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''Herakles'' was a pusher vessel owned by Finnish towing and marine salvage company Alfons Håkans Oy Ab. The ship, originally built as salvage tug ''Into'' in 1967, was converted to a pusher in 1991 to be chartered to Rautaruukki Oyj and later ESL Shipping Ltd as the third pusher vessel for the ''Finnpusku'' system, a Finnish integrated tug and barge system built in the mid-80s.〔 On 2 March 2004, while heading north with barge ''Bulk'' fully laden with coal, ''Herakles'' ran into trouble in the Bothnian Sea when both of her main engines began to fail in heavy weather. After the crew was evacuated the combination drifted to the shallows near Swedish Grundkallen lighthouse and was completely destroyed.〔 == Career == The vessel began her life as salvage tug ''Into'' and was delivered to the Finnish oil and petroleum products company Neste Oy by Oy Laivateollisuus Ab in October 1967.〔〔Laiva 3/2003. Page 7.〕 In 1982 she was purchased by Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab, a marine salvage company recently acquired by Effoa.〔 In the same year the ownership of the company was transferred to Neptun, another Finnish marine salvage company in which Effoa had been a major shareholder since 1917. The two companies merged in the following year, after which Neptun changed its name to Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab.〔(Pörssitieto Ky ): (1912–72 lakanneet pörssiyhtiöt A–J ). 〕 When Effoa gave up salvage business in 1988 and sold Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab to Alfons Håkans Oy Ab, ''Into'' was renamed ''Herakles''.〔〔〔(Alfons Håkans ): (How it all started ). 〕 As part of a restructuring of the company Alfons Håkans converted two tugboats to become pushers and established a charter contract with Rautaruukki Oyj.〔 In 1991 ''Herakles'' was refitted with a new bridge and coupling devices by Oy Laivateollisuus Ab in Turku, the same shipyard where she was originally built, and became the third pusher for the Finnish integrated tug barge system, ''Finnpusku'', which is used to transport raw materials to the steel mills of Rautaruukki Oyj. When the pushers and barges of the ''Finnpusku'' system were sold to ESL Shipping Ltd in 2003, ''Herakles'' continued her charter as part of the transport system until her demise in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herakles (pusher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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