Sea-Tow 4

YEAR: 1994

Unmanned Bulk Cargo Barge
Length - 97 metres
Length Water Line - 94.5 metres
Beam - 24 metres
Depth - 6 metres

New Zealands biggest barge. This barge was built in 20 weeks from keel laying to launching. Weighing 1980 tonnes at launching this deck hopper barge has a cargo capacity of 8000 tonnes. The vessel is specially designed for heavy lift work and for this purpose the starboard side aft and the complete aft bulwarks were made removable.
Sea-Tow 4 was designed to ABS shipping standards as a shallow draft vessel to negotiate the bar harbours on New Zealands west coast.