Malaysia's Shin Yang Shipyard has launched and delivered the 'Mk 2', a new landing craft to local owner MK Bumimas.
The all-steel vessel has an overall length of 46.0 metres, a beam of 10.9 metres and a depth to main deck of 3.2 metres. Total deadweight capacity is 459 tonnes.
Designed in Singapore by Wärtsilä Ship Design, the craft features a three-deck superstructure aft of a long vehicle cargo deck. The large bow door is lowered by two winches and forms a boarding ramp for beach and dock loading operations.
Below deck, the vessel's engine room contains a pair of Cummins KTA-19-M3 main engines, each outputting 475kW at 1,800rpm. Driving through Twin Disc MG 5222 DC gearboxes, the engines turn a pair of fixed-pitch propellers, providing a lightship maximum speed of 11 knots. An electro-hydraulic steering system controls the vessel's twin rudders, with a side thruster also installed in the bow for additional manoeuvrability. An 80kW Cummins 6BT5.9M generator is installed alongside the main engines to provide electrical power.
A modern wheelhouse tops the landing craft. This wheelhouse features wide windows providing clear visibility in all directions. A comprehensive electronics package is fitted, including Furuno-supplied radars, sounder, GPS and GMDSS.
Designed and built to Bureau Veritas classification standards, the new landing craft has a crew capacity of 18 and will be based out of the Port of Kuching on the Malaysian island of Borneo. She joins an ever-increasing number of Shin Yang Shipyard-built landing craft, tugs, workboats and cargo vessels in service in Malaysia and further afield.
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