Finland designing new border patrol vessel
Finnish border patrol vessels
The Finnish Border Guard (FBG) has commissioned Elomatic jointly with Aker Arctic for the concept design, feasibility verification and basic design of a new border patrol vessel. Elomatic will cooperate closely with the Client and Aker Arctic Technology Inc in the design process.
The FBG and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) launched the project together with the goal of improving Finland’s year-round rapid response capacity for oil spills, border control and marine safety operations. This is the first joint project led by Elomatic, with support by Aker Arctic, which is responsible for the hull form, especially in regard to hydrodynamics, seaworthiness and ice performance, and development of the propulsion concept.
In cooperation with other authorities, the FBG has set out performance specifications for the vessel which will be designed to be versatile in order to perform rescue, border patrol, security and coastal defence duties as well as environmental and natural resource monitoring, oil spill control, marine research and other cooperative tasks between authorities.
The design parameters are:
Excellent seaworthiness
Sufficient speed (about 18 knots)
Efficient surveillance and communication capacity
Efficient self protection and outfit for the special tasks
Ability for oil spill collection also in winter conditions
Capacity to collect and carry 1,200 m³ of recovered oil/chemicals
Capability to operate in a chemical disaster
Emergency towing capacity up to 100 tons
Provision of helicopter landing facility
Launching and lifting of auxiliary craft in any sea state
Special attention is being paid to the vessel’s environmental friendliness, low emission
levels and energy efficiency. The possibility of meeting strict exhaust gas emission requirements by using LNG fuelled machinery is currently also being studied.
The joint Aker Arctic and Elomatic work aims at completing the technical documentation to a level allowing for tendering for the construction of the vessel later this year. The goal is to have the vessel in operation in 2014.Images for this article - click to enlarge
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