Client references - Vessel Charters & Towages
On this page you will find a few selected examples of vessels we have chartered and tows we have fixed in the last few years. For some of the vessels we have chartered for work on Offshore Windfarms please consult the appropriate page http://www.dsboffshore.com/dsb-offshore-client-references-windfarm-projects.php.
Towage of barge 'Osprey Carrier' by Shoalbuster 3009 'Vigilant' - 2010 |
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DSB secured the towage of the 76 x 22m barge Osprey Carrier from Babcocks Shipyard in Appledore to Firth of Forth by 50tbp Shoalbuster 3009 'Vigilant'. This towage was the first major transfer of prefabricated sections for the new aircraft carrier 'HMS Queen Elizabeth' being built at the Royal Navy dock in Rosyth. The sections comprised parts of the aircraft carriers bulbous bow and weighed approx 400tons. In order to manoeuvre the barge safely in the shallow water of Appledore DSB secured the Vigilant due to her shallow draft of 2.6m and flat bottom so she could dry out on the mud if required.
Please click on the small image to the below left to watch a video of the tow arriving in Rosyth. |
Towage of accommodation barge Kalevala through Russian waterways - 2010 |
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In 2010 DSB secured the lumpsum complex towage of 105m accommodation barge 'Kalevala' from Astrakhan in the Caspian Sea through the Volga-Don and White Sea Canal Russian waterway systems to Belomorsk by utilising a total of 5 tugs. Certain modifications were required to be carried out to the barge to reduce her airdraft to allow passing under the bridges en-route and the tow had to be completed before the onset of the winter ice season. |
Shoalbuster Giessenstroom on longterm contract in Falklands - 2009 |
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Shoalbuster Giessenstroom on longterm contract in Falklands. |
Falklands Part II - 2009 |
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Against strong competition DSB Offshore helped Van Wijngaarden to secure a ten year contract with the Ministry of Defence for the provision of a tug-barge convoy to be used for supply and provision of material to the naval base in the Falkland Islands. |
Towage of pipelay barge by 50tbp Englishman - 2009 |
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The Bigfoot barge was bought by GSB Romana for conversion to pipelay vessel. DSB fixed the Englishman at 50tbp to tow her in ballast from Rotterdam to Constanza. |
Charter of unusual ultra shallow draft push tugs - 2009 |
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In 2009 DSB co-brokered the long term charter of unusual ultra shallow draft push tugs Christian & Moin to clients in Australia. The tugs have a length of 18.8m and a draft of 1.8-2m. Their Volvo Penta engines have an installed power of 2 x 591bhp and produce a bollard pull of 16t. The units have 2 fendered push bows installed for pushing barges. |
Charter of 2 x 500m3 Splitbarges in UK - 2009 |
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Dumb remote controlled split hopper barges Lune Deep and South Deep were chartered to BAM Nuttall for port construction project in Rosyth. They were used to carry a mixture of sand and silt. |
Towage of small jackup from Wales to France - 2008 |
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M/tug Danasund towing small jackup from Wales to Antifer, France and on-site support for Fugro, August 2008. |
Towage of Jackup for hydrographic survey - 2005 |
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DSB fixed the 50tbp twin screw tug Eurosund for towage of jackup for hydrographic survey of Greater Gabbard windfarm and on-site support, Sept 2005. |
Backhoe dredger Server II in Canary Islands - 2004 |
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Backhoe dredger Server II in Canary Islands. |
25 Passenger Hovercraft - 2001 |
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DSB chartered a 25 pax hovercraft to Moebius Baugeselschaft for transfer of workers over the marsh areas near Hamburg for the Eurobus project.
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