On contract
Guard & Standby Vessel
Max
GK 15 · IMO 6903462 · Reg 1136 · Flag Iceland
Built in 1968 and substantially rebuilt in 2016, when she was lengthened by 8 m, re-engined and re-fitted, Max is a 47 m Ice-class guard and standby vessel with low fuel economy and twin Palfinger cranes. Three single and six two-person cabins.
47m
LOA
580gt
Gross tonnage
10.5kn
Max speed
734kW
Main engine
17
Survival suits
1968
Built · Ice III
Twice rebuilt. Max was rebuilt in Poland in 2000 and again in 2016: sandblasted, lengthened by 8 m, all electrical systems renewed, bridge rebuilt and accommodation fully renovated. Re-engined with a Caterpillar main and new Caterpillar auxiliaries in 2018.
Gallery
Grindavík · 2024
Technical specification
The full picture, plainly laid out.
↓ DOWNLOAD PDF SPEC01
Dimensions & tonnage
- Length overall
- 47.00 m
- Length b.p.p.
- 43.64 m
- Breadth, moulded
- 7.78 m
- Draft
- 4.00 m
- Gross / net tonnage
- 580 / 111.76
- Max speed
- 10.5 kn
- MMSI
- 251267110
02
Propulsion & power
- Main engine
- Caterpillar (2005) · 734 kW
- Propeller
- Caterpillar (2005)
- Aux engines
- 2× Caterpillar C9.3 6-cyl · 150 kW (2018)
- Bow thruster
- 186 kW (2016)
- Electrical
- 380 / 220 V AC · 24 V DC
- Fuel use
- 9 kn ≈ 1,600 L · 4 kn ≈ 680 L · standby ≈ 400 L/day
03
Navigation
- ›2× GPS
- ›2× daylight radar (Furuno RPU-13) · auto-plotting · guard alarm
- ›Plotting facility connected to radar with gyro
- ›Nav computers: MaxSea 2012 / 2016 · Olex 2016
- ›2× echo sounder · current indicator (Furuno CI-68)
- ›Autopilot · gyro & magnetic compass · watch alarm · AIS
04
Communications
- ›GMDSS A2
- ›1× SSB transmitter · 2× GMDSS handheld VHF
- ›4× VHF handheld · 3× UHF radio
- ›Standard C satellite telex · Mini M
- ›Starlink high-speed internet (planned)
05
Deck equipment
- Fwd crane
- Palfinger PS-14500 hydraulic · SWL 2,000 kg
- Deck crane
- Palfinger PS-14500 hydraulic · SWL 2,000 kg
- Search lights
- 2× 2,000 W · 2 remote-control positions
- Sewage tank
- 4 m³
06
Accommodation
- Single cabins
- 3
- Two-person cabins
- 6
- Berths total
- 15
- 2016 refit
- Furniture fully renovated
07
Cargo & tanks
- Fuel
- 48 m³
- Potable water
- 32 m³
- Dispersant tank
- 0.4 m³
- Sewage tank
- 4 m³
08
Emergency & safety
- MOB boat
- Palfinger RSQ 450 G · 6 person
- Liferafts
- 2× 12 person
- Survival suits
- 17
- Flag · class
- Iceland · Ice III
Charter Max
Tell us the field and the dates.
We'll come back with availability, a rate and the full charter package for guard and standby cover.
24/7 operations · ops@obiguard.is · Grindavík, Iceland