Just days before the Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboats Middle East in Abu Dhabi beginning 5th of October, Tuco Marine of Denmark discloses their new Dive Support and ROV Support boats. These two new vessels are complementing Tuco´s range of ProZero Workboats and Daughter Crafts and the new boats are dedicated the Dive and ROV markets.
The boats are optimized to be working platforms for underwater work, and work performed on the surface in support of divers and ROV´s, these operations includes underwater inspection, investigation, excavation, construction, and repair or maintenance of, machinery and structures, and the salvage of sunken property.
The 14-meter Dive support boat features a spacious divers deck that can be protected from the weather by a large canopy protecting the crew working on deck from the environment and supplying sufficient light at night to operating 24/7 from the vessel.
The 15-meter version holds the same external features as the 14-meter little sister, but offers the possibility of a closed Dive control/ROV control room in the deck house.
Both the 14 and the 15-meter vessel can be delivered with inboard diesels and jet drives or a triple OXE diesel outboard solution, as the outboard solution is giving extra deck space and space below the aft deck where up to 12 air cylinders can be fitted and with their low storage improving the stability of the vessels.
