Ocean tug Tempest berth in Port of Vitoria ES-Brazil
April 22, 2009
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Data:
Operator: "Wijsmuller", Ijmuiden
Ex: 1977 TEMPEST, 1999 SMITWIJS TEMPEST, 2005 TEMPEST
Type: Tug/AHT
Sistership: TYPHOON
Registered: IMO 7515377 /(VUT)ON 800
1200 GRT, 61 NRT,
Loa:48,11m(42,02) B:13,85m(13,81) D:6,389m(7,01)
- fifi, ice
Machinery: M2 cpp +fix. nozzle, 1 bowthr.450bhp, 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl Stork-Werkspoor type 6TM410, 8500bhp-6252kW total
Speed: 14,5kn
Bp: 120t

TEMPEST
1976: Built by "Scheepswerf Van der Giessen-De Noord BV" at Alblasserdam (NLD) (YN 908)
1977 -xx/03: delivered to "Bureau Wijsmuller", mng "Wijsmuller Salvage BV" at Ijmuiden (NLD) (NLD flag, regd Ijmuiden, c/s PHXV)
1983: fit with bowfenders
198x: (1199 GRT, 61 NRT)
1988: (VUT flag, regd. Port Vila, ON 800, c/s YJZQ4, 1368 GT, 410 NT)
1991 -xx/12: To "Smitwijs Towage CV", a joint-venture between "Wijsmuller Holding" and "Smit Internationale" at Rotterdam (NLD), mng "CW Marine Services"
1999: transferred to "Smitwijs Scheepsholding BV", mng "Wijsmuller Marine Services BV" at Ijmuiden (NLD),
renamed SMITWIJS TEMPEST

2005: To "ITC - International Transport Contractors Holland" at Haarlem (NLD) for service in the Far East, re-renamed TEMPEST