Bourbon Argos
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The Bourbon Argos is an anchor handling tug supply vessel from the oil & gas offshore marine servicing company Bourbon Offshore Greenmar, and sails under the Luxembourg flag.
The ship was chartered to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in 2015. The organization equipped Bourbon Argos as a sea rescue ship.
The ship is a 68-metre (223 ft 1 in)-long anchor handling tug.[1] The ship is propelled by two four-stroke eight-cylinder diesel engines made by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK), each with an output of 4,000 kW (5,400 hp). The motors act on two variable-pitch propellers, both of which are mounted in a ducted enclosure. The ship also has two transverse thrust control systems in the bow and another transverse thrust control system in the stern area. Two shaft generators with an output of 1600 kW each (apparent power 2000 kVA), two auxiliary generators with each 350 kW output (apparent power 438 kVA) and an emergency generator with 72 kW output (apparent power 90 kVA) are available for the power supply.
The ship has a dynamic positioning system (DP 2). The bollard pull of the ship is 136 t. The ship has a 420 m2 (4,500 sq ft) open working deck behind the superstructure. A total of 800 t of goods and equipment can be carried here. The deck can be loaded with 5t/m2. There are six single cabins, eight double cabins, two four-bed cabins and a hospital on board. A total of 30 people can be accommodated in the cabins.