The new hybrid propulsion vessel is equipped with advanced navigation and communications systems,
which allows hydrographic inspections of the seabed. In addition, it incorporates energy efficient
technologies that help significantly reduce its carbon footprint. This boat represents an innovation
in the management of lighthouses and buoys, combining sustainability and high technology to improve
safety and efficiency in operations in Scottish and Isle of Man waters.
POLE STAR
Type: Buoy Handling vessel
Hull: Steel
Owner: Northern Lighthouse Board (UK – Scotland)
Hull: Steel
Owner: Northern Lighthouse Board (UK – Scotland)
| TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
| General information | |
| Hull | Steel |
| Type | Support and maintenance vessel for lighthouses and buoys |
| Delivery | 2025 |
| LLOYDS REGISTER classification | ✠ 100A1 LA, *IWS , +LMC, UMS, NAV1, IBS, Hybrid Power (+), DP(AA), CAC2, BWTS/BWTS*, EGCN(SCR), UWN-L UWN-L(T10), UWN-L(Q5), ECO, ABN, Descriptive Notes: ‘Buoy &Light Tender’, ShipRight (MPMS(CM), SERS), Cyber Security (SL2, AL2) |
| Main dimensions | |
| Overall length | 70 m |
| Length between perpendiculars | 66.75 m |
| Beam | 16 m |
| Depth | 6.4 m |
| Draught | 3.9 m |
| Capacities | |
| Dynamic Positioning | DP-2 |
| Fresh water | 150 m³ |
| Deadweight | 1059 T |
| PERFORMANCE & MACHINERY | |
| Propulsion / Manoeuvring | |
| Type of propulsion | Diesel-electric hybrid with batteries. DC grid ABB |
| Main engines | 3xMAN 12V175D-MEV, IMO TIER III genset, 1860kW at 1800rpm PM Generators |
| Port and emergency group | 1 x SCANIA DI13 091M |
| Batteries | 4644kWh CORVUS BLUEWHALE BW1280 |
| Propulsion motors | 2 x SRP 460 LE FP 2000kW PM motors |
| Manoeuvring propeller | 2 x STT 002 FP, 550kW |
| Bollard pull | 56 T |
| Speed and consumption | |
| Speed | 14.5 kn |
| Economic speed | 10.7 kn |
| MAIN EQUIPMENT | |
| Deck equipment / Special equipment | |
| Cranes | 1 x SORMEC Buoy Crane M2000/EL 20T @ 14m 1 x SORMEC Workboat Crane M4000/EL 8T @11m 1 x SORMEC Provisions Crane M20/SA |