WB7 transports harbour-cranes
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Wagenborg Barge 7, recently taken into
service, undertook her second trip, after discharging hulls from
China in Rotterdam last August (video1 en
video2)
Two parts of so called ship-unloaders (l x w x
h: 35 x 3 0 x 38 meter, each weighing 700 ton) were placed on the
barge destined for Hamburg where an energy-plant is
constructed.
With the tug Englishman towing the barge,
assisted by the tug Waterman (bp 32,2 tons), Wagenborg Barge 7 left
Stettin on September 2nd.
Equipped with a pump-system, Wagenborg Barge 7
was built in Nanjing and has a carrying capacity of 13.000 ton and
measures 100 x 33 x 7,60 meters. It is the third barge Veka
Shipyards B.V., Werkendam has delivered to Wagenborg Towage. An
identical barge, Wagenborg Barge 8, currently under construction in
Nanjing, will be delivered in 2011.
photos Marc Mazereeuw
translation Josien Winter
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