Trade press release, Aug. 04, 2009 - 16:58 PM (CEST)
Launching of the SWATH Customs Vessel HELGOLAND in Hamburg
With the words "God bless her and all who sail in her" Nicolette Kressl, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, today named the new vessel of the German Customs Administration HELGOLAND.
The vessel has been built from 2007 to 2009 by TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Emden, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Numerous representatives from politics, industry and administration watched the naming and commissioning ceremony of the new customs vessel at the Überseebrücke in Hamburg.
Currently, the HELGOLAND is the latest vessel of the Customs Administration. The 50 m long SWATH vessel (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) is – due to the twin-hull design - characterized by an excellent seagoing behaviour and extremely safe operating conditions at all speeds. A SWATH vessel has a reduced wave attack area and is therefore a stable platform. The diesel-electric propulsion ensures economic operation; the fuel consumption of a SWATH vessel is significantly lower than that of a monohull vessel.
The HELGOLAND will be a special asset of the Customs Administration for the tasks to be carried out at sea. For customs tasks and the tasks assigned to the Customs Authorities such as monitoring fisheries and pollution control, the HELGOLAND will monitor the German Bight and the customs boundary of the European Union. Home port of the HELGOLAND will be Cuxhaven. The sister ship, the BORKUM – also built by TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Emden – is to be delivered at the end of the year.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG, with its head office in Hamburg, Germany, is part of ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG within the ThyssenKrupp Group. With its technological competence, extensive portfolio and continuous innovations the corporate group, being the umbrella organisation for shipyards in Germany, Sweden and Greece and various marine engineering companies, represents one of the leading systems houses in European shipbuilding.
Contact:
Andrea Wessel
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Phone: 040 / 1800 - 1320
Fax: 040 / 1800 - 2177
E-mail: andrea.wessel@thyssenkrupp.com
Published on Aug. 04, 2009 - 16:58 PM (CEST)
