Malaysian firm Ajang Shipping recently took delivery of a maintenance work boat from the Shin Yang Shipyard in Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia.
The 75-metre by 20-metre 'Ajang Haidah' has a moulded depth of 6.5 meters with a five-metre design draught.
Designed by Conan Wu & Associates of Singapore, the new vessel is powered by a pair of 16-cylinder Cummins KTA50-M2 main engines each developing 1,340kW at 1,900rpm. The engines turn fixed pitch four-blade 2100mm by 1512mm propellers through Reintjes WAF664 gears with ratios of 5.044:1. This gives the vessel a speed of eleven knots.
The vessel's main gensets are three Cummins KTA19DM1-powered generators each rated 360KW at 50 Hz. The emergency genset is a Cummins 6CTA8.3DM-powered 150Kw generator. A 155kW Cummins 6BT5.9 engine powers the vessel's fire pump. A 600kW Cummins VTA28DM engine generates power for the boat's bow thruster.
Deck equipment includes a ten-tonne anchor windlass, a five-tonne capstan and a four-point mooring winch rated at 40 tonnes. The vessel is fitted to accommodate a complement of 196 crew and workers The aft deck provides 300 square meters of cargo space and is fitted with a 45-tonne crane. Tankage includes 550 tonnes of fuel, 1,100 tonnes of water and nine tonnes of lube oil.
The ABS-classed 3,360GT vessel operates in South East Asian waters and is home ported in Kuching, Malaysia.