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<\/a><\/div>\nAtlantic Towing, Limited has purchased a second Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from JAYA, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the first quarter of 2014. She will be known as the Atlantic Merlin.<\/span><\/p>\n This vessel is a Wartsila designed VS 4622 CD The state-of-the art ship has been \n\u2022 400 tonne anchor handling\/ towing winch The new vessel is designed (JD Irving Photo) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Atlantic Towing, Limited has purchased a second Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from JAYA, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantic-towing","category-offshore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nanchor handling offshore supply vessel and is the sister ship to the
\nrecently acquired Atlantic Kestrel which is currently serving off the
\ncoast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Atlantic Merlin has 16300 brake
\n horsepower from its main engines and the new ship is also Ice Class 1A
\ngiving it the ability to navigate in moderate level ice conditions and
\nnorthern regions. The ship has been designed to Norwegian Maritime
\nDirectorate standards (highest in world for offshore vessels) and
\ncarries the Clean Design (CD) designation from Det Norske Veritas (DNV
\nclassification society).<\/p>\n
\nconstructed with a variety of features incorporating the latest offshore
\n technology available. These features include:<\/p>\n\n\n
\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\u2022 Anchor handling tools (centering devices, rail cranes)
\n\u2022 Oil recovery capability
\n\u2022 DP2 dynamic positioning system<\/p>\n
\nspecifically for offshore support and is capable of oil rig towing, oil
\nrig positioning and anchor handling, offshore oilfield supply, stand-by
\nrescue, and iceberg towing\/ ice management. It is capable of carrying
\nlarge quantities of cargo to offshore installations with a large deck
\narea and deck strength as well as a high volume of cargo tank space.<\/p>\n