Finnpusku
| Class overview | |
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| Builders | |
| Operators |
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| Built | 1985–1987 |
| In service | 1986–present |
| Completed |
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| Lost |
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| General characteristics (combination) | |
| Type | Integrated tug and barge |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 166.6 m (546.6 ft) |
| Beam | 27.2 m (89.2 ft) |
| Draught | 6.7 m (22.0 ft) |
| Depth | 10.0 m (32.8 ft) |
| Ice class | 1A Super |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 6ZAL40 (2 × 3,840 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) |
| Crew | 9 |
Finnpusku is an integrated tug and barge system owned and operated by ESL Shipping, a Finnish shipping company that specializes in bulk cargo transports in the Baltic Sea. The system was developed in the 1980s by Finnlines, another Finnish shipping company that also managed the vessels until 2003, in co-operation with Rautaruukki to transport raw materials to the Raahe Steel Works. Two pushers and five barges, four of which remain in service, were delivered by Hollming in 1986–1987.
Today the Finnpusku system consists of pushers Rautaruukki and Steel, and barges Board, Botnia, Kalla and Tasku.