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Modern vessel decks need integrated, smart machinery suites
Tugboats need to be designed with integrated deck machinery that is durable, robust, sustainable and smart
Electric power and data streams are becoming more important as owners pursue better insight into machinery performance and emissions.
Which is why tugs increasingly need integrated deck machinery packages that are durable, robust, sustainable and smart.
Data Hidrolik has turned its research and development focus towards implementing digital and emissions-reduction technologies for its deck machinery and providing integrated operational systems.
“The company’s future vision is not only to provide high-durability systems but to transform these systems into smart components,” said Data Hidrolik sales and marketing director Cem Huroglu.
Its next-generation electric windlass and winches will be part of a towage system designed for low-emissions operations.
They will have technology enabling remote monitoring and “digital integrations that ensure data traceability and enable predictive maintenance,” said Mr Huroglu.
“We will actively support a green future, while providing confidence to operators even in the harshest marine conditions through our custom-made manufacturing capabilities and user-friendly control and monitoring systems.”
Data Hidrolik provides a systems-engineering approach that it claims simplifies project management for shipyards and tugboat owners.
The Istanbul, Turkey-headquartered company delivers integrated operational systems with standardised components and available spare parts for long-term sustainable operations and maintenance.
“The deck of a modern tugboat is not just a collection of individual equipment, but a total of systems working in perfect harmony,” said Mr Huroglu.
“We offer the system solutions required for tugboats through holistic design for long-term operational solutions. This enables implementing predictable and low-cost maintenance planning.”
Data Hidrolik details all vital components for an integrated deck system, including winches, towing pins and hooks, anchoring and manoeuvring windlasses and capstans in one project.
“For ports and tugboat operators, this approach ensures long-term maintenance ease and cost-effectiveness, as well as the resolution of repairs and emerging technical or administrative requirements in a very short time and at the most acceptable costs,” said Mr Huroglu.
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