Giant - IMO 9255907

 

 

 

Name: GIANT
Former name: Atlantic Osprey
Registered owner: Giant Shipping S.A. — listed by MagicPort
ISM / Commercial manager: Megatugs International Salvage — listed by MagicPort
Operator: Megatugs Salvage & Towage
Flag: Liberia
Port of registry: Not clearly stated in public sources; likely Liberian registry
Builder: Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Canada
Design: Ulstein UT722L
Cost: Not publicly available
Yard number: Not publicly available
Launched: 17 April 2003, as Atlantic Osprey
Built / Completed: 2003
Acquired / renamed: Acquired by Megatugs in 2025 and renamed GIANT
Status: In service / active salvage tug

Identification
IMO number: 9255907
MMSI number: 636025001
Call sign: 5LVI3

General characteristics

Class & type: Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel / Offshore Tug-Supply Ship / Salvage tug
Classification: DNV; earlier specification lists 1A1 Tug Supply Vessel, FiFi I/II, ICE C, DYNPOS-AUTR and related notations
Tonnage: 3,453 GT
Net tonnage: 1,147 NT
Deadweight: 2,750 t in Megatugs / Atlantic Osprey specifications; some AIS databases list 2,500 DWT
Length overall: 80.00 m
Beam: 18.00 m
Depth moulded: 8.00 m
Maximum draught: 6.54 m on Megatugs page; older Atlantic Osprey specification gives 6.60 m
Clear deck space: 550 m²
Maximum deck load: 1,100 t
Cargo deck strength: 5 t/m²
Anchor-handling deck strength: 10 t/m²
Speed: 15 kn maximum in current Megatugs data; older Atlantic Osprey data / Wikipedia-style sources list up to 16 kn
Economic speed: 10 kn in current Megatugs data

Machinery / towing

Main engines: 4 × Bergen B32:40L6P diesel engines, 4,023 BHP each at 750 rpm
Total power: about 16,092 BHP / 12,000 kW
Propulsion: 2 × four-blade Ulstein controllable-pitch propellers in Kort nozzles
Bow thruster: Rolls-Royce 375 TV, 883 kW
Swing-up azimuth thruster: Rolls-Royce TCNS, 883 kW
Stern thrusters: 2 × Rolls-Royce 375 TV, 590 kW each
DP system: Kongsberg SDP 21, DP Class 2 fully redundant system
Bollard pull: 181 t according to Megatugs; older Atlantic Osprey spec gives DNV-certified 177 t continuous bollard pull
Towing / anchor-handling winch: Double-drum waterfall type, 500 t pull, 625 t brake holding
Working winch: 400 t pull, 500 t brake holding
Secondary winches: 2 × 138 t pulling force
Stern roller: 3 m × 3.5 m, 550 t SWL
Karm forks: 2 × SWL 750 t

Capacities

Fuel oil: 1,150 m³
Potable water: 500 m³
Drill water: 1,100 m³
Mud: 430 m³
Dry bulk: 283 m³
Brine / Glycol: 540 m³
Base oil: 200 m³
Accommodation: 40 berths
Lifesaving capacity: Liferafts total 120 persons; fast rescue craft capacity 20 persons
Firefighting class: FiFi I/II
Fire monitors: 2 × Unitor FIRECHIEF FC3600, 3,600 m³/h each