"INDUSBANK"

Foto: Fam Kamper
foto : Willem van Roon
foto : F. Caspers
foto : A. Kempe

foto : H. van den Berg

J.W. van Roon
Foto: D.W. Rotgans

(sisterships: INDUSBANK, SMITHBANK)
Registered: IMO 6818708 (ABS 6826004) /MMSI:309439000 /(NLD)IVR 27.12596 /(BHM)ON 727456
329 GRT, L35,64m(33,50) (1980: L36,77m), B11,38m(11,03), D3,050m(5,87)
VSP, 2x diesel 4tew 12cyl Werkspoor, 2600bhp total, sp 13kn, bp 35t
rebuilt 1980, lengthened to 36,77m, re-engined 2x diesel 4tew 8cyl Stork-Werkspoor (nr.2864 +2365) type 8FEHD240 (1968, refitted 1979), 3400bhp-2501kW total

 

INDUSBANK
1968 -11/04: Launched by "Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes" at Millingen a/d Rijn (NLD) (YN 672)
1968 -14/06: delivered to "NRS - Nieuwe Rotterdamse Sleepdienst" at Rotterdam (NLD)
        (NLD flag, regd Rotterdam, IVR 27.12596, c/s PEWE)
1979: transferred to "Nieuwe Vlissingse Sleepdienst" at Vlissingen (NLD)
1980: rebuilt, lengthened to 36,77m, re-engined 2x diesel 4tew 8cyl Stork-Werkspoor, 3400bhp (369 GRT, 110 NRT
19xx: transferred to "Smit Havensleepdiensten BV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
1985 -26/01: left Rotterdam together with tug 'Smithbank', arrived 19/02 at Freeport (BHS)
1985: chartered to "Broco Towage Co Ltd" at Freeport (BHS)
1986 -09/03: returned to "Smit Havensleepdiensten BV", arrived for service at Balboa (PAN)
1987 -01/03: re-chartered to "Broco Towage Co Ltd" at Freeport (BHS)
1995 -01/04: brought in to "Freepoint Towage Co" at Freeport (BHS) (under Wijsmuller colors)
        (a joint venture between "Wijsmuller Holding BV", "Smit International Americas Inc" and "South Riding Point Holding Ltd")
1997: "Wijsmuller" stepped out, joint venture continued as "Freeport Towage Co" (under "Smit" colors)
2002: To "vof Indusbank" at Rotterdam (NLD), mng "W.M.S. Marine Services Ltd" at West Palm Beach, Fl.(USA)
        (BHS flag, regd Nassau, ON 727456, c/s C6NL9)
200x: To "Smit Americas Inc" at Houston, Tx.(USA)
2007: still in service