Heavy Duty Tasks
Pushing Capacity
Comfortable Living Quarters
Overview
Swiftships 75 ft. (23m) diesel powered Push Boat is a boat designed for pushing barges and floating platforms across rivers and lakes. It is characterized by a square bow, a shallow draft, and have knees, which are large plates mounted to the bow for pushing barges of various heights. This vessel will operate mostly in rivers and inland waterways with multiple barges lashed together, or a boat and any barges lashed to it that will be tied as a “tow” and can have dozens of barges. It also includes living quarters to accommodate long distance charters.
Key Features
Pushing Capacity
Heavy duty tasks
Long Distance Charters
6 crew with living quarters
Technical Specification
LENGTH
75 Feet (23 Meter)
WIDTH
30 Feet (9 Meter)
DEPTH
10 Feet (3 Meter)
DRAFT
8.6 Feet (2.6 Meter)
EYE LEVEL (APPROX)
34 Feet (10.3 Meter)
FUEL CAPACITY
600 Gallons (2,271.2 Liters)
FUEL OIL
23,148 Gallons (87,625 Liters)
LUBE OIL
454 Gallons (1,719 Liters)
DIRTY OIL
992 Gallons (3,755 Liters)
HYDRAULIC OIL
227 Gallons (859 Liters)
OIL BILGE
992 Gallons (3,755 Liters)
FRESH WATER
8,750 Gallons (33,122 Liters)
POTABLE WATER
6,684 Gallons (25,302 Liters)
BERTHING
6 Crew Members
MACHINERY
Main Engines: Two (2) Cummins KTA 38-M (1000 HP @ 1800 RPM) remote mounted to twin disc MGX5321 gears (6.01:1 ratio)
Generators: Two (2) Cummins 60 KW
Propeller Shafts: (2) 7” cold roll shafts with S/S at strut bearing area. Packing journal shall be S/S and fitted with Wartsilla shaft seals
ELECTRONICS
One (1) Gyro compass
One (1) Magnetic compass
Two (2) Radars
One (1) Echo Sounder
One (1) Speed Log
Two (2) DGPS
One (1) ECDIS
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