Bridge and Communications Equipment
  Dynamic Positioning System SIMRAD SDP 21
  Auxiliary control station 2
  Reference Systems for DP System 2 DGPS, 1 HPR
  Navigation aids (model and type) Winfrog System
  Magnetic Compass 1
  Gyrocompass 2
  Autopilot 1
  Echo sounder 2 (1 ELAC LAZ 4400, 1 SIMRAD EA 600
multi frequency echosounder)
  Navtex 1 Furono NX-500
  Weather Fax Receiver 1 Facsimile Receiver 214
  Log 1 Furono DS 50
  Radar 2 x 10 Tons Forward2 (1 ea: ARPA) Kelvin Hughes 3000T x Band,
3000 AS Band ARPA.
 
  GPS receivers 2 (1 Thrimble NT 300D GPS, 1 Furuno Navigator GP-90 GPS)
  Radio Station with full Ship to Shore Capability 1 GMDSS A3 Equipped
    1 ea: Raytheon Standard Radio STR 2000 MF/HF)
    1 ea : Standard Radio STR 8400 DSC VHF
    1 ea : Standard Radio STR 1500 Inmarsat C
    1 ea : Furuno Felcom 81 Inmarsat B
    1 ea : JRC Standard A SES Inmarsat A
    2 ea : Inmarsat Mini M (Tel, Fax, email)
    4 ea : Navico Axis 250 VHF Lifeboat Radios
    2 ea : Sailor C403 VHF/FM Marine Transceivers
    1 ea : Alden 406 Satfind M3 EPIRB
    2 ea : ACR 406 MHz RLB 28 EPIRB
    1) BAC9C710334D34D1
 
    2) BAC9C71034D35D1
    2 ea : SART
  Satellite Communications System with email facilities 1 INMARSAT A, B, C & 2 Mini M
  Fixed and Hand Held VHF Radios & Frequency 3 fixed Sailor, 17 Hand-held Motorolla UHF,
    3 Hnad-held Motorolla VHF
  Bottom profile Equipment 1 ea Simrad EA 600 multifrequency echo sounder
 
    Simrad General purpose Transceiver
    Simrad LCD 181 x 18” LCD Display
     
   
  9. ADDITIONAL SURVEY SOFTWARE & EQUIPMENT  
  THE SHIP IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC CHART OF THE WHOLE WORLD AND IS CONNECTED TO A DGPS, GYRO AND ECHO SOUNDER.
  STARFIX™ DGPS EQUIPMENT
  THALES ™ DGPS EQUIPMENT
  SATFIX™ HYDROGRAPHIC SOFTWARE SUITE
  STARFIX NAV ™ HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SOFTWARE SUITE
STARFIX PROC™ ON BOARD PROCESSING SUITE
   

 

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