Delivery of ‘Fairplay X’
Name: FAIRPLAY X MMSI: 218272000 IMO: 9541681 Call sign: DGPW2 Flag: Germany Vesseltype: Tug Width: 12 m Length: 25 m
Germany: Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of the third newbuilding out of a series of four units from Spanish shipyard, Astilleros Armon.
‘Fairplay X’ has an overall length of 25 metres, a beam of 11.2 metres and is driven by two eight-cylinder ABC 8MDZC four-stroke engines each rated at 1,850kW at 1,000rpm, generating power for two Schottel SRP1515 rudder propellers.
‘Fairplay X’ has a bollard pull of 70 tonnes and achieves a free running speed of twelve knots. Two Scania D 9 95M 10-40 six-cylinder diesel engines, each with a power output of 196kW generate the required on board electricity.
A Brusselles SLH150.20/2-2-2 double drum winch produces a break force of 1,800nW.
Designed for a three-man crew, the tugs each have six bunks. The tug is built according to Bureau Veritas with the following class notation: BV + Hull + Mach Tug unrestricted service + AUT YMS.
Compared with sister vessels ‘Fairplay I’ and ‘Fairplay III’, this tug’s hull has been slightly modified. The skeg was developed to increase the course-stability when sailing backwards

Photographies taken in the city of Gijón the day 06/08/2009