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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
ALGOSCOTIA First Chinese-built ship under Canadian flag
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2004 ALMARONA STX's first LPG tanker

ANANGEL INNOVATION Double-skin Capesize bulker from Daewoo 10
ANGELINA AMORETTI Italian products tanker from China
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Compiler: AZZURA Prototype Future-52 standard bulk carrier 16
John Lingwood, MRINA BALTICBORG Sto-ro paper carrier with 'green' credentials 19
Editor: BIRKA PARADISE Caribbean cruises in the Baltic region 22
Tim Knaggs BOA DEEP C Complex offshore work ship from Vulcano 26
BRITISH LIBERTY BP products tanker from Hyundai Mipo 28
Assistant Editor: CAP DOUKATO First product of Wismar/Warnemnde alliance 30
Cheryl Saponia, BA Hons
CARIBBEAN PRINCESS A larger Grand-class liner from Fincantieri 32
Design/Production Manager: CHIN SHAN New-generation Dunkirk-max bulker 35
Sandy Defraine CLIPPER HARVEST Handysize bulker from Hakodate Dock 37
Group Advertisement Manager: CMA CGM HUGO 8000-plus TEU container liner from Hyundai 39
Debbi Bonner COLOR FANTASY Largest-ever cruise-ferry for Oslo-Kiel service 41
COPIAPO 5527TEU container liner from Taiwan 44
Advertisement Consultant: CSCL ASIA Samsung-built 8468TEU container liner 46
John Labdon
DISHA LNG tanker for Qatar-India trade 48
Advertisement Production Manager: FURE NORD New Shanghai Edward-built tanker for Sweden 51
Stephen Bell, PGDip GAZ DE FRANCE ENERGY CS1 containment and
Marketing Manager: diesel-electric power 54
Adelaide Proctor GEESTSTROOM Damen-built container ship for 45ft boxes 56
GOLAR VIKING First membrane-type LNG carrier from Hyundai 59
Publisher: HAMANASU Fast ro-ro ferry with prototype CRP Azipod installation 61
Mark J Staunton-Lambert
HIGH ENDEAVOUR Popular STX tanker design for Italian owner 63
Published by: HIGH POWER Japanese-built tanker with
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects ME-C diesel propulsion 66
Editorial & Advertisement Office:
IRENE SL VLCC from Hyundai Samho 70
10 Upper Belgrave Street KIISLA Ice-strengthened products tanker from Portugal 73
London SW1X 8BQ, UK MARY ARCTICA Special-purpose container ship for Greenland 75
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 METHANE KARI-ELIN Samsung-built LNG carrier for BG 78
Telefax: +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
E-mail: editorial@rina.org.uk MINERVA LISA Ice-strengthened Aframax tanker 82
advertising@rina.org.uk MSC STELLA 6400TEU container liner from Hyundai Samho 84
NURAGHES Fincantieri-built ro-ro ferry for Sardinia service 86
PALMALI VOYAGER New-design Russian river/sea cargo ship 88
POLAR VIKING Fully-refrigerated LPG carrier from Hyundai 91
PONT-AVEN Brittany Ferries' new flagship 94
PRESIDENT HEYDAR ALIYEV Large Caspian Sea
tanker from Russia 96
PRIMERA Multipurpose inland waterways tanker 99
PROTEFS Fourth-generation Panamax bulk carrier 101
RESOLUTION Pioneering wind-farm turbine installations 104
SAPPHIRE PRINCESS Mitsubishi-built
cruise liner for Carnival group 106
2005. The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
SCELVERINGHE Self-discharging sand and gravel dredger 108
This publication is copyright under the Berne Convention.
All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be SPAR LYRA First of Graig's Diamond 53 double-skin bulkers 110
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted SUOMIGRACHT Side- and top-loading cargo design from Szczecin 113
without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts or TASSILI II Ferry for Algeria-to-France service 116
articles on condition that a full reference to the source is
shown. TEH MAY Green Cape bulk carrier 118
VILLE DE BORDEAUX Ro-ro ship for Airbus parts transport 121
Multiple copying of the contents without permission is
always illegal. VOLCAN DE TAMASITE Inter-island ro-ro ferry for the Canaries 123
Printed in Wales in by Pensord Press, Tram Road, WAN QING SHA New Dutch-built dredger for China 125
Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, Gwent NP2 2YA WORLD LION New VLCC for World-Wide Shipping 127
ISBN 1 905040 06 7 YAMAYURI Collier with conveyor-belt self-discharge system 129
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T HE year 2004 has been an interesting one for
shipbuilding innovations: not revolutionary,
more evolutionary, with the introduction of subtle
changes which, assuredly, we will be seeing more
of in future. Many of these have had to do with
the machinery installations of ships included in
this review of 2004 deliveries (and of one or two
completed in 2003 but which came to us too late
for inclusion in Significant Ships of 2003). These
have included the building by Hitachi Zosen, for
the first time in Japan, of a two-stroke MAN
B&W diesel engine with the camshaft replaced
by electronic controls. This feature, it is claimed,
offers the tanker High Power a number of
advanced capabilities as well as reduced fuel and
lubricating oil consumption, leading to
environmental benefits resulting from lower
emissions.
Consideration of the global environment and
conservation are features which have been
increasingly emphasised in the information
supplied by shipbuilders to Significant Ships, for
use in its reports, highlighted particularly by Dr
Peter Cheng's designation of his recently
introduced Capesize bulk carrier design as the
Green Cape concept (Teh May). This is based
principally on the use of cofferdams to protect
otherwise exposed oil fuel tanks and the shifting
of most of these spaces to topside saddle tanks in
the aftmost holds. Another environmental issue
dealt with in a number of this year's featured
ships, is ballast water exchange and transfer. This
operation, which was never previously a matter
for concern, is now regarded as a pollution
problem which needs to be addressed, and is
clearly being given a great deal of attention.
Global conservation and pollution matters lead
us on to one of the 'specialist' vessels which
entered service during 2004. With governments
generally committed to producing around 10% of
their energy requirements from renewable
resources by 2010, the concept of establishing
offshore wind-turbine farms for electricity
generation, is one environment-friendly power
source now being actively exploited. Resolution
is presented here as a unique jack-up vessel
which can be dynamically positioned to erect on
the sea bed, the 70m-plus, long, turbine masts
required for these systems.
On the ro-ro scene, Ville de Bordeaux is a
design with a difference, since her main
occupation is to transport components of the
giant European Airbus A380 airliner from
manufacturing sites scattered around Europe, to
France for final assembly.
Mention of one particular ro-ro leads to the
ferries included in Significant Ships of 2004, and
to the fact that in virtually every case, the owners
concerned with their operation have elected to
follow the 'cruise-liner' theme, even for relatively
short journeys, with Birka Paradise (when
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operating as a ferry) offering perhaps the most
intriguing concept (albeit it without a car deck)
that of a Caribbean tropical island experience
with artificial sunshine (without the UV
radiation) available beneath a retractable glass
roof in Baltic mid-winter! Color Fantasy is
another - very large at 75,000gt - specialist ferry,
built to a supremely high standard of luxury by an
owner aiming to attract tourists by presenting a
package where sea voyages in a cruise-like
atmosphere are a significant component of the
holiday in another country (in this case Norway),
sandwiched between.
Machinery developments, the environment,
and ferries are all linked in Hamanasu, another
example of the commendable attempts being
made in Japan to transfer traffic from the roads to
ferries. This single-propeller-shaft vessel and her
sister are the first to feature the hybrid CRP-
Azipod propulsion system, a development which
has an electrical azimuthing pod propulsion unit
with FP propeller, operating behind a
conventional CP propeller driven mechanically
by the main engines. The two face each other and
are contra-rotating. The arrangement is
understood to present attractive fuel savings.
Away from the specific items of interest
mentioned above, Significant Ships of 2004
introduces the first diesel-electric-propelled LNG
carrier (Gaz de France Energy) coupled with the
use of dual-fuel engines, and highlights, with
another LNG carrier Disha, the problems
affecting vessels of all types sailing between the
Gulf and India, due to silt collecting in the ballast
tanks, and offers a solution to the difficulty. It is
pleasing to have the opportunity in this issue of
describing two Russian-built vessels of that river-
sea type (President Heydar Aliyev and Palmali
Voyager), which has been a feature of the former
Soviet economy for so long, and to also present
another inland trader, so much a part of the Rhine
and associated waterways (Primera).
It was in the second-edition of Significant Ships
- back in 1991, that an analyst's prediction that
the numbers of self-discharging bulk carriers in
service would double 'during the next five years'
was quoted. It is doubtful if that target has been
reached: certainly no great increase in this type of
tonnage has been recorded in these pages over
the years, but, happily 2004 gives us an
opportunity to change that and to record the
delivery of a self-discharging collier (Yamayuri)
to Japanese owners, and to link with the
environmental theme of this introduction,
attention is drawn to its totally enclosed cargo
handling operation which eliminates the
propagation of dust.
As ever, acknowledgement is made of the
valuable assistance afforded to The Royal
Institution of Naval Architects by shipbuilders,
consultants and owners worldwide, who provide
OF 2004
the information without which Significant Ships
could not be produced. Particularly credit is given
to all those photographers who, either directly or
through the major contributors, have supplied
material. Notably, these include FotoFlite, Flying
Focus, Sea-Sky Martin, and Arie Jonkman.
John Lingwood, MRINA
Sunderland
January 2005
Notes
In the tables which form part of each ship
description, all dimensions, also deadweight and
displacement tonnages, are metric, unless
otherwise stated. Machinery powers have been
specified as 'bhp' or 'kW' in accordance with
information received from the shipbuilder or owner.
Emergency alternators are not included in the
number of alternators. When a dash ( - ) has been
included against an item, this generally denotes
lack of information, but where it is known that
features have not been included, this is indicated
by 'nil'. The number of sister ships completed or
on order does not include the ship presented.
Some ships shown as 'on order' may have been
delivered by the time this publication appears.
Further information on certain vessels included in
Significant Ships of 2004 can be found in the
following editions of The Royal Institution of Naval
Architects publication The Naval Architect:
Almarona............................................ October 2004
Anangel Innovation.............................October 2004
Balticborg................................................. May 2004
Birka Paradise.................. February 2005 (planned)
Cap Doukato....................... September 2004
Color Fantasy....................February 2005 (planned)
Hamanasu.....................................July/August 2004
Pont-Aven................................................. April 2004
Resolution
(Mayflower Resolution)........... April and May 2004
Spar Lyra........................................ November 2002
Teh May..................................................... May 2004
Shorter articles, or information amongst longer
articles or features, on the following ships have also
appeared in The Naval Architect:
Fure Nord................................................ June 2004
Gaz de France Energy.................. September 2004
(Gas Carriers supplement)
Geeststroom............................................. May 2004
Golar Viking................................... September 2004
(Gas Carriers supplement)
Sapphire Princess.............................. January 2001
Wan Qing Sha........................................... May 2004
President Heydar Aliyev............................May 2004
Palmali Voyage......................................... May 2004
Ville de Bordeaux.................................... June 2004
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ALGOSCOTIA: first Chinese newbuild
for Canadian flag
Shipbuilder: ..........................JJiangnan Shipyard,
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name: ....................................Algoscotia
Hull number: ................................................2 2291
Owner/operator: ...............A Algoma Central Corp,
Canada
Designer: .................S Skipskonsulent AS, Norway
Model test establishment used: .........................--
Canada
Flag ........................................................C
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister ships
Nil
still on order:..................................................N
O which, supplemented by three diesel-alternator sets,
VER the past 30 years, consultant naval architect
Skipskonsulent has enjoyed a steady continuity of
work designing small and medium-sized oil tankers.
Much of this activity has been on behalf of Chinese
builders, with whom the Norwegian company's
SK5054 design of 16,400dwt product tanker has
proved popular. Algoscotia is a slightly enlarged version
of this series, developed to suit the requirements of
Canadian owner Algoma Central Corp, and charterer
Imperial Oil (Canadian Exxon), for whom it will trade
on the Eastern Canada seaboard, and to Labrador and
the Great Lakes.
This vessel is apparently the first flying the Canadian
flag to have been built in China, and Skipskonsulent
chose to base its new SK4056 project on the SK5054
type, in order to utilise as far as possible, Jiangnan's
previous experience building that earlier series, and to
make use of its proven hull form and model-test results.
The design has a single deck with poop and forecastle,
and includes Class 1A ice strengthening.
It is some 4m longer overall and has almost 1m more
beam than the 5054, but retains what has become a
virtual 'trademark' feature of Skipskonsulent's recent
tankers: a full height trunk linking the forward and aft
erections. This is about B/4 wide, positioned along the
centreline, and is integrated into the hull structure to
contribute to the longitudinal strength. The trunk
encloses the heads of the 12 Framo 500m3/h
submersible cargo pumps and the smaller units serving
the slop tanks, together with deck heaters, cargo piping,
steam heating pipes, hydraulic piping, and other items
of equipment benefitting from protection.
Algoscotia has a double-skin hull, divided into six pairs
of cargo tanks by a centreline, and transverse
bulkheads, all of troughed construction. With deckhead
stiffening arranged externally and side framing
positioned in the double hull space, the tanks present a
plain surface protected by an International Paints epoxy
coating. Cargoes of IMO Class II, chemicals and oil
products can be carried and these are handled through
manifolds positioned about midships. The design has
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been adapted to suit the requirements for trading on the
Canadian east coast, particularly into the St Lawrence
Seaway and Great Lakes, and includes special mooring
arrangements and provision of a stern anchor. Landing
booms are fitted at the break of the forecastle to enable
mooring crews to be put ashore at locks, and regulation
navigation lights are carried.
The machinery installation is based on the same
6L46C main engine included in the slightly smaller
SK5054 series. This develops 6300kW at 500rev/min
and drives a CP propeller at 120rev/min through a
reduction gearbox. All three of these main items in the
drive line, and the diesel engines for the alternator sets,
are supplied by the Wrtsil group. A PTO/PTI on the
gearbox connects with a 1500kW Van Kaick alternator,
satisfies the vessel's electrical requirements. Additionally
the shaft-driven alternator is arranged so that it can
receive power from the diesel-driven alternator sets, and
pass it via the PTI to the gearbox in order to drive the
propeller in an emergency. Approximately 1500kW can
be utilised in this way to give a fair weather speed of
about 10knots, a feature of increasing relevance to
tanker charterers.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................148.80m
Length, bp.................................................................138.20m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................23.76m
Depth, moulded to main deck ....................................12.80m
Width of double skin side .............................................1.48m
Draught
design ......................................................................9.00m
scantling ..................................................................9.25m
Gross .......................................................................12,000gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................18,000dwt
scantling............................................................18,750dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.805
Speed, service ..........................................................14 knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................21,100m3
Bunkers
heavy oil...................................................................573m3
Water ballast .........................................8666m3 Radars
Classification................Det Norske Veritas + 1A1, Tanker for
Chemicals,Tanker for Oil Products, ESP,
Ice 1A, W1-OC, EO, VCS-2, TMON
Main engine
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model ......................................................................6L46C
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ................................................6300kW/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Model......................................................5CV110-PDCT65
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................122rev/min
Propeller
Designer/manufacturer .........................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5580mm
Speed...............................................................120rev/min
Main-engine driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type ................................A Van Kaick/DSU 99 K1-E
Output/speed...................................1500kW/1200rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make .........................................................Wrtsil
Type ................................................1 x 6L20C; 2 x 4L20C
Output/speed ................................1 x1020kW/900rev/min
1 x 680kW/900rev/min
Boilers
Number/type ...........................1 x oil fired: 1 x composite
Make ...............Aalborg: 1 x Mission OM/ 1 x Mission OC
Output.................................1 x 12,000kg/h; 1 x 1500kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
3 x mooring winch
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number....................................12 x cargo: 3 x slop tanks
Product range......................Oil products ESP, Chemicals
Coated tanks ................International, Interline 904 epoxy
Cargo pumps
Make ....................................Framo hydraulic submerged
Number/type..............12 x SD200 cargo; 1 x SD100 slop
2 x SD125 slop
Capacity ...............12 x 500m3/h; 1 x 75m3/h; 1 x 150m3/h
Ballast/cargo control systems.......................................Framo
Complement
Officers.............................................................................8
Crew.................................................................................7
Bow thruster
Make/type ...................................Brunvoll FU63-LTA-1750
Number ....................................1
Output...............................................1 x 750kW
Bridge control system
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Type .........................................Main engine control panel
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Models ...........................................1 x X-band. FAR 2815
1 x S-band. FAR 2835S
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Model ..........................................................OG 5400C
Sewage plant
Make.....................................................Evac Aquamar
Model ........................................................MSP 25-vac
Contract date ....................................................25 June 2002
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date .......................................................1 June 2004
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ALMARONA: STX moves into the LPG
market
Shipbuilder:............S STX Shipbuilding Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: .....................................Almarona
Hull number: .............................................S S-1112
Owner/operator: .............Q Qatar Shipping Co Ltd,
Qatar
Designer:..........S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used:....K KRISO (Korea
Research Institute of
Ships and Ocean Engineering), Korea
Qatar
Flag: ...........................................................Q
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................1 1 Almarona has been fitted with a machinery installation
H AVING initially sought to re-establish the former
Daedong shipbuilding group (following the
latter's unfortunate difficulties some three years ago) by
concentrating its output on a base of Panamax bulkers
and product tankers, utilising in the main, designs
developed by its predecessor, STX Shipbuilding's next
step was to diversify into a range of value-added
contracts. That move was rewarded with orders for
container ships, and for a contract placed in 2002 by
Qatar Shipping for two LPG tankers, on the back of a
five-year charter with Qatar Fertiliser Co, covering the
transport of ammonia from Qatar to India, and
neighbouring countries.
The design produced by the STX technical offices
features a single-deck vessel with forecastle and single-
skin hull, arranged with top and bottom wing tanks in
the cargo space. The latter are combined with centrally
divided double-bottom tanks and form part of an
arrangement given over to water ballast capacity.
Enclosed by this structure are three holds, each
containing an IMO Type A, centrally divided prismatic
cargo tank, supplied as part of a complete package
(which includes pumps, valves and skid-mounted
modules) by German specialist Tractebel Gas
Engineering (TGE).
As well as LPG, the tanks are suitable for the carriage
of VCM and NH3 cargoes (hence the time charter), and
were fabricated at a special facility set up by Tractebel in
the Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai. A subsidiary of TGE
was also involved with the contract as designer of the
critical steel structures in the vicinity of the cargo area,
and of the tanks themselves.
Tractebel's involvement with the cargo containment
systems extended to include supervision of
construction of the cargo handling plant, which
comprises a reliquefaction system of the direct-cycle
type utilising three Sulzer compressors. Inert gas is
generated in two plants: a combustion type of
2000Nm3/h capacity at 99.5% purity, and a membrane-
type plant of 100Nm3/h. Cargo can be unloaded in
approximately 13hours by six multi-stage deepwell
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Hamworthy pumps rated at 350m3/h, supplemented by
two similar sized booster pumps, all driven by deck
mounted motors.
The tanks have been fabricated from low-temperature
carbon steel (NV2-4) and are designed to suit gases of
maximum density 0.97tonnes/m3 and a working
temperature of -48oC at 0.25bar pressure. Stainless steel
AISI 316L piping is used, and the system is arranged to
handle two segregations. A modification is to be
included in the package supplied by TGE for the
second vessel, which will see deck tanks fitted. These
will allow gas changes to be made between cargoes,
thereby increasing trading flexibility.
centred on a MAN B&W 6S50MC-C (Mk 7) main
engine, constructed by the shipbuilder's engineering
associate STX Engine Co, which develops 9480kW
MCR at 127rev/min. At 85% of that output, a speed of
17.04knots was attained on trials, 0.50knots above
guarantee performance. STX has also supplied the
licensed-built prime movers for three Taiyo 900kW
alternators.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length overall............................................................164.80m
Length, bp.................................................................155.30m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................26.20m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................15.30m
Draught
design ......................................................................8.30m
scantling ..................................................................8.50m
Gross.........................................................................17,446gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................16,769dwt
scantling............................................................17,446dwt
Speed, service (85% MCR)...................................16.50knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................23,166m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1201m3
diesel oil...................................................................209m3
Water ballast................................................................8694m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................34.00tonnes/day
auxiliaries....................................4.24tonnes/day
Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1,
Tanker for Liquefied Gas,
o Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Ship Type 2G (-48 C, 680kg/m3, 0.25bar,
Nauticus (Newbuilding), EO, T-MON, LCS(S,I),
Under Water Survey notation shall be applied in
accordance with class requirement
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................34%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ....................................................6S50MC-C (Mk 7)
Manufacturer.......................................STX Engine Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Output ................................................9480kW/127rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .......STX Shipbuilding/Nakashima
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5600mm
Speed...............................................................127rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W/6L23/30H
Output/speed.................................3 x 960kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type ................................Taiyo/FE547C-8
Output/speed.................................3 x 900kW/900rev/min
Composite boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type ..................................................................Composite
Make ...................................................................KangRim
Output ........................................................2000/1000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make ......................................................................Pusnes
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number .......................................................6 (three pairs)
Product range ...............................................Liquid gases
Cargo pumps
Number/type ....................................6 x electric deepwell
Make ................................................................Hamworthy
Capacity..........................................................6 x 350m3/h
Cargo control system
Make ..................................................................Fiemming
Type...................................................Hydraulic actuators,
computer control
Ballast control system
Make ..........................................Danfoss Marine Systems
Type............................Hydraulic actuators, mimic control
Complement
Officers...........................................................................18
Crew.................................................................................6
Suez/repair crew............................................6
Bridge control system
Make ........................................................HKM/Norcontrol
Type ...........................................................................AC-4
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make....................................................................Sarhcom
Type .........................................................................T1016
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo deck.....................................................Dry powder
Make........................................................................NK Co
Engineroom .......................................................Fixed CO2
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make............................................................................JRC
Waste disposal system
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Model........................................................OGS-2000C
Waste shredder/crusher
Make.................................................................Samjoo
Model .................................................................BS515
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...................................................................ST2A
Contract date.....................................................25 April 2002
Launch/float-out date ...................................6 February 2004
Delivery date ......................................................11 May 2004
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ANANGEL INNOVATION: double-skin bulker
complying with new hatch cover rules
Shipbuilder: .........................D Daewoo Shipbuilding
& Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME), Korea
Vessel's name:........................Anangel Innovation
Hull number: ................................................H H1155
Owner/operator:.........................A Anangel Maritime
Services Inc, Greece
Designer: ..........D Daewoo Shipbuilding sternframe carrying a FP propeller driven by an MAN
& Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used:....S SSPA, Sweden
Greece
Flag: ...........................................................G
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ................................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: .............................................2 2
(plus 5 for other owners)
A
LTHOUGH Daewoo's interest in the use of
double-hull construction for large bulk carriers is
long-standing, this new series of Capesize vessels is
amongst the first to be built anywhere which
incorporates this form of structure. Typically for this size
of bulker, Anangel Innovation is laid out with nine holds,
with the surrounding double skin divided into seven wing
and bottom tanks designated for carrying water ballast,
except for the bottom tanks under Nos 2, 3, and 5 holds
which serve as bunker spaces, supplementing side tanks
in the engineroom; they are separated by longitudinal
bulkheads for environmental protection.
Some 55% of the structure is of high-tensile steel,
designed for a 30-year fatigue life and in compliance with
the latest IACS UR S21 revision 3 regulations, which
particularly address the construction and security of hatch
covers, coamings, and supporting steelwork in the
forward quarter of the vessel. It is understood that these
Daewoo ships are amongst the first new vessels to feature
these requirements, many of which classification societies
are now specifying and which must also be retrofitted to
existing vessels. Additional weather protection in the
perceived vulnerable forward area is derived from a short
forecastle.
MacGregor side-rolling/twin-panel covers are fitted,
hydraulically operated by rack-and-pinion drives after first
being lifted into the rolling position by Roll-up-Roll
mechanisms, and stowed on transverse ramps to port and
starboard. The manufacturer's patent Flexi-pad and Flexi-
seal supports and packing are used, and automatic wedge
cleats secure the covers to the coamings. These are of
heavy-duty design at No 4 hatch where the hold can be
filled with water ballast to the coaming top.
The covers have been designed in accordance with class
rules to suit the carriage of bulk cargoes in all holds, and
to withstand weather loads of 17.2kN/m2; vertical sea
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loads of 88.7kN/m2 at No 1 hatch, 59.7kN/m2 at No 2,
and 34.3kN/m2 elsewhere. Horizontal sea loads of
175kN/m2 are also allowed for, and the maximum
internal loading in No 4 hold when ballast is carried is
estimated at 76.7kN/m2.
Anangel Innovation has a bulbous bow, and an open-water
Alternator make/type .........................................Nishishiba/-
B&W 6S70MC-C main engine. This develops 18,620kW
MCR at 91rev/min, and operates at 90% of this value for
a service speed of 15.10knots, allowing a sea margin of
15%. Electrical supply is derived from three
Yanmar/Nishishiba 800kW diesel-driven alternator sets.
Crew complement totals 30 persons, and provision is
made for carrying a Suez/repair crew of six persons,
almost all in single-berth cabins.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa.....................................................................289.00m
Length, bp ....................................................................279.00m
Breadth, moulded...........................................................45.00m
Depth, moulded to upper deck .....................................24.30m
Width of double skin
side..............................................................................1.65m
bottom .........................................................................2.40m
Draught
design .......................................................................16.50m
scantling....................................................................17.90m
Gross ............................................................................88,000gt
Displacement......................................................196,638tonnes
Deadweight
design ................................................................155,200dwt
scantling.............................................................171,900dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin............15.1knots
Cargo capacity, grain................................................187,000m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ....................................................................8000m3
diesel oil ......................................................................250m3
Water ballast ................................................................67,000m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only .......................................66.90tonnes/day
Classification ................American Bureau of Shipping, +A1(E)
Bulk Carrier, ESP, Strengthened for
Heavy Cargoes, BC-AC, Holds Nos 2, 4, 6, 8
may be empty, FL(30), Grab(35MT), SH, SHCM,
+AMS, +ACCU, UWILD
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .........................................55%
Main engine
Design..................................................................MAN B&W
Model...................................................................6S70MC-C
Manufacturer ........................................................................-
Number................................................................................1
Output ..................................................18,620kW/91rev/min
Propeller
Material .........................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ..............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number................................................................................1
Pitch..............................................................................Fixed
Diameter..................................................................8300mm
Speed ....................................................................91rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number................................................................................3
Engine make/type...................................Yanmar/6N21AL-V
Output/speed.....................................3x 880kW/900rev/min
Output/speed....................................3 x 800kW/900rev/min
Boilers
Number................................................................................1
Type........................................................vertical, water tube
Mak ...........................................................................Aalborg
Output....................................................................2tonnes/h
Mooring equipment
Number....................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make..........................................................................Fukushima
Type..................................................low-pressure hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number...........................................................2 x 36-person
Make .....................................................................Watercraft
Hatch covers
Design/manufacturer..........................................MacGregor
Type.....................................................................Side-rolling
Ballast control system
Make..........................................................................Naniwa
Complement
Officers ..............................................................................11
Crew ..................................................................................19
Suez/repair crew .................................................................6
Single/double/other rooms .........................................24/3/1
Bridge control system
Make...........................................................................Nabco
Type.........................................................................M-800 III
One-man operation ..........................................................No
Fire protection system
Make .......................................................................Saracom
Type.............................................................................T1000
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds ......................................................................Nil
Engineroom........................................High-expansion foam
Make ........................................................................Kashiwa
Radars
Number................................................................................2
Make ...........................................................................JRC
Models................................S-band: JMA-9932-SA X-band:
JMA-9922-9XA
Integrated bridge system
Make ...............................................................................JRC
Model ......................JAN-701-EOR(ECDIS), JAN-701-CON
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ..................................................................Teamtec
Model .................................................................GS500C
Contract date ..............................................16 December 2002
Launch/float-out date ...........................................19 June 2004
Delivery date..........................................................23 July 2004
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ANGELINA AMORETTI: German/Chinese
co-operation on Italian product tanker
Shipbuilder:...JJiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding,
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name: ........................Angelina Amoretti
Hull number:...................................Y YZJ02-654Y1
Owner/operator:..m m.e. Maritima Emiliana SpA,
Italy
Designer: .........IINEC GmbH (International Naval
Architecture, Engineering & Consulting),
Germany
Model test establishment used: ................H HSVA,
Germany
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order:.........................................N Nil
K IEL-based consultancy INEC's cooperation with
Chinese shipyards stretches back over a decade,
and has included not only basic and conceptual design
work, but overseeing the construction of new ships.
Last year, in association with trading house SUMEC, its
responsibilities included Bianca Amoretti, a 29,950dwt
product tanker built at the Chengzi Shipyard for
Amoretti (Significant Ships of 2003), and follow on now
with a smaller sister, Angelina Amoretti. Built to comply
with specified parameters for overall length, minimum
deadweight and speed, the result is a design with an
unusual L/B ratio and a high block coefficient.
Hull form has been optimised by CFD calculations, and
model tests for low fuel consumption, good seakeeping,
minimum vibrations and manoeuvrability were carried
out. As well as meeting statutory and classification
regulations, the new design complies with ExxonMobil
requirements, such as the fitting of suitable mooring
arrangements and an ability to put 12 mooring lines
ashore. Emergency towage facilities are provided
forward and aft, and a 2000kN strong point is fitted
forward.
In a change from Bianca Amoretti, cargo is handled by
a Hamworthy deepwell pump in each tank. Like the
piping installation, these are of stainless steel. A new
system of 'super' stripping, which leaves virtually no
residuals, has been included, and particular attention
paid to tank cleaning, with permanent tank-washing
machines fitted.
Remote level, temperature, and pressure monitoring
and control of each tank is carried out by Saab
equipment which is linked to a Kongsberg/Norcontrol
integrated automation system, and operated from
workstations on the bridge, and in the cargo and engine
control rooms. High-quality monitoring equipment
serves the double-hull space and oil tanks, and fresh and
dry-air ventilation lines are installed on deck, complete
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with valves and connections for portable hoses, in way
of each ventilation hatch.
A Wrtsil 12V38B main engine has been selected
for Angelina Amoretti, developing 8700kW at
600rev/min and driving a CP propeller by way of a
vertically offset reduction gearbox which also connects
with a 1200kW shaft-driven alternator. With the main
engine de-clutched, this unit can serve as an auxiliary
motor for emergency propulsion in accordance with
RINa notation AVM-APS, and produce a speed of
7knots. Service speed at 85% MCR, allowing 15% sea
margin, is 15.80knots. Three 1000kW diesel-driven
alternator sets are fitted, and two 600kW bow thrusters
and a semi-balanced rudder benefit manoeuvrability.
Provision has been made for the future fitting of an
SCR emissions converter with a urea plant in the funnel.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................162.00m
Length, bp.................................................................154.37m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................26.00m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................13.09m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................1.70m
bottom ......................................................................1.74m
Draught
design ......................................................................8.20m
scantling ..................................................................9.50m
Deadweight design ................................................18,850dwt
scantling............................................................23,740dwt
Speed, service, 85% MCR, 15% sea margin .......15.80knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................27,272m3
Bunkers
heavy oil...................................................................730m3
diesel oil...................................................................240m3
Water ballast.............................................................10,350m3
Percentage of segregated ballast .................................100%
Fuel consumption
main engine only .........................................41tonnes/day
auxiliaries (unloading)..................................10tonnes/day
Classification ...........Registro Italiano Navale (RINa), C + Oil
Tanker, Chemical Tanker, ESP,
Unrestricted Navigation, +STAR
Hull, +STAR MACH, +AUT-UMS, +AUT-PORT,
+AUT-IMS, CLEAN SEA, CLEAN AIR, COVENT,
INWATERSURVEY, MANOVR, MONSHAFT, +SYS,
CARGO CONTROL, VCS, +AVM-APS
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction ......................................................30%
Main engine
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model ....................................................................12V38B
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used ............................................HFP 380cSt
Output ................................................8700kW/600rev/min
Gearbox
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Model .....................................................SCV128-PDCT65
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................105rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ...............................................Lips
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5800mm
Speed...............................................................105rev/min
Special adaptations.................Wake adapted, high skew
Main-engine driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type ..............................................ABB/AMG 500S6
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..............................Yanmar/8N21AL-SV
Output/speed..................................................3 x 1060kW
Alternator make/type .............Hyundai HFJ6 566-84E-OY
Output/speed...............................3 x 1000kW/900rev/min
Boilers
Number................2 x thermal oil heater; 1 x exhaust gas
Make................................................Aalborg
Output........................................2 x 4650kW; 1 x 1045kW
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make/type.........................Kocks/high-pressure hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number.....................................................14 cargo/2 slop
Grades of cargo carried .....................................................14
Product range ......Oil products and IMO II and III chemicals
Tank coating ...................................................Phenolic epoxy
Piping ..........................................AISI 316L with 2.7% Mo
Cargo pumps
Number/type.............................................14 +2 deepwell
Type...............14 x DW 150/200-4-k; 2 x DW 100/100-4-k
Make ........................................................Hamworthy KSE
Material.......................................AISI 316L stainless steel
Capacity ..................................14 x 300m3/h; 2 x 100m3/h
Cargo control system..........................................Rizzi Valvole
Ballast control system................................................Danfoss
Complement ..................................8 officers; 4 POs; 12 crew
Bow thrusters
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................2
Output ...............................................................2 x 600kW
Fire detection system
Make...........................................................Heien-Larssen
Type .......................................................................ANX 95
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo deck/engineroom ..................Greathorse Seaspan
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Sewage plant
Make ....................................................................Jowa
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date ..........................................................................-
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AZZURA: new F-class bulker series
from IHI
Shipbuilder: .......................IIHI Marine United Inc
(Yokohama yard), Japan
Vessel's name:..........................................Azzura
Hull No: ..................................................... 3195
Owner/operator: ...............C Cello Inc/AM Nomikos
Transworld Maritime SA, Greece
Designer:...............IIHI Marine United Inc, Japan
Hong Kong
Flag: ..................................................H
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................77
I T is hard to believe that it is amost 40 years since
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (now IHI
Marine United), in collaboration with the Canadian-
based consultancy G T R Campbell, first introduced
the innovative Freedom Liberty-Ship Replacement
design to the shipping world. The huge success of that
15,000dwt cargo vessel provided a platform from
which IHI/Campbell went on to develop a range of F-
class standard designs: Fortune, Friendship, Freedom
Mk II, and ultimately the Future series of bulk carrier,
designated with the appendage -32, -42, and -48, to
denote their nominal deadweight capacity. Close to 100
Futures have now been built or are on order, with
Azzura continuing the sequence as the prototype of a
series of Future-52 (52,000dwt) bulk carriers which
follow in the tradition of easy operation and
maintenance which has characterised the earlier
designs.
Over the years, an overall length of just less than
190m has become an important benchmark for
Handymax bulk carriers, and the Future-52 conforms
with that restriction, and to the Panamax 32.20m beam
dimension. The hull is single-skinned with top and
bottom wing tanks, the latter being common with side
double-bottom tanks formed from a space divided into
port, starboard and centre compartments. The single
deck is flat from aft to the No1/2 hold division, but
features a substantial straight-line sheer forward from
here, affording protection in lieu of a forecastle. The
rising deck line over No 1 hold has resulted in No 1
hatch being at a higher level than those serving other
holds.
Five cargo holds are arranged, closed by Tsuji
weathertight folding hatch covers, and suitable for the
carriage of a wide range of cargoes with steel coils and
long products readily accommodated. Grain cargoes
can be loaded with untrimmed ends due to the inclusion
of the top and bottom wing tanks. As with most IHI
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standard designs, cargo handling equipment is provided,
in this case 4 x 30tonnes swl Tsuji hydraulic deck cranes,
located between hold numbers 1/2; 2/3; 3/4; and 4/5 .
They are capable of operating with grabs and are
erected on high pedestals to facilitate carriage of deck
cargoes.
The main engine is of Sulzer 6RTA48T-B design,
built by IHI subsidiary Diesel United Ltd, and
developing 8100kW at 124rev/min MCR. At 85% of
that output, the available power of
6885kW/118rev/min, drives the ship at 14.70knots by
means of a Nakashima propeller, aided by a Low
Viscous Fin developed by IHI and claimed to produce
energy savings between 2% and 3%. Electrical power
comes from three STX-MAN B&W/Nishishiba diesel-
alternator sets, each of 520kW rating, and steam is
raised in a Miura composite boiler.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................189.96m
Length, bp.................................................................181.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded to upper deck ..................................17.30m
Draught
design ....................................................................10.70m
scantling ................................................................12.29m
Gross.........................................................................29,407gt
Displacement ....................................................60,902tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................8912tonnes
Deadweight
scantling............................................................52,050dwt
Speed, service, at 85% MCR................................14.70knots
Cargo capacity
grain ...................................................................65,181m3
bale .....................................................................62,555m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1977m3
diesel oil...................................................................225m3
Water ballast.............................................................29,026m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................27.60tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................1.70tonnes/day
Classification........................Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK),
NS Bulk Carrier, PS, MNS*, MO
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction ......................................................60%
Main engine
Design......................................................................Sulzer
Model ...............................................................6RTA48T-B
Manufacturer .......................Diesel United Ltd
Number ....................................1
Type of fuel...................................................Heavy fuel oil
Output ................................................8100kW/124rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ......IHI Marine United/Nakashima
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5580mm
Speed...............................................................118rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W 5L23/30H
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed.................................3 x 570kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type ............................Nishishiba/NTAKL
Output/speed.................................3 x 520kW/720rev/min
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type......................................GK-2228-1500/1200 vertical
watertube composite
Make .........................................................................Miura
Output ....Oil fired, 1.5tonnes/h: exhaust gas, 1.2onnes/h
Cargo cranes
Number ............................................................................4
Make ...........................................................................Tsuji
Type ................................................................HDHS 3026
Performance..............................hook: 30tonnes/21m/min;
grab: 24tonnes/21m/min
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Make..............................................................................IHI
Hatch covers
Make ...............................................Tsuji Heavy Industries
Type .............................End-folding, hydraulic, four-panel
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................15
Bridge control system
Make .....................................................................NABCO
Type .........................................................................M-800
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
Type............................................................FAC 511B-25L
Fire extingishing systems
Cargo holds/engineroom .........................................Unitor
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Models.........................FAR-2825-24AF/FAR-2835S-36AF
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make....................................................................Miura
Model ...........................................................BGW-30N
Waste shredder/crusher
Make ....................................................Ushio Reinetsu
Sewage plant
Make............................................................Taiko Kikai
Model................................................................STB-25
Contract date ..................................................25 March 2003
Launch/float-out date ........................................22 April 2004
Delivery date .....................................................30 June 2004
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BALTICBORG: 'green' sto-ro paper and
container carrier
Shipbuilder:......................V Volharding Shipyards,
The Netherlands (hull from Daewoo
Mangalia, Romania)
Vessel's name: ....................................Balticborg
528
Hull number: ..................................................5
Owner/operator: ................W Wagenborg Shipping
(Royal Wagenborg),
The Netherlands
Designers: ....V Volharding/Wagenborg/Conoship,
The Netherlands
Model test establishment used: ................S SSPA,
Sweden
The Netherlands
Flag: ..........................................T
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ...........................N Nil
Total number of sister
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ships still on order: ........................................1
S PECIAL requirements for the carriage of paper and
forest products cargoes have introduced numerous
innovative ship designs over recent years, with many
featured in our Significant Ships reviews. Balticborg, and
sister Bothniaborg, represent two of the latest examples
of this type. They have been introduced into the
European distribution network of Swedish packaging
manufacturer Kappa Kraftliner, on charter from Dutch
shipping and logistics group Wagenborg. With one end
of this operation fixed on Baltic and northern Gulf of
Bothnia loading ports, the design necessarily includes
strengthening to ice class 1A (Swedish/Finnish rules),
and insulation of relevant parts ofo the ship against
ambient temperatures of around -35 C.
Like other Dutch yards, Volharding today finds it
advantageous to subcontract construction of many of
its hulls to overseas yards, and that of Balticborg
originated in the Mangalia, Romania, shipyard of
Daewoo. It is laid out with tanktop, main and upper
decks, and a double-skin side and bottom structure
containing water ballast and fuel tanks, together
forming two box-shaped, 'tweendeck cargo spaces
(holds) extending over most of the vessel's length and
equipped with mechanical ventilation and
dehumidifying systems.
Cargo loading is by way of a 16m long by 17.3m wide,
single-section stern door/ramp at main deck level.
Entry through the starboard side of the stern opening
serves the main deck, and also gives direct access to an
internal fixed ramp connecting with the upper (weather)
deck. From the port side of the stern opening, another
fixed ramp takes traffic down to the lower hold
(tanktop), closed at main deck level by a side-hinged,
hydraulically operated watertight and gastight cover.
Cargo is loaded in paper reel and pulp-package form,
using forklift trucks of 15.8tonne axle loading, Mafi
trailers of 32tonnes, or road trailers of 20tonnes load.
Uniformly distributed deck loadings are 2.5tonnes/m2
on the weather deck and 5tonnes/m2 elsewhere.
Container capacity on the open weather deck is
180TEU.
A three-tier deckhouse is arranged right forward,
housing a complement of 14, topped by a navigating
bridge and merged at the house front with a whaleback
shelter over the mooring deck. The engineroom is
located aft and contains the Wrtsil 9L46 main engine.
This develops 9450kW MCR at 500rev/min and drives
a CP propeller at 141rev/min through a Flender
gearbox, from which a power take-off serves a 755kW
alternator, and there are three 532kW diesel-driven sets.
A computerised Wrtsil Engine Control system
(WECS) monitors and controls the installation which is
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designed to run on low sulphur fuel (<1%) and has
NOx emissions reduced to <2g/kWh by Munters
selective catalytic reduction (SCR) gas treatment
equipment.
The machinery space is served by twin 'funnels' built
into the structure each side of the upper deck. The
starboard arrangement is an aesthetic feature only, with
engine exhausts discharging to port. Connecting the
two funnels above the upper deck, is a transverse, two-
part, 550tonne ballast tank, the main component of a
Flume passive anti-roll system, designed to reduce high
GM values apparent under certain loading/discharging;
partial load, and ballast conditions.
Balticborg is believed to be one of the first vessels
awarded the BV 'Clean Sea' and 'Clean Air' notations,
and her design was subjected to an Environmental
Effect Analysis by Wagenborg. In addition to the
machinery benefits noted above, sludge collection and
separation has been addressed; potentially polluted, on-
deck sea and rain water is collected in a zero dumping
tank and filtered before overboard discharge, and a
Hamworthy biological vacuum sewage plant complies
with BV and Canadian Lakes requirements.
Occupational health issues have been considered in
the accommodation design; pollution problems
resulting from volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from paint have been reduced and only
solvent-free and water-based coatings used where
possible. The cathodic protection systems employ
cadmium-free aluminium anodes, and the electric cables
do not contain halon.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................153.05m
Length, bp.................................................................144.20m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................21.60m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ............................................................8.40m
to upper deck ........................................................15.20m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................3.40m
bottom ......................................................................2.70m
Draught
design/scantling ......................................................7.10m
Gross .......................................................................12,460gt
Displacement ....................................................16,080tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................5826tonnes
Deadweight, design ...............................................10,254dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.719
Speed, service at 90% MCR;
20% sea margin ..................................................16.50knots
Cargo capacity (bale)
upper hold ..........................................................13,095m3
lower hold ..............................................................6178m3
Bunkers
heavy oil...................................................................638m3
diesel oil...................................................................127m3
Water ballast (including Flume tank) ..........................7824m3
Fuel consumption (main engine only) .........19.50tonnes/day
Classification................Bureau Veritas +1 3/3 E Unrestricted
Navigation, Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, + Mach,
+ Hull, CNC-1, Aut-UMS, IWS, PFA,
Clean Sea 7, +Clean Air, +Veristar Hull,
Ice Class 1A (Swedish/Finnish rules)
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................40%
Heel control system...............................Framo heeling pump
Roll-stabilising equipment .....................................Flume tank
Main engine
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model .........................................................................9L46
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used............................HFO380 (low sulphur)
Output ................................................9450kW/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make ......................................................................Flender
Model.................................................Navilus GUCP 1180
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................141rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .......................Wrtsil Propulsion
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5000mm
Speed...............................................................141rev/min
Special adaptations..........................................High skew
Main engine-driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type ................................A Van Kaick/OSG 86M1-4
Output/speed............................755kW/1000-1500rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type...............................MAN/D2842 LE301
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Alternator make/type .......................Stamford/HCM 634G
Output/speed...............................3 x 532kW/1500rev/min
Exhaust gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer.........................................................Munters
Type ............................................................................SCR
On main engine?..........................................................Yes
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output ...................................................................1000kW
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make ...................................................................Brusselle
Type........................................................Electric/hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number.........................................2 x 30-person lifeboats
Make.....................................................................Hatecke
Containers
Total ......................................................................180TEU
Doors/ramps
Number ..............................................1 x stern door/ramp
1 x fixed ramp to upper deck
1 x fixed ramp to tanktop
1 x internal ramp cover
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Designer ..........................................................TTS Marine
Ballast control system
Make .............................................Bjrge Steinco Moland
Complement
Officers.............................................................................6
Crew.................................................................................6
Supernumaries/spare ......................................................1
Suez/repair crew..............................................................1
Special rudder .................................Benes Vaca Profile 20m2
Bow thrusters
Number ............................................................................2
Manufacturer.......................................Wrtsil Propulsion
Output ...............................................................2 x 500kW
Stern thruster
Number ............................................................................1
Manufacturer.......................................Wrtsil Propulsion
Output ...............................................................1 x 500kW
Bridge control system
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Type ..................................Nacos 35-4, integrated bridge
One-man operation? ....................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make...........................................................................Tyco
Type ......................................................................T7000/7
Fire extinguishing systems
Areas.............................................Holds and engineroom
Type ...................................................................Fixed CO2
Make ...........................................................................Ajax
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
Make ..........................................................................Atlas
Models .............................................................1006 ARPA
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator fitted ...........................................................Yes
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...................................................................ST2A
Contract date ................................................December 2001
Launch/float-out date ...................................September 2003
Delivery date .......................................................9 June 2004
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BIRKA PARADISE: offering Caribbean
cruises in the Baltic!
Aker Finnyards Oy
Shipbuilder:............................A
(Rauma yard), Finland
Vessel's name: .............................Birka Paradise
Hull number:.......4 442 and aft between two enginerooms. The foremost pair is
Owner/operator: .....B Birka Line Ab/Birka Cruises,
Finland
Flag:...F Finland drive the two CP propellers. Electrical power comes
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N
A LTHOUGH Birka Paradise has entered service
primarily as consort to the 1986-built Birka Princess,
as a passenger-only ferry operating between Stockholm
and Mariehamn in high season, and on other Baltic
routes in the winter, she does subscribe to being more
than just another 'cross-channel' link available to the
increasing number of passengers travelling on one of
Europe's busiest ferry-routes each year, by offering a
taste of more exotic locations. The nickname 'Floating
Caribbean' has already been given to this fully cruise-
orientated vessel on account of an unusual design
concept, which is centred on the simple fact that if a
sea voyage in the Baltic winter climate does not readily
offer the same attractions as a dream cruise in the
Caribbean, then let the ship create the illusion!
Accommodation is provided in 734 cabins and suites
for 1800 passengers on five of the total 11 decks, and
for them, the fantasy of a holiday in sunnier climes
begins with an introduction to the facilities provided for
their well-being, such as a variety of public rooms, all
exhibiting that much-sought-after exotic atmosphere,
and named accordingly: the Havana Cigar Club, Caf
Brazil, and Club Copacabana. The tropical flavour
extends to the nine restaurants, numerous bars and two
night clubs - one of which features the largest dance
floor on the Baltic, swimming pool and spa.
Conference facilities and an extensive duty-free
shopping areas are also available; however, what really
brings the Caribbean to the Gulf of Finland is 'Paradise
Beach,' an area on deck 10 where the tropical island
environment has been re-created by enclosing the Sun
Deck under a retractable glass roof and, in winter, using
an 'artificial sun' to reproduce better-than-natural
conditions by introducing the warmth, but with 90%
UV radiation removed first. In summer, the home
climate provides its own attractions, and the roof is
opened to admit the Baltic sun.
Birka is noted for an environmentally-friendly
approach to its operations, and this is evidenced in
aspects of the basic design, such as the specifying of
exhaust-gas catalysers, closed sewage plants and atoxic
bottom painting. The hull form has been developed
with special attention to wave formation and bottom
suction in order to reduce damage around the sensitive
Baltic coastline, and DNV's Clean Design and Comfort
Class rules, defining environmental solutions and noise
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and vibration limits, have also been followed.
Birka Paradise is fitted with four Wrtsil 6L46 main
engines, each developing 5850kW at 500rev/min. These
are arranged in port and starboard pairs, each split fore
Pitch................................................................Controllable
inboard of the aftermost, and the respective shaft lines,
P&S, connect in twin-input/single-output gearboxes to
Diesel-driven alternators
from four Wrtsil/Leroy-Somer 3312kVA alternators -
Nil three fitted in the forward engineroom and one in the
aft compartment.
Various Rolls-Royce subsidiaries have supplied items
Nil
of machinery: notably Kamewa propellers, Kamewa-
Ulstein bow and stern thrusters, Rolls-Royce Marine
steering gears, and Rauma Brattvaag deck machinery.
Passenger comfort is enhanced by a pair of B+V
Industrietechnik stabilisers, and two pairs of heel
control tanks are provided. Passenger movement
between decks within the ship features six MacGregor
15-person lifts, and lifesaving equipment includes four
Viking MES stations with chutes and liferafts for 1400
persons. Other inflatable rafts cater for 500 persons,
and four partially enclosed 150-person lifeboats,
supported by two fast rescue craft, are carried.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................177.00m
Length, bp.................................................................154.80m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................28.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (No 3).................................................9.40m
to upper deck (No 6) .............................................18.60m
Draught
design ......................................................................6.50m
scantling ..................................................................6.60m
Gross .......................................................................34,728gt
Deadweight
design ..................................................................3320dwt
Speed, service.......................................................21.00knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1200m3
diesel oil...................................................................145m3
Water ballast................................................................1200m3
ballast/grey water ....................................................601m3
Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1,
Passenger Ship, Ice
1A*, Finnish Ice Class 1A Super, COMF-V(2),
Clean Design, RP, EO. PMS, TMON
Heel control system...........................2 pairs of heeling tanks
Roll-stabilisation equipment
Type ..............................................One pair of folding fins
Make ................................................B+V Industrietechnik
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model.......................................................................6L46B
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................4
o Waste disposal plant
Type of fuel............................................HFO 380cSt/50 C
Output ..........................................4 x 5850kW/500rev/min
Gearboxes
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Number ............................................................................2
Output speed ...................................................153rev/min
Propellers
Material .......................................................Stainless steel
Designer/manufacturer ...........Kamewa (Rolls-Royce Ab)
Number ............................................................................2
Diameter ..............................................................4600mm
Speed...............................................................153rev/min
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type ........................................Wrtsil/6L32
Output/speed...............................4 x 2760kW/750rev/min
Alternator make/type .............................Leroy Somer/LSA
Output/speed..............................4 x 3312kVA/750rev/min
Boilers
Number/type ....................................................2 x oil fired
Make/output ....................................Aalborg/2 x 6000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make .........................Rauma-Brattvaag (Rolls-Royce Ab)
Type........................................................................electric
Lifesaving equipment
Number ...............................4 x MES stations with chutes
Make.........................................................................Viking
Number of lifeboats....................4 x 150-person lifeboats
2 x fast rescue craft
Make...........................................................Schat-Harding
Lifts
Number ................6 x 15-passenger; 4 x 1600kg service
Make................................................................MacGregor
Complement
Officers...........................................................................21
Crew.............................................................................160
Passengers.....................................1800
Cabins
Passengers.......................................734
Crew .......................................................................181
Bow thrusters
Number ............................................................................2
Manufacturer ....................Kamewa-Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Output .............................................................2 x 1500kW
Stern thruster
Number ............................................................................1
Manufacturer ....................Kamewa-Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Output ...................................................................1000kW
Integrated bridge system
Make ..........................................................................Atlas
Model ............................................................NACOS 35-4
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system ............................Consilium Marine Ab
Fire extinguishing system
Engineroom ....................CO2/ extended local fog system
Make.............................................................Unitor/Marioff
Cabins/public spaces..............................Water/sprinklers
Make ..............................................Aker Finnyards/Marioff
Radars
Make ..................................................................STN/Atlas
Number/type ...........2 x ARPA S-band; 1 x ARPA X-band
Make...................................................................Deerberg
Types .............1 x compactor; 2 x shredders; 1 x crusher
Contract date ...........................................19 November 2002
Launch/float-out date ........................................16 April 2004
Delivery date .................................................November 2004
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BOA DEEP C: support vessel for subsea
operations
Shipbuilder:............F Factorias Vulcano SS, Spain
Vessel's name:.................................Boa Deep C
Hull number: ..................................................4
Owner/operator: .........B Boa Offshore AS, Norway
Designer: ......................V Vik-Sandvik AS, Norway
Spain
Flag: ...........................................................S
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................1
A FTER some years of specialisation with chemical
tankers, Factorias Vulcano saw an opportunity to
move into the offshore market which was rewarded by
a contract for two specialist support vessels, designed
mainly for operations in the subsea market, tackling
mooring systems, pipeline repairs, template and anchor
installations worldwide, where particular benefit is
derived from the vessel's ability to work at previously
inaccessible sea depths of up to 2000m. Boa Deep C was
designed by Norwegian consultant Vik-Sandvik and is
of this consultancy's standard VS4201 OCV type. She
is thus laid out with a heavily built-up superstructure
forward, extending over half the vessel's length, and a
working deck aft. The main machinery is installed
around midships in two separate enginerooms to allow
total redundancy for the AUTRO notation, and there is
a cargo hold further aft.
The deck area measures 1150m2, and has a load
capacity of 15tonnes/m2. It is served by two offshore
cranes (1 x 250tonnes; 1 x 30tonnes) both of which are
heave-compensated, and 2 x 15tonne; 1 x 8.4tonne and
1 x 6.3tonne marine cranes. A deepwater
towing/anchor handling winch with a 500tonne line
pull is provided, whilst the stern roller has a downward
pull of 750tonnes and a bollard-pull rating of
260tonnes. The mooring and anchoring equipment
includes two mooring winch/windlasses forward and
two capstans aft, with various tugger winches, guide
winches and powered guide pins also installed. A 7.2m2
moonpool is another feature of the design.
Boa Deep C can operate in three different propulsion
modes: using a diesel-mechanical combination for
normal steaming; diesel-mechanical with electric
booster for maximum bollard pull; and diesel-electric
for dynamic-positioning. For the first option, two
Caterpillar 3616-V16 units, each developing 6000kW,
drive the main shafts and two CP propellers working in
nozzles, through Scana Volda gearboxes. For maximum
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bollard pull, this output can be boosted by 3000kW on
each shaft, derived from a pair of alternators/electric
motors using combined PTI/PTOs on the gearboxes.
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For DP operations, additional electrical demand is
satisfied from four auxiliary gensets. A harbour set and
an emergency set are also installed, with the complete
installation using Siemens electrics fitted with
Caterpillar prime movers from the 3600 series.
Nil The requirements of the Kongsberg Class 3 dynamic
positioning system are met from two tunnel-type
1 thrusters at each end of the vessel, and additionally, an
azimuthing unit forward - all supplied by Brunvoll and
with CP operation. Three are also arranged with
controllable speed. Other features of the design include
an anti-heel system, Hoppe active roll-reduction tanks, a
helideck suitable for a Puma helicopter, cable storage
drums, and fresh water, and oil storage tanks. Two
remote-controlled vehicles (RCV) are carried, and a
stowage hangar is provided. The accommodation block
is arranged for a normal crew of 50, and an additional
50 special personnel, housed in a total of 90 cabins.
Facilities available include a full suite of office and
conference rooms, a sauna, and a gymnasium.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................119.30m
Length, bp.................................................................102.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................27.00m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................11.60m
Gross .......................................................................12,741gt
Draught, design ............................................................8.80m
Displacement ....................................................17,985tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................9493tonnes
Deadweight, design ..................................................8492dwt
Speed,
service, 80% MCR ...........................................13.00knots
maximum..........................................................17.60knots
Range .......................................................9500nautical miles
Fuel consumption............................................130tonnes/day
Classification ....................................Det Norske Veritas +A1,
Ice C, E0, Tug Supply
Vessel, SF, HELDK, Dynpos, AUTRO,
CLEAN. Comfort Class rating 3,
register notations dk(+), hl (p), T-MON
Main engines/alternators
Engine make/type.............................Caterpillar 3616-V16
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 6000kW
Alternators/booster motors
Make/type ..........................................................Siemens/-
Output .......................................2 x 3000kW
Gearboxes
(fitted with PTI/PTO connection to alternators)
Make/type....................................Scana Volda ACG 1080
Number ............................................................................2
Output speed (to propellers) ...........................140rev/min
Propellers
Material ......................................copper-nickel-aluminium
Manufacturer .................................................Scana Volda
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................4400mm
Speed...............................................................140rev/min
Special adaptions.................................................Nozzled
Generating sets
Auxiliary sets (A)
Engine make/type...............................Caterpillar/3608
Number.......................................................................2
Alternator make ..............................................Siemens
Output ......................................................2 x 2760kVA
Auxiliary sets (B)
Engine make/type...............................Caterpillar/3606
Number.......................................................................2
Alternator make ..............................................Siemens
Output ......................................................2 x 2020kVA
Harbour set
Engine make/type...............................Caterpillar/3508
Number.......................................................................1
Alternator make ..............................................Siemens
Output ........................................................1 x 894kVA
Emergency set
Engine make/type...............................Caterpillar/3306
Number.......................................................................1
Alternator make ..............................................Siemens
Output ........................................................1 x 213kVA
Bow thrusters
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number .........................................2 x tunnel; 1 x azimuth
Output.........................................2 x 1425kW/1 x 1200kW
Stern thrusters
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number ..............................................................2 x tunnel
Output .............................................................2 x 1425kW
Offshore cranes
Make .....................................................................Hydralift
Number....................................1 x 250tonne; 1 x 30tonne
Marine cranes
Make.................................................2 x TTS/2 x Palfinger
Number.................2 x 15tonne/1 x 8.4tonne/1 x 6.3tonne
Mooring/anchoring equipment
Number/type ........................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
1 x guide winch; 2 x capstan
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Anchor handling and towing
Number/type.........1 x 500tonne towing/anchor handling;
4 x tugger winches
Make .......................................Rauma Brattvaag
Contract date ...............December 2000
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date .................................................December 2003
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BRITISH LIBERTY: Hyundai
Mipo product tanker for BP
Shipbuilder: .....H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd,
Korea
Vessel's name:...............................British Liberty
Hull number .................................................0 0222
Owner/operator: .......................B British Petroleum
Shipping Ltd, UK
Designer: ......................H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai
Maritime Research Institute
(HMRI), Korea
Flag: ...................................................IIsle of Man
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................5 5 300m3/h similar pumps which serve the slop tanks.
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................3 3
(plus 3 modified design)
I T is no more than a decade since Hyundai Mipo
Dockyard (HMD) diversified from its shiprepair/
conversion base and became involved with
newbuildings. In that time the company has
established a commendable reputation in the product
tanker market and currently, (late-2004), has a
remarkable order book encompassing more than 100
vessels of this type, mainly split between circa
46,000dwt and 35,000dwt/37,000dwt standard designs.
BP's 12-ship contract, placed in 2002, favoured vessels
of the larger size, and is of particular interest because
of the owner's decision to modify the last three
deliveries of the series by incorporating the
requirements of Class 1A ice strengthening, and fitting
a higher powered main engine - additional features
reflecting British Petroleum's anticipation of increased
Baltic trading in the wake of an extension of Russian
oil exports in the near future.
An earlier version of this standard design (Boraq) was
presented in Significant Ships of 2003, with the major
differences between that vessel and British Liberty being
the fitting by BP of a forecastle to the basic single-deck
configuration, and a requirement to have only 12 cargo
tanks in place of Boraq's 20. Notably, these are specified
for the carriage of IMO Type III chemicals instead of
the latter's suitability for Type II products. Two slop
tanks are also provided at the aft end of the cargo
space.
HMD has constructed the design with scantlings
consistent with the loading of cargoes of specific
gravity 1.025. The upper deck is cambered, and the
double-hull features top and bottom wing tanks joined
with side and bottom tanks. The ensuing space is
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divided at the centreline by a duct keel to form six pairs
of 'L-shaped' tanks designated for water ballast
purposes.
The cargo space subdivision into 12 tanks is made by
means of a series of transverse bulkheads, and a
centreline structure, all of corrugated construction built
up on stools, and, with all other stiffening outside of
the tanks, internal surfaces are plain and protected with
an International epoxy coating compatible with the
cargoes carried and providing for easy maintenance.
Pipes and fittings are fabricated from high quality
SUS316L stainless steel, with AISI grade 316L material
used in the manufacture of the 12 x 600m3/h Framo
hydraulically driven submerged cargo pumps, and 2 x
The superstructure aft stands six tiers high, including
wheelhouse, and accommodates a complement of 28,
plus six Suez/repair crew who occupy a dormitory in
the lower level. The machinery casing is separated from
the accommodation block to reduce noise and
vibration, but the two are linked by a gangway leading to
the free-fall lifeboat launching over the stern. Access to
the forecastle from aft is by means of a longitudinal
gangway.
The main engine is a six-cylinder unit from the MAN
B&W S50MC-C range, built by Hyundai Heavy
Industries and developing 9480kW at 127rev/min. This
produces a service speed of 15.20knots when operating
at 90% MCR. As noted above, the last three vessels of
this BP series will be fitted with a 7-cylinder version of
this engine rated at 11,060kW. Electrical power is
supplied by three 740kW Hyundai diesel-alternator sets
(driven by Hyundai's new HiMSEN21/32 engines), and
steam is generated in a 20,000kg/h oil-fired boiler and a
900kg/h exhaust-gas economiser.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................183.22m
Length, bp.................................................................174.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded, to upper deck .................................18.80m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.00m
bottom ......................................................................2.15m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.00m
scantling ...................................12.20m
Gross.........................................................................29,335gt
Displacement ....................................................56,242tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................9439tonnes
Deadweight
design ...............................................................40,580dwt
scantling............................................................46,800dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.801
Speed, service at 90% MCR.................................15.20knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................53,880m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1370m3
diesel oil...................................................................180m3
Water ballast.............................................................24,340m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................36.50tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................2.40tonnes/day
Classification .............................Lloyd's Register of Shipping
+100A1, Double Hull
Oil and Chemical Tanker,
Ship Type 3 in Association
with a List of Defined Cargoes, ESP.
Descriptive note: ShipRight (SCM), ETA
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction..........................................approx 28%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................6S50MC-C
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output ................................................9480kW/127rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ..............................HMRI/Hyundai
Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5800mm
Speed...............................................................127rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ....................Hyundai Heavy Industries
HiMSEN/H21/32
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output ............................................3 x 780kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type...............Hyundai Heavy Industries/
HFC6-506-10D
Output ............................................3 x 740kW/720rev/min
Exhaust gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer...............................................................Smit
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type.......................................................................Oil fired
Make ...................................................................KangRim
Output ....................................20,000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make ......................................................Hochang-Pusnes
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type .....................1 x 34-person free-fall lifeboat
Make ....................................................................Fassmer
Cargo tanks
Number ................................12 cargo tanks; 2 slop tanks
Grades of cargo .........IMO III; pollution category B, C, D
Coated tanks ..............................International pure epoxy
Stainless steel ......................pipes and fittings SUS 317L
Cargo pumps
Number .............................................12 plus 2 slop tanks
Type ............................Frank Mohn hydraulic submerged
Stainless steel ....................................................AISI 316L
Capacity ..................................12 x 600m3/h; 2 x 300m3/h
Cargo/ballast control systems
Make.........................................................................Praxis
Type .........................................electric signal and control
Complement
Officers...........................................................................16
Crew...............................................................................12
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bridge control system
Make.........................................................................Praxis
Type...............................................................Mega-Guard
One-man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make ..................................................................Consilium
Type...............................................Analogue addressable
Fire extinguishing system
Engineroom..............................................................CO2
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Models ....................................................1 x FAR-2835SW
S-band: 1 x FAR-2825W X-band
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Waste disposal system
Incinerator
Make ..........................................................G & C Tech
Model ...............................................................GC-501
Waste compactor
Make ........................................................Edco Marine
Model......................................................................523
Sewage plant
Make ............................................................JET Korea
Model .......................................................DVZ-SKA-20
Contract date .............................................6 December 2002
Launch/float-out date ..............................16 September 2004
Delivery date .................................................November 2004
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CAP DOUKATO: first product of
Warnemnde/Wismar merger
Shipbuilder: ......A Aker Ostsee (Aker Yards ASA),
Germany
Vessel's name: ..............................Cap Doukato
(launched as Frisia Kiel)
Hull number: .................................................1 100
Owner/operator:................H Hartmann Schiffahrts
GmbH & Co KG,
Germany/Hamburg-Sd, Germany
Designer ......................A Aker Ostsee, Germany
Model test establishment used: ........................--
Liberia
Flag:.........................................................L
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ...............................1 11 plus
(for various owners)
N
EGOTIATIONS begun some two years ago have
resulted in two major Scandinavian industrial
groups, Aker RGI and Kvaerner ASA, effecting a
merger which has brought their respective shipbuilding
interests together under the name Aker Yards AS.
Based in Oslo, the new company is now regarded as the
largest shipbuilding group in Europe, and the fifth
worldwide, with sites in Norway, Finland, Germany,
Romania, and Brazil, as well as interests in North
America. Following that merger, it became evident that
combining the activities of two neighbouring German
group-companies, Aker MTW Werft (in Wismar) and
Kvaerner Warnow Werft (in Rostock-Warnemnde),
would be advantageous, bringing two of the most
modern yards in Europe, together with an integrated
production programme and a common design
philosophy. Consequently, they are today operating
under the trade-mark name of Aker Ostsee.
Cap Doukato is the first product of that merger and
the lead ship of a new series of container ships
identified as the Baltic CS 2500 - a geared version, and
the gearless Baltic CS 2700, with orders booked for the
two types already totalling around 30. The new series
has evolved from two established products of the
partners: Warnemnde's Warnow CV 2500 and the
MTW 2500, a similar design developed at Wismar from
the Bremer Vulkan BV 2500 series. A feature of the
amalgamation has been the division of construction
work between the two yards, and currently the
technique adopted is to build the aft end of a vessel (up
to midships) in the building dock at Wismar, and the
fore end (and superstructures) at nearby Warnemnde.
These are then transported to Wismar to be joined to
the near-completed aft end.
The Baltic CS 2500 is essentially a combination of the
hull form of the MTW 2500 with the superstructure of
the CV 2500, with the addition of a completely new
engineroom layout developed to suit the changes in
machinery requirements since the original designs were
introduced. Particularly this involves the fitting of the
30
larger MAN B&W 7L70MC-C main engine of
21,770kW output at 108rev/min, and the provision of a
separate compartment housing four diesel-driven
alternator sets with a combined output of 4895kW, but
designed to accept machines of up to circa 7000kW
output to suit the needs of a higher reefer-container
intake. Steam requirements are met from an Aalborg
oil-fired/exhaust-gas composite boiler.
Cap Doukato is a single-deck vessel with an extended
forecastle, through which access to the fore part of No
1 hold is made, and a poop supporting a slim seven-tier
deckhouse. The hull is of double-skin format, divided
into five cargo holds closed by 10 MacGregor 'lift-away'
pontoon hatch covers of a partial box-girder
construction, a system which offers advantages of
construction, maintenance, operation, and use of steel
materials. Ventilation apertures are arranged in the sides
of the covers which have stack loadings of
55/75tonnes (TEU/FEU) at hatches 1 and 2, with
70/100tonnes applying on the remainder. The upper
deck above the engineroom can sustain 60/90tonnes
(TEU/FEU).
Holds 1 and 2 are equipped for the carriage of
dangerous cargoes, and connections are provided for
300 reefer containers on deck and 100 in the holds. Cell
guides in the holds are suitable for 40ft containers, and
45ft units can be loaded on the covers above one tier of
TEU/FEU. Handling of cargo on the CS-2500 version
of this Baltic design is by means of three MacGregor
GL2, centreline-mounted, electric-hydraulic deck cranes
of 45tonne/25m rating. The CS-2700 variant is gearless
and with the addition of a 14m hull section, TEU
capacity is increased to 2732, against 2478 for its
consort.
A feature of these Aker Ostsee designs is their
adoption of the ISPS safety code and the inclusion in
the specification of measures to restrict access to
defined sensitive areas of the ship. Security lighting
around the ships and the provision of alarms has also
been considered. Germanischer Lloyd environmental
and ballast-water management requirements are also
complied with.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................207.40m
Length, bp.................................................................195.40m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................29.80m
Depth, moulded, to upper deck .................................16.40m
Draught
design ....................................................................10.10m
scantling ................................................................11.40m
Gross.........................................................................25,406gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................27,340dwt
scantling............................................................33,847dwt
Speed, service, at 90% MCR, 15% sea margin ...22.30knots
Bunkers
heavy fuel...............................................................2540m3
diesel oil...................................................................175m3
Water ballast................................................................9300m3
Classification .........................Germanischer Lloyd + 100 A5,
E, IW, NAV-O, BWM-S, BWM-F, SOLAS II-2,
Reg: 19, Container Ship with
'Environmental Passport', + MC E, AUT
Heel control system .....................................................Hoppe
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model................................................................7L70MC-C
Manufacturer.....................................................................-
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output .............................................21,770kW/108rev/min
Propeller
Type.....................................................................5-bladed
Manufacturer ..........................Mecklenburger Metallguss
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..................................................................................-
Speed..............................................................108 rev/min
Special adaptations .....................Schneekluth-type wake
equalising ducts
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type............3 x MAN B&W Holeby 7L21/31
1 x MAN B&W Holeby 5L21/31
Type of fuel used ............................................................MDO
Alternator make/type............................MAN B&W Holeby
Output (total)......................................4895kW/900rev/min
Boiler
Number/type ....................................................................1
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output .......................................exhaust gas: 2.3tonnes/h
oil fired: 1.8tonnes/h
Cargo cranes
Number/type...........................................3 x 45tonne/25m
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Make ............................................MacGregor (Hagglnd)
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch windlass
5 x mooring winch
Make .........................................................................Hatlapa
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Type.....................................................Lift-away pontoons
Containers
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
Cell guides ............................................................in holds
Total TEU capacity.....................................................2478
on deck ................................................................1486
in holds ...................................................................992
homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................1900
Reefer plugs ................................................................400
Tiers/rows (maximum)
on deck .................................................................6/12
in holds ..................................................................6/10
Complement (total)..............................................................23
Bow thruster
Number ............................................................................1
Manufacturer.........................................................Brunvoll
Output ...................................................................1100kW
Bridge control system ......................................................STN
Fire extinguishing systems ............................................Unitor
Contract date .........................................................June 2003
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date .................................................12 August 2004
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CARIBBEAN PRINCESS: a larger 'Grand
Class' cruise liner
Shipbuilder: .F Fincantieri CNI (Monfalcone Yard),
Italy
Vessel's name:.....................Caribbean Princess
Hull number: ................................................6 6067
Owner/operator: ......P Princess Cruise Lines, USA
Designer:.............................F Fincantieri CNI, Italy
Model test establishments used:..............V Vienna
Model Basin, Austria/ MARIN,
The Netherlands
Bermuda
Flag: ......................................................B
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................3
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................3
O RDERED by P&O Princess Cruises, one of the
leading companies in the eleven-strong Carnival
Corporation cruising empire, Caribbean Princess is a
development of her owner's 'Grand Class' series
introduced in 1998 with Grand Princess (Significant Ships
of 1998 ), a vessel hailed on completion as the world's
largest cruise liner. The series continued with sisters
Golden and Star Princess, and although physically of
similar dimensions to those lead ships, this latest
addition to the class ranks as a larger vessel, since
design revisions and innovative production
technologies have enabled an additional passenger deck
to be added with a gain of 255 cabins and an increase
in passenger complement of about 20%, to a total of
3598.
A consequent increase in gross tonnage to 112,894gt
not only gives Caribbean Princess a prestigious move up
the ladder of the largest cruise liners in service, but
marks it as the largest cruise liner yet built by
Fincantieri. Another significant change from Grand
Princess is the use of 1100tonnes of light alloy in the
construction of the upper two tiers of the 17-deck high
hull: the consequent saving in weight not only effecting
a proportionate reduction in draught which is
advantageous on many of the vessel's cruising
itineraries, but also improving stability and comfort by
lowering the centre of gravity.
These modifications have brought about only minor
changes to the outboard profile of the new 'Grand
Class' vessels. Once again, the discotheque is
spectactularly suspended at a height of 40m above the
sea at the stern. Within the vessel, the usual array of
theatres, swimming pools and boutiques are provided,
along with a fitness centre, library and casino, all
fashioned in line with trade-mark Carnival/Princess
standards.
The machinery installation also shows some changes
from that fitted to the earlier 'Grand Class' vessels, with
the diesel-electric propulsion and hotel system powered,
as before, by six Wrtsil Sulzer diesel engines, but now
sized as follows: 4 x 16ZAV40S units arranged in one
machinery room, and 2 x 12ZAV40S type in a second
compartment. These each develop 11,520kW and
8640kW respectively and are connected to four Siemens
S51400M58-14SE+WK, and two S5E1400M50-
14SE+WK, alternators by flexible couplings.
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The larger units produce 14,000kW and the smaller
10,500kW, with part of the supply fed to two 19,000kW
propulsion motors from the same supplier, positioned
in a compartment arranged between the two
enginerooms. The shaft lines from these pass through
the aft engineroom to drive twin FP propellers for a
service speed of 22.48knots at 86% MCR. The
shipbuilder's military division supplied six thrusters:
three at the bow of 2200kW each, and three aft of
1750kW.
3 Lifesaving equipment
3 TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa.....................................................approx 290.00m
Length, bp.................................................................242.24m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................36.00m
Depth, moulded
to deck 7................................................................20.55m
to upper deck ........................................................44.05m
to bulkhead deck...................................................11.40m
Draught
design .....................................................................8.05m
scantling ..................................................................8.45m
Gross.......................................................................112,894gt
Deadweight
design ..................................................................6865dwt
scantling............................................................10,049dwt
Block coefficient ..................................................approx 0.70
Speed service (86% MCR)....................................22.48knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................3577m3
diesel oil...................................................................268m3
Water ballast................................................................2338m3
grey water ..............................................................1531m3
Fuel consumption............................................221tonnes/day
Classification .............................Registro Italiano Navale and
Lloyd's Register
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................40%
Percentage of aluminium
used in superstructure ....................................................6%
Heel control equipment ...................axial flow pumps in ship
automation system
Roll stabilisation equipment
type ........................................................fins without flaps
make .......................................Fincantieri Military Division
Diesel-electric system
Main engines
Design ..................................................Wrtsil Sulzer
Number.......................................................................6
Models........................................4 x Sulzer 16ZAV40S
2 x Sulzer 12ZAV40S
Manufacturer...................................Wrtsil Italia SpA
Output of each engine.......4 x 11,520kW/2 x 8640kW
Alternators
Design/manufacturer......................................Siemens
Number.......................................................................6
Type...................................4 x S51400M58-14SE+WK
2 x S5E1400M50-14SE+WK
Output ..........4 x 14,000kW/2 x 10,500kW/514rev/min
Propulsion motors
Design/manufacturer......................................Siemens
Model ..........................................................................-
Number.......................................................................2
Output..................................2 x 19,000kW/143rev.min
Propellers
Material ....................................................................Cunial
Designer/manufacturer...........Lips
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch .................................................................................6
Diameter ..............................................................5600mm
Speed...............................................................150rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type..................................................................Water tube
Make ..............................................................................Tei
Ouput ...............................................................15tonnes/h
Number/type............................18 x 150-person lifeboats;
6 x 110/150-person tender/lifeboats;
2 x rescue boats; 36 x 35-person liferafts; 36 x liferafts
Make ............................................Fassmer/Norsafe/Viking
Complement
Officers.........................................................................454
Crew.............................................................................751
Spare................................................................................3
Single/other rooms..................................................12/620
Passengers
Total ...........................................3598
Number of cabins ......................................................1555
Percentage outboard..................................................70%
Bow thrusters
Make .......................................Fincantieri Military Division
Number ............................................................................3
Output .............................................................3 x 2200kW
Stern thrusters
Make .......................................Fincantieri Military Division
Number ............................................................................3
Output .............................................................3 x 1720kW
Bridge control system
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Type .......................................................Atlas Nacos 65-4
One man operation ...............................Only to qualify for
NAV (LR) notation
Fire detection system
Make ..................................................................Consilium
Type.......................................................................NS/AC1
Fire extinguishing system
Supplier...................................................................Marioff
Type ....................................................................watermist
Radars
Number ............................................................................5
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Models ............................................................Series 1029
Integrated bridge system
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Model .........................................................................9330
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make...............................................Deerberg Systems
Model...............................................................1600kW
Waste compactor
Make...............................................Deerberg Systems
Model.......................................................EK 1100-600
Waste shredder/crusher
Make...............................................Deerberg Systems
Model.....................................Mercedor glass crusher
Sewage plant
Make...............................................Deerberg Systems
Model ................................................ST70X and ST40
Contract date......................................................27 July 1999
Launch/float-out date...............................................July 2003
Delivery date...................................................20 March 2004
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CHIN SHAN: new-generation 'Dunkirk-
Max' bulker
Shipbuilder:......C China Shipbuilding Corporation,
(CSBC), Taiwan
Vessel's name: ....................................Chin Shan
Hull number: ..................................................8 821
Owner/operator: ...............B Brighton Shipping Inc
Designer: .........C China Shipbuilding Corporation,
(CSBC), Taiwan
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P
Total number of sister ships
already in service: ...........................................1
Total number of sister ships
still on order: ....................................................1
A of 14.80knots, allowing a 15% sea margin. The engine
NEW 'max' design was presented in 'Significant
Ships of 2001', named 'Dunkirk-Max' by builder
CSBC; it was marketed as the largest ship, in terms of
deadweight and cubic capacity, to meet the specific
limitations of the de Gaulle Lock in the port of
Dunkirk, France. The prototype vessel described in
that review (China Steel Excellence) was a single-hull bulk
carrier of 175,800tonnes maximum deadweight/
195,500m3 capacity; now, CSBC has modified the
design to introduce a double-hull derivative complying
with IMO requirements. The extra structure involved
offers only minimal reductions to those original
characteristics, which, it is claimed, are still superior to
those of similar available designs.
CSBC has adopted a simplistic approach to
incorporating a 'double-hull' into its existing design, by
introducing an inner-skin between the top and bottom
wing tanks and utilising the enclosed spaces as voids,
strengthened by horizontal stringers which,
nevertheless, retain access for maintenance purposes. A
central duct keel divides the double bottom into P&S
spaces, joined with their adjacent bottom wing tank to
form common tanks and supplementing the top wing
tanks and peaks as the vessel's main ballast
compartments. Additionally, No 6 hold serves as a
deeptank for use on heavy weather ballast voyages,
whilst Nos 2, 4, and 8 holds may be partially filled to
reduce air draught at Dunkirk East port. The ballast
system has been designed to comply with
environmental restrictions on the exchange of water
ballast at sea.
All nine holds are fitted with hydraulically operated,
rack-and-pinion driven, side-rolling hatch covers with
the dimensions of all but the first and last - measuring
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16.38m long x 21.60m wide - demonstrating the
provision made for easy cargo handling. In common
with most bulk carrier designs, this CSBC 'Dunkirk-
Max' product is arranged for loading ore in alternate
holds: Nos 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 compartments being reinforced
to carry this cargo with the remaining spaces empty.
Around 50% of steel used in the construction is high
tensile, and 3D fine-mesh FEM models were used to
carry out a fatigue strength assessment based on a 25-
year life.
1 Alternator make/type...................Hyundai/HFC6 506-14K
Chin Shan is fitted with a MAN B&W 6S70MC main
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engine manufactured by Hitachi Zosen, and developing
15,000kW MCR when running at 81rev/min, and
12,750kW at 76.7rev/min NCR, to give a service speed
power has been derated to give a lower fuel oil
consumption. Marpol NOx emission control
requirements for both the main engine and incinerator
have been complied with. Electrical power is derived
from three MAN B&W/Hyundai 720kW alternators,
and steam requirements are served from a watertube
2500kg/h boiler.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................289.00m
Length, bp.................................................................281.50m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................45.00m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................24.10m
Gross .......................................................................91,166gt
Deadweight
design .............................................................159,887dwt
scantling..........................................................175,569dwt
Draught
design ....................................................................16.50m
scantling ................................................................17.78m
Speed, service at 85% MCR, 15% sea margin ....14.80knots
Cargo capacity
Grain .................................................................188,761m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................4245m3
diesel oil...................................................................143m3
Water ballast (incl No 6 hold) ..................................78,435m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................50.90tonnes/day
Classification........American Bureau of Shipping +A1 E Bulk
Carrier, Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes,
Nos 2, 4, 6 and 8 Holds may be Empty,
ESP, SH, SHCM, HCS, +AMS, +ACCU, UWILD
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .................................approx 50%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...................................................................6S70MC
Manufacturer ...............................................Hitachi-Zosen
Number ............................................................................1
Output ......................................15,000kW/81rev/min MCR
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Manufacturer....................................................Nakashima
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8350mm
Speed.................................................................81rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W/6L23/30H
Output ...............................................................3 x 720kW
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Design..................................................Vertical water tube
Make/type...........................................KangRim/MA04P01
Output .................................................................2500kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Hatch covers
Make ...........................................................................Tsuji
Type.....................Side-rolling, hydraulic, rack and pinion
Complement
Officers...........................................................................13
Crew...............................................................................15
Single rooms ..................................................................28
Bridge control system
Make .......................................................................Nabco
Type .....................................................................M-800-III
Fire detection system
Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
Type.............................................................FAC511B-20L
Fire extinguishing system
Engineroom .......................................................Fixed CO2
Make .............................................................................NK
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make............................................................................JRC
Models ...................................................1 x JMA-9833-SA
1 x JMA-9823-7XA
Satellite navigation system
Make............................................................................JRC
Model.........................................................JLR-7700 Mk II
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ................................................................Volcano
Model ...............................................................Virm-50
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model...................................................................SP3A
Contract date .......................................................March 2003
Launch/float-out date ...................................September 2004
Delivery date .................................................November 2004
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CLIPPER HARVEST: Handy-sized bulker
with double-/single-hull mix
Shipbuilder: ............T The Hakodate Dock Co Ltd,
Japan
Vessel's name:............................Clipper Harvest
795
Hull number: ..................................................7
Owner/operator:......................C Colas Harvest Ltd
/Clipper Group, Bahamas
Designer: ................T The Hakodate Dock Co Ltd,
Japan
Bahamas
Flag: .....................................................B
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................2 20
Total number of sister
1
ships still on order: ..........................................1
W ITH a history dating back to the closing years of
the 19th century, Hakodate Dock can claim an
existence longer than many of its giant competitors,
and is proud of its position as the only shipbuilding
and heavy industrial manufacturer on the northern
Japanese island of Hokkaido. Over recent times, its not
inconsiderable shipbuilding output has been mainly
directed towards building a range of bulk carriers
designed to carry around 32,000dwt, fitting neatly into
the niche between the so-called Handy- and
Handymax-sized vessels: a class which Hakodate
describe as 'intermediate'.
A particular feature of this output has been the
suitability of many of these vessels for operating in the
log trade, for which purpose an outfit of tall uprights is
arranged along the hull side to accommodate deck
loading, plus the necessary lashings and fastenings
provided for securing this vulnerable cargo. Ships for
this trade are usually equipped with cargo handling gear,
and for Clipper Harvest this consists of four 30tonne swl
slim-line electric-hydraulic cranes, fitted between
hatches 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 4/5 at the centreline. All are
on tall pedestals to suit high deck cargoes.
What is unusual about this Hakodate design is a mix
of single- and double-skin construction within its single
deck layout. Five cargo holds are provided, with Nos 1
and 5 built in accordance with traditional bulk carrier
format with single-skin, and top and bottom, wing
tanks. Nos 2, 3, and 4 holds, however, have double-skins
without bottom wing tanks, but retaining the topside
wings. Cargo handling is facilitated by hatches 2, 3, 4,
and 5 offering clear openings of 20.0m long x 19.60m
wide, and No 1 reduced in dimension because of the
hull's shape forward, and by the extent of the forecastle.
All the hatches are closed by MacGregor-Kayaba
folding-pair type covers. Clipper Harvest operates at a
shallower load draught than most vessels of similar load
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capacity, and gains some advantage over them with
regard to the choice it gives of loading/discharging
ports. It is also claimed that the Hakodate design can
maintain a sufficiently stable condition whilst loading a
full cargo of logs, without requiring water ballast. An
inclusion in the ship specification is a water ingress
alarm system covering the cargo holds, fore peak tank
and bosun's storeroom.
Although not as popular a design-choice for slow-
speed main engines as the Sulzer or MAN B&W
marques, the Mitsubishi UE range continues to provide
a significant alternative to the market leaders on account
of its high performance and reliablity. For Clipper
Harvest, the selection fell on a 6UEC52LA unit
manufactured by a well-established Mitsubishi licensee,
Akasaka Diesels Ltd. This engine delivers a MCR of
6620kW at 130rev/min and is directly coupled to a FP
propeller. Electrical requirements are served from three
Yanmar/Taiyo 400kW diesel-driven alternator sets, and
an auxiliary composite boiler produces
1000kg/h/800kg/h respectively from the oil and
exhaust-gas sides.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................176.85m
Length, bp.................................................................168.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................29.40m
Depth, moulded, to upper deck .................................13.50m
Width of double skin
side (Nos 2/3/4 hatches) .........................................1.95m
bottom (Nos 1/5 hatches)........................................1.59m
Draught
design ......................................................................9.54m
scantling ..................................................................9.55m
Gross .......................................................................19,730gt
Deadweight
design, .............................................................32,067dwt
scantling............................................................32,083dwt
Speed, service, 85% MCR; 15% sea margin .......14.00knots
Cargo capacity
bale ....................................................................40,656m3
grain ....................................................................42,209m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1417m3
diesel oil..............................................................102.70m3
Water ballast.............................................................11,338m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................23.70tonnes/day
auxiliaries ................................1.20tonnes/day
Classification.............American Bureau of Shipping +A1 (E),
Bulk Carrier, SHR, ESP, +AMS
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................38%
Main engine
Design ...................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Model ...............................................................6UEC52LA
Manufacturer ....................................Akasaka Diesels Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ................................................6620kW/130rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................KAIBC3 (nickel-aluminium-bronze)
Designer/manufacturer ........Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5000mm
Speed...............................................................130rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type..............................Yanmar/6N18AL-HV
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed.................................3 x 455kW/900rev/min
Alternator make ............................................Taiyo Electric
Output/speed.................................3 x 400kW/900rev/min
Auxiliary boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Type.....................................................Vertical, composite
Make..............................................................Osaka Boiler
Outputoil burning:
1000kg/h; exhaust gas 800kg/h
Cargo cranes
Number ............................................................................4
Make ..................................................................Mitsubishi
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Performance ................................4 x 30tonne/24m radius
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make ..................................................................Mitsubishi
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Hatch covers
Design/manufacturer .........................MacGregor-Kayaba
Type ..............................................................Folding pairs
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................12
Fire detection system
Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
Type.............................................................FAC511B-15L
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
Make ...............................................Nippon Dry Chemical
Radars
Number........................................2
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Models................................JMA-9832SA, JMA-9822-6XA
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ........................................................Sunflame Co
Model........................................................OSV-360SAI
Contract date.......................................................4 April 2002
Launch/float-out date...................................22 October 2003
Delivery date ..................................................9 January 2004
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CMA CGM HUGO: expanding the
8000-plus TEU container carrier class
Shipbuilder:................H Hyundai Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: .........................CMA CGM Hugo
1532
Hull number: ................................................1
Owner/operator:..........................C Conti Reederei,
Germany/CMA CGM SA,
France
Designer:....................H Hyundai Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai
Maritime Research Institute,
Korea
Marshall Islands
Flag: ..........................................M
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
4
ships still on order: ..........................................4
S IGNIFICANT Ships continues to mark the
stretching of capacity limits of large container
carriers by including in this 2004 review, Hyundai's new
class of 8200TEU liners. A capability to load to around
this total has become a popular choice for owners and
operators, and as 2004 began, some 80 ships of this
size were on order worldwide (Hyundai's order book
now also includes some 8600TEU vessels), with even
larger 9200/9600TEU examples under construction
here and at other Korean yards.
Hyundai container ship designs are noted for their
adoption of a wide beam, which ensures better stability
when working cargo, and for a hull form aimed at
producing superior propulsion efficiency at the varying
draughts which result from loading schemes. It is also a
philosophy in agreement with the consideration that
vessels of these larger sizes, when built to conventional
dimensions, are reaching a length-limit beyond which
hull stiffness would be reduced.
Arguably, the main difference between the designs on
offer from the shipbuilders participating in this market
lies in the disposition of cargo holds, with CMA CGM
Hugo presenting a nine-hold layout, with seven
compartments, dimensioned to suit 30 x 20ft bays,
arranged forward of the machinery space, and two in
the more restricted space aft, suitable for eight x 20ft
bays. Above the machinery is a slender, nine-tier
superstructure housing a normal complement of 33
persons, plus a 6-man Suez crew.
CMA CGM Hugo is double-hulled with the side and
bottom tanks assigned for carrying fuel and water
ballast, and two of the latter also used as heeling tanks,
working with a 1000m3/h pump. The arrangement is
also based on a 'girderless' construction system which, it
is claimed, allows a maximum container stowage
arrangement in the holds: in this case 15 rows, each nine
tiers high. Deck/hatch cover stowage is seven tiers high
x 17 rows, producing a total of 3835 units below decks
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and 4403 above, with electrical sockets arranged for 700
refrigerated containers. Holds 1 to 4, and numbers 8
and 9 are fitted with mechanical ventilation providing
two air changes/hour, making them suitable for the
carriage of dangerous cargoes of SOLAS classes 1.4
to 9.
MacGregor hatch covers are of the pontoon type
with partial box construction. Each is made up of three
panels with a maximum weight restricted to 41tonnes to
suit handling by dockside cranes. The vessel is designed
to accept 20ft, 40ft, and 45ft containers, with 48ft size
loaded on hatch covers 8F and 9F. The holds are
equipped with cell guides suitable for 40ft units but
which can accommodate seven tiers of TEU.
Athwartship lashing bridges are provided for the larger-
sized boxes, and are arranged with the necessary fittings
to allow containers stowed on hatch covers and upper
deck stools to be conveniently lashed and secured up to
four, five, six, or seven tiers high.
A Hyundai-MAN B&W 12K98MC Mk 6 main engine
is fitted, developing 68,640kW MCR at 94rev/min. At
90% of this rating, service speed is 25.60knots.
Electrical requirements are served by five Hyundai-built
diesel-alternator sets. Two of these produce 2800kW,
and the other three 2200kW each, the high output partly
reflecting the large number (700 on this ship) of reefer
boxes carried today. A bow thruster of 2500kW,
supplied by a Rolls-Royce affiliate, is fitted, and
interesting features are the development of an
optimum-section rudder profile and the raked-tip
design of the propeller, aimed at reducing cavitation.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................334.00m
Length, bp.................................................................319.00m
Depth, moulded, to main deck ...................................24.60m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.23m
bottom ......................................................................2.00m
Draught
design ....................................................................13.00m
scantling ................................................................14.50m
Gross .......................................................................90,745gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................83,820dwt
scantling..........................................................101,660dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................25.60knots
Bunkers
heavy oil..............................................................12,500m3
diesel oil...................................................................700m3
Water ballast.............................................................24,700m3
Fuel consumption, main engine only...........248.8tonnes/day
Classification ..................Germanischer Lloyd, +100, A5, IW,
Containership, SOLAS II-2, Reg 19, +MC, AUT
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction................................approx 58%
Heel control equipment .............1000m3/h anti-heeling pump
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ........................................................12K98MC Mk 6
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output, MCR .....................................68,640kW/94rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer.........................................Hyundai
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................9100mm
Speed ..............................94rev/min (MCR); 90.80rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................5
Engine make/type..........2 x Hyundai-MAN B&W/9L27/38
3 x Hyundai-MAN B&W/7L27/38
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Alternator make/type .............2 x Hyundai/HSJ7-807-10P
3 x Hyundai/HSJ7-803-10P
Output/speed...............................2 x 2800kW/720rev/min
3 x 2200kW/720rev/min
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
10 x mooring winch
Make ..........................................................................Brhl
Type .......................................................................Electric
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Manufacturer ........................................................Hyundai
Type .........................................................Lift-off pontoons
Containers
Cell guides............................................................In holds
Total TEU capacity.....................................................8238
on deck ................................................................4403
in holds ......................................................3835
Reefer plugs ................................................................700
Tiers/rows (maximum)
on deck .................................................................17/7
in holds ..................................................................15/9
Hold refrigeration...............................................air cooled
Ballast control system
Make.........................................................Pleiger Far East
Type ..................................Electro-hydraulic, CRT display
Complement
Officers...........................................................................16
Crew...............................................................................17
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................2500kW
Bridge control system
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Type ............................................................GEAMOT 40M
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make .........................................................Saracom-Thorn
Type ...................................................T-2000 addressable
Fire extinguishing system
Tankdeck/engineroom.........................High-pressure CO2
Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
Types.............................................2x X-band; 1 x S-band
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Models....................2 x Atlas 1016; 1 x 1006 (bow radar)
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ..............................................................KangRim
Model........................................................KG1-10DSA
Sewage plant
Make ..................................................Hamworthy KSE
Model ...................................................................ST4A
Contract date .............................................2 December 2002
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date ......................................................29 July 2004
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COLOR FANTASY: 'cruise ship with car
decks'
Aker Finnyards -
Shipbuilder: ...............................A
formerly Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Turku yard),
Finland
Vessel's name:...............................Color Fantasy
1351
Hull number: ................................................1
Owner/operator: ..............C Color Line AS, Norway
Kvaerner Masa-Yards Inc, Finland/
Designer: .....K
Color Line AS, Norway
Model test establishment used: ..............M MARIN,
The Netherlands
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ...............................1 1 option
C
OLOR FANTASY represents a bold development
in her owner's tourist strategy aimed at attracting
more German visitors to Norway, particularly brought
in through a revitalised Oslo. Whilst a conventional
ferry could, no doubt, have been successfully
introduced on to the Kiel/Oslo route, Color Line
decided that what was needed to emphasise its
operation above others, was a new vessel which offered
passengers similar onboard attractions to those
available on a cruise ship, and for these to be presented
as an integral part of the holiday experience.
However, Color Fantasy still has a conventional ferry
role to play, and her design exhibits a substantial
investment in freight transportation with 1030lane
metres available for commercial traffic on the main
deck, plus 240lane metres in the cellar hold. A hoistable
deck offers extra space, (2500lane metres for cars), and
above is another fixed level (deck 5) for cars only, the
total capacity for which is quoted at 750. This latter
space is partly convertible into an exhibition area.
In a relatively unusual arrangement, the vehicle decks
do not extend over the ship's full breadth, and modular
crew cabins, plus some service rooms, are arranged in
the space each side. Access to the cargo area is through
an external bow door, and bow and stern ramp/doors
on to deck 3, with an internal ramp and a side-shell
entry serving the garage space on deck 5. MacGregor
has supplied the access package, hoistable deck (deck 4
- between decks 3 and 5), and a lifting platform for
transporting semi-trailers to the cellar hold. This
company has also provided eight passenger lifts, seven
passenger/service, and four service lifts, together with
the complete refrigeration system.
Particular attention has been paid to the requirements
of the DNV Comfort 1 Class notation in the design of
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the accommodation, the focal point of which is the
120m long central internal promenade, which extends
through three decks and is flanked by many of Color
Fantasy's tourist attractions, including shops and
boutiques, and also at the higher levels, by the windows
of otherwise inside cabins.
Elsewhere in the vessel are restaurants to suit all
preferences, including the Oceanic, situated right aft
and subjected to special investigations for noise and
vibration problems. Of special appeal is a water park
(Aqualand) in the form of a figure-of-eight running
river, spa centre, casino, cinema, show lounge, discos
and conference areas. A golf driving range and putting
green are also included and, at the top of the ship, there
is an observation lounge with all-round vision.
Color Fantasy's hull was developed using the shipyard's
fluid dynamics software, and finalised after
comprehensive model testing. It features the
'underflow' form, including semi-tunnel stern (the so-
called wave-damping aft body) which was introduced
some years ago. Propulsion power is derived from a
straight diesel-mechanical system using two pairs of
Wrtsil 8L46-B main engines, each developing
7800kW at 500rev/min MCR, and running at 90% of
that output for a contractual service speed of 23knots.
Two twin-input/single-output Renk reduction
gearboxes are included in the drive to the Kamewa
Ulstein CP propellers, and each is also coupled to a
4800kW ABB alternator. Additional electrical supply
comes from four Wrtsil/ABB 1950kW diesel-driven
alternators. To assist manoeuvring in Kiel and Oslo
harbours, Kamewa Ulstein has supplied three 2200kW
bow thrusters and two 1000kW stern units, part of an
extensive Rolls-Royce involvement with the ship.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................223.70m
Length, bp.................................................................202.70m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................35.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ....................................................9.50/9.70m
to upper deck ........................................................21.90m
Draught
design ......................................................................6.80m
scantling ..................................................................7.00m
Gross .......................................................................75,000gt
Deadweight, design ..................................................5600dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................22.30knots
Classification .............Det Norske Veritas +1A1, Car Ferry A,
ICE-1B (1A except for propeller blades 1B), RP, EO,
MCDK, pwdk, NAUT-OC, F-M, COMF-V(1)
Pass & crew, CLEAN, TMON
Heel control equipment.....................2 pairs of heeling tanks
Roll stabilisation equipment ...........................Brown Brothers
(Rolls-Royce) fin stabilisers
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model.......................................................................8L46B
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................4
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ..........................................4 x 7800kW/500rev/min
Gearboxes
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Number ............................................................................2
Model............................................................NDSQL-3800
Propellers
Material ...................................................................Bronze
Designer/manufacturer.....Kamewa Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Main-engine driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make ...........................................................................ABB
Output/speed...............................2 x 4800kW/500rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type .....................................Wrtsil/6L26B
Output/speed....................................................................-
Alternator make/type ................................................ABB/-
Output/speed.............................4 x 1950kW/1000rev/min
Mooring equipment
Number of units ...............................................................6
Make..................................Rolls-Royce Rauma Brattvaag
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type .....6 x lifeboats; 2 x rescue boats, 6 x MES
Make...............................Umoe Schat-Harding (lifeboats)
Viking (escape chutes)
Vehicles
Number of decks ..................................3 plus 1 hoistable
Total lane length .................................1270m plus 2500m
on hoistable platforms
Total cars......................................................................750
Doors, ramps
Number/type................1 x bow door; 1 x bow ramp; 1 x
stern ramp; hoistable platforms;
internal ramp; trailer lift
Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
Complement ......................................................................250
Passengers......................................................................2750
Bow thrusters
Make .................................Kamewa Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Number ............................................................................3
Output .............................................................3 x 2200kW
Stern thrusters
Make .................................Kamewa Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 1000kW
Contract date ...........................................16 December 2002
Launch/float out-date ........................................30 April 2004
Delivery date..............................................3 December 2004
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COPIAPO: Taiwan-built container liner
Shipbuilder:..................C China Shipbuilding Corp
(CSBC), Taiwan
Vessel's name: .......................................Copiapo
Hull number: ..................................................8 823
Owner/operator:...........................M MS 'Amazonia'
Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG
(Peter Dhle-KG),
Germany/CSAV, Chile
Designer:........C China Shipbuilding Corp, Taiwan
Model test establishment used: ................H HSVA,
Germany
Liberia
Flag: .........................................................L
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................5 5 Type ......................................................................Pontoon
P ETER Dhle is just one of many German owners
who specialise in building vessels, particularly
container carriers, for charter to international liner
companies. Copiapo is lead ship of a new design (of a
size once regarded as 'very large' but now, perhaps,
more akin to a 'medium' rating) which is starting its life
on charter to leading Chilean operator Compania Sud
Americana de Vapores SA (CSAV), whose services run
worldwide from the South American state. Whilst the
design has been developed from that of similar-sized
vessels built previously by CSBC, its hull form is,
nevertheless, the result of new comparative tests on
two different models, run at the Hamburger Schiffbau
Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) establishment, Hamburg, and
the structure has been designed to suit the latest Lloyd's
Register requirements.
Particular attention has been paid in those model tests
to the design of the propeller, drawing on RINA
conference recommendations relating to optimum
speed and cavitation control. The weight of the
propeller has been especially considered, and vibration
performance is considered to be much improved,
compared with earlier designs. The first three vessels of
this new series have been fitted with Sulzer 10RTA96C-
B main engines manufactured by the HSD Engine Co (a
combination of the former Hanjung, Samsung, and
Daewoo engine works) but later examples will switch to
the newly introduced 'RT-flex' type, specifically a 10RT-
flex96C-B unit.
The 10RTA96C-B engine develops 54,904kW
(74,700bhp) at 100rev/min MCR, and when operating
at 90% of that rating with a sea margin of 15%, gives a
service speed of 25.92knots. Electrical requirements
include supplying 500 refrigerated FEU and a 2000kW
bow thruster.
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Copiapo is a single-deck vessel with forecastle and
sunken mooring deck aft. The double-skin hull is
arranged with seven holds, five of which are forward of
the machinery room, which is positioned about three-
quarters aft and has the main engine extending, at the
centre-line, into the fore part of No 6 hold. The slim
deckhouse is built over the machinery space and its
height has been increased to maximise visibility from
the wheelhouse, and thereby allow additional container
stowage.
The cargo holds can accommodate eight tiers of
normal containers plus one tier of high-cube
dimension, and the frame spacing in those
compartments has been enlarged so that the
longitudinal clearance between TEU on the hatch
covers can comply with Australian MUA rules.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................276.20m
Length, bp.................................................................263.80m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................40.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................24.20m
Width of double skin
side .........................................................................1.96m
bottom .....................................................................2.00m
Draught
design ....................................................................12.00m
scantling ...............................................................14.00m
Gross .......................................................................66,280gt
Displacement ....................................................91,187tonnes
Deadweight
design ...............................................................50,846dwt
scantling............................................................68,228dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......25.92knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................7843m3
diesel oil...................................................................385m3
Water ballast.............................................................14,830m3
Classification ...............Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1
'Container Ship', IWS, SOLAS, Chapter II-2/Reg.
19, +LMC, UMS, ShipRight, SDA, FDA,
CM, LI, SCM
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction ......................................................54%
Heel control system..............................Auto control, 700m3/h
Main engine
Design......................................................................Sulzer
Model ............................................................10RTA96C-B
Manufacturer ............................................HSD Engine Co
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ........................54,904kW (74,700bhp)/100rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer..............................CSBC/Hyundai
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8700mm
Speed...............................................................100rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type.......................STX-MAN B&W/7L27/38
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed...............................4 x 2100kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type .............Hyundai/HFC5 710-14K-SB
Output/speed...............................4 x 1980kW/720rev/min
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make......................................................................Hatlapa
Type..............................................Electric
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Manufacturer............................................................CSBC
Containers
Lengths ...............................................................20ft, 40ft,
Total TEU ...................................................................5527
on deck ................................................................2926
in holds .................................................................2601
homogeneously loaded to 14 tonnes swl............4203
Reefer plugs ................................................................500
Ballast control system
Make.........................................................Pleiger Far East
Type ...........................................electric-hydraulic remote
Complement
Officers...........................................................................12
Crew...............................................................................14
Spare................................................................................2
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Stern appendage ...............................................Rudder skeg
Bow thruster
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................2000kW
Fire detection system
Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
Type.............................................................FAC512B-20L
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds/engineroom..................................NK Co Ltd
Accommodation .......................................Seaplus Co Ltd
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make..............................................................Sunflame
Model.....................................................OSV-1200SA1
Waste compactor
Make ..............................................................Impactor
Model ..................................................................IP500
Waste shredder/crusher
Make .............................................................Electrolux
Model.............................................................520ML60
Contract date ..................................................20 March 2003
Launch/float-out date ...........................................4 July 2004
Delivery date................................................18 October 2004
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CSCL ASIA: Samsung TEU total moves
ever upwards
Shipbuilder: ..............S Samsung Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: ...................................CSCL Asia
Hull number: ................................................1 1488
Owner/Operator: .............S Seaspan (Cyprus) Ltd,
Cyprus/CSCL, China
Designer:..................S Samsung Heavy Industries
Co. Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used:...S Samsung Ship
Model Basin, Korea
Cyprus
Flag: .........................................................C
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................4 4
R EADERS of Significant Ships will have noted the
almost yearly increase in size of the giant container
ships which now handle so much of the world's general
cargo trade. Samsung's own contribution to the vast
fleet is rapidly approaching 200 delivered or on order,
and is currently headed by this new 8500TEU class, of
which CSCL Asia is the lead vessel of a group of five.
She and her sisters were ordered by the Vancouver-
based Seaspan and have been chartered to the China
Shipping Group (CSCL), which played a pivotal role in
creation of the quintet. They represent the largest
ships yet built by the company - a distinction soon to
be lost to a new 9600TEU series now building at the
Geoje Island site, and later possibly to a 12,000TEU
class under development.
These recurring increases in container capacity are
generally accommodated by adding an extra section into
the vessel's length, consequently CSCL Asia has length
oa and length bp dimensions 11m greater than OOCL
Shenzhen (Significant Ships of 2003) but retains other
characteristics. She can therefore accept an additional
FEU bay (total 16) in way of holds 1 to 8, forward of
the machinery space/superstructure, with three bays
above No 9 hold and one more right aft over the
mooring deck and hatch cover stowage area. Container
capacity in the holds is 3877TEU with either 4323TEU
or 4591TEU carried on deck, depending on whether
stacks are seven or eight tiers high.
Stowage is based on 17 rows carried on deck and 15
in the holds. No restrictions are placed on the use of
high-cube containers, and 45ft units can be loaded
directly on to No 3 hatch cover, otherwise these are
stowed above the third tier of each hatch. A total of
700FEU self-contained, air-cooled refrigerated
containers can be loaded on deck, and dangerous goods
can be carried in Nos 1 to 3 holds, also on deck.
Lashing bridges are fitted on deck between the hatches,
and 'on-deck' cell guides support containers carried
above the mooring deck aft.
The hull is of double-skin construction forming a
tank arrangement comprising side and bilge spaces, and
three transverse double-bottom compartments devoted
to water ballast and bunker capacity. Two side tanks
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port and starboard, are arranged for automatic heel
adjustment with ballast transfer across the vessel
effected by a heeling pump. To accommodate
environmental concerns, ballast water exchanges have
been considered in accordance with IMO Resolution
A868 (20) and Lloyd's Register's 'EP' notation.
Structural design follows Samsung's standards for this
class of by having hatch coamings form a continuous a
major longitudinal strength member.
Choice of propelling machinery for the Samsung
range of container carriers covers both Sulzer and
MAN B&W types of similar output, and owes much to
an owner's preference. For this CSCL series, a MAN
B&W 12K98MC-C main engine, built by HSD Engine
Co and developing 68,520kW at 104rev/min, has been
selected. When operating at 90% MCR, this produces a
service speed of 25.20knots. With no main engine-
driven alternator specified, electrical supply is obtained
from four Taiyo 2700kW alternators having STX-built
MAN B&W 6L32/40 diesel prime movers.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................334.00m
Length, bp.................................................................319.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.80m
Depth, moulded
to upper deck ........................................................24.60m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.20m
bottom ......................................................................2.00m
Draught
design ....................................................................13.00m
scantling ................................................................14.50m
Gross.........................................................................90,645gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................84,200dwt
scantling..........................................................101,700dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................25.20knots
Bunkers
heavy oil ...........................................10,700m3
diesel oil...................................................................560m3
Water ballast.............................................................25,200m3
Fuel consumption
main engine ..........................................258.30tonnes/day
auxiliaries ................................................30.70tonnes/day
Classification .................................Lloyd's Register + 100A1,
Container Ship, ShipRight (SDA, FDA,
CM), + LMC, UMS, *IWS, SCM, EP,
CAC, NAV 1
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................60%
Heel control equipment....One pump and wing ballast tanks
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model .............................................................12K98MC-C
Manufacturer......................................HSD Engine Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output .............................................68,520kW/104rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer.....Samsung/Mecklenburger Metallguss (MMG)
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8800mm
Speed...............................................................104rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type.......................STX-MAN B&W/6L32/40
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed...............................4 x 2880kW/720rev/min
Alternator make .........................................................Taiyo
Output/speed...............................4 x 2700kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Type...................................................................MA 08P38
Make ...................................................................KangRim
Output ...........................................................5.50tonnes/h
Mooring equipment
Numbe ..................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make Rolls-Royce
Type ............................................High-pressure hydraulic
Hatch covers
Design/manufacturer.......................................MacGregor
Type ...............................................Lift-on/lift-off pontoons
Containers
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
Cell guides..........................................Holds and aft deck
Total TEU capacity.....................................................8468
on deck ................................................................4591
in holds ................................................................3877
homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................6345
Reefer plugs .........................................................700FEU
Tiers/rows (maximum)
on deck .............................................................7(8)/17
in holds ..................................................................9/15
Ballast control system
Make.........................................................Danfoss Marine
Type ..............................................Hydraulic valve control
Complement
Officers...........................................................................17
Crew...............................................................................14
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................3000kW
Bridge control system
Make ..........................................................................HKM
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make .........................................................Saracom-Thorn
Type ..............................................................Conventional
Fire extinguishing systems
Make........................................................................NK Co
Holds and engineroom................................................CO2
Cabins and public spaces ..........Portable and sea water
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make............................................................................JRC
Models ..................1 x JMA-9932-SA; 1 x JMA-9922-6XA
Integrated bridge system
Make............................................................................JRC
Model ...................................................................JNA-701
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make..................................................................HMMC
Model .........................................................OSV-1200S
Contract date ...........................................15 December 2002
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date ..........................................................................-
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DISHA: Daewoo LNG carrier for
Qatar-India trade
Shipbuilder: ...................D Daewoo Shipbuilding &
Marine Engineering
Co Ltd (DSME), Korea
Vessel's name:............................................Disha
Hull number: ................................................2
Owner/operator: ......................M MOL Consortium,
Japan, India, and Qatar
Model test establishment
used:......................................K KRISO and SSPA
Flag: ............................................................M
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................0
D ISHA has been built to a basis Daewoo design
developed around what has become a popular size
of LNG carrier - 140,000m3; this example of the type,
however, is particularly noteworthy because of the
inclusion in the specification of a so-called BWSR
system. This feature relates to a problem encountered
in the vessel's trading pattern, which involves regular
loading of LNG at Ras Laffan in Qatar, for discharge
at the Indian port of Dahej, where, during the gas
unloading process, tankers simultaneously take on sea-
water ballast. The light-density sediment (silt) which
this contains enters the tanks, where, if it is not
removed, it solidifies on the tank floor. To eliminate
this problem, a ballast water sediment removal (BWSR)
system has been devised, operating from the same
software which enables the vessel to automatically
perform the ballast water exchange programme, and is
incorporated into the ship's integrated automation
system.
The ship design itself conforms to the general layout
now adopted for this class of vessel, and has a single-
deck without forecastle, but lowered at the aft end to
provide a mooring deck as part of a transom stern
arrangement incorporating an open-water sternframe
and semi-balanced rudder. Forward of this is the
machinery space containing a Kawasaki UA360 type
steam turbine installation with integral gearbox,
developing 26,480kW MCR at 88rev/min, to drive a FP
propeller for a service speed of 19.50knots at 90% full
power.
Electrical supply comes, somewhat unusually for a
traditional LNG carrier, from three 3430kW diesel-
driven alternator sets, and steam for the main turbines
and other uses is obtained from two vertical watertube
boilers arranged to burn heavy oil or boil-off gas, or a
mixture of both. Bunker capacity is sufficient for a
steaming range at 90% MCR of 13,000nm, allowing a
five-day margin without the use of boil-off gas. A
Brunvoll 1700kW bow thruster is installed to assist
manoeuvrability.
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The hull is double skinned, with the space thus
formed including top and bottom wing tanks, and given
over to water ballast, along with the peaks and forward
deeptank. Enclosed within this arrangement are four
cargo holds separated from each other by cofferdams,
2210 and extending above the upper deck into a fore and aft
raised trunk. Each hold is fitted with a cargo tank
constructed in accordance with a GTT NO96 E-2
membrane cargo containment system, suitable for the
carriage of a cargo of maximum SG 0.50 at -163oC, and
Malta
a maximum boil-off rate of 0.15% cargo volume.
Cargo handling is accomplished by eight (two for
1 each tank), electrically driven, submerged, vertical
centrifugal, 1650m3/h pumps, capable of effecting
discharge in 12 hours. Loading is by means of shore
0 facilities and is carried out after the tanks have been
cooled to the required temperature, and vapour
generated during loading returned to shore using high-
duty compressors installed in a deckhouse on the
starboard side of the upper deck.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................277.00m
Length, bp.................................................................266.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................43.40m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................26.00m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.17m
bottom ......................................................................3.20m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.40m
scantling ................................................................12.50m
Gross .......................................................................94,058gt
Displacement ..................................................111,100tonnes
Lightweight ........................................................30,000tonnes
Deadweight
design ...............................................................70,150dwt
scantling............................................................81,100dwt
Block coefficient ...............................................................0.74
Speed, service 90% MCR ....................................19.50knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ....................................................138,000m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................6000m3
diesel oil................................................,500m3 Radars
Water ballast.............................................................52,400m3
Percentage of segregated ballast .................................100%
Fuel consumption.........................................166.8tonnes/day
Classification.....................................Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull,
+ MACH, Liquefied Gas Carrier/LNG,
o
Ship type 2G (-163 C,
500kg/m3, 0.25bar), unrestricted navigation,
+ VeritSTAR HULL, + AUT-UMS, +SYS-NEQ-1,
+ MON-SHAFT, INWATERSURVEY
Percentage of high tensile
steel used in construction.................................................Nil
Main engine
Steam turbine
Design ................................Cross-compound impulse
Type ...................................................................UA360
Manufacturer ....................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number.......................................................................1
Type of fuel.................................HFO and boil-off gas
Output..........................................26,480kW/88rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer..........................................DSME/-
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8500mm
Speed.................................................................88rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make.....................................................MAN B&W
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output/speed..................................................3 x 3640kW
Alternator make/type ........................................................-
Output .............................................................3 x 3430kW
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Type .......................Centrifugal,vertical electrically driven
Position...........................................................Main engine
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type .....................................................Vertical, watertube
Make......................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Output ........................................................2 x 63,000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
7 x mooring winch
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number ............................................................................4
Grades of cargo carried..................................................4
Product range.............................................................LNG
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................8
Type .............................................Centrifugal, submerged
Make .................................................................................-
Capacity........................................................8 x 1650m3/h
Complement
Officers...........................................................................17
Crew...............................................................................21
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................1700kW
Number ............................................................................2
Make .....................................................................Tokimec
Models..................................S-band: BR-3460CA-S312M
X-band: BR-3460CA-X28M
Integrated bridge system ..................................................Yes
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make...............................................................HMMCO
Model .................................................Maxi 150SL-IWS
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...................................................................ST6A
Contract date ..................................................31 March 2001
Launch/float-out date .................................22 February 2003
Delivery date ..................................................9 January 2004
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FURE NORD: Shanghai-built, Swedish
product tanker design
Shipbuilder: .........S Shanghai Edward Shipbuilding
Co Ltd, People's Republic of China
Vessel's name: .......................................Fure Nord
Hull number: .....................................................1129
Owner/operator:......F Furetank Rederi AB, Sweden
Designer: .......................F Fartygskonstruktioner AB
(FKAB), Sweden
Model test establishment used:....S SSPA, Sweden
Sweden
Flag: ..........................................................S
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ................................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order:..............1 1 (plus 1 for another
owner)
F KAB was one of the first European design
consultants to become involved in the burgeoning
Chinese shipbuilding market, and from its base in
Uddevalla, once the home of one of Sweden's leading
shipyards, it has introduced an interesting portfolio of
blueprints, notably product tankers, for clients signing
contracts in the People's Republic of China. Fure Nord is
a medium-sized example of this type of vessel, and
features a double-hull construction within which the
cargo space is divided into six pairs of cargo tanks by
troughed, transverse and centreline bulkheads.
Two slop tanks are located in the extended forecastle,
above the upper deck, on which a cylindrical, 40m3 cargo
drain tank is located. With all deckhead stiffening
arranged externally on the upper deck, and side and
bottom framing contained within the double hull, the
cargo tanks offer easily cleaned inner surfaces, to which an
International Interline coating has been applied. Cleaning
the tanks is carried out using 26 fixed, and two portable
Scanjet units.
Cargo is handled by 12 Framo, hydraulically driven
submerged pumps, each rated at 330m3/h, whilst two
similar 100m3/h pumps serve the slop tanks. A portable
pump of 70m3/h is also available. Six grades of cargo can
be carried, and simultaneous loading to at least two tanks
through any cargo crossover is possible at 1200m3/h.
Discharge rate is 2000m3/h. Individual loading/discharge
deck lines connect each cargo tank to the midships
manifold, and there are separate drop lines in each tank.
The slop tanks also have individual suction and
droplines, plus one connection to the cargo manifold and
overboard. Side, double bottom, and fore peak tanks are
allocated for water ballast, handled by two Framo
500m3/h submerged pumps. A thermal oil heating system
is installed, with primary heat from two oil-fired and one
exhaust-gas boiler. Side tanks at the forward end of the
machinery space, P&S, serve as bunker and settling tanks,
and are protected at the shell-side by cofferdams
designated as technical water tanks, and across the
forward ends as voids.
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Fure Nord's design features an extended forecastle on
which is built an extensive breakwater affording
protection from the elements for the mooring equipment.
A gangway above the upper deck provides a link to the
poop where the engine control room, workshops and
stores are located. Above this are four accommodation
levels and a full-width wheelhouse complete with
navigation and control equipment, including Saab level
and alarm systems and a Napa loading computer.
Main propulsion is provided by a single MaK 7M43
medium-speed diesel engine developing 6300kW at
500rev/min and connected through a Renk reduction
gear to a highly-skewed, stainless steel, CP Kamewa
propeller running at 118rev/min. A power take-off from
the gearbox is coupled to a 1000kW alternator, and three
Volvo/Newage Stamford diesel-alternators are fitted,
each producing 750kW. A Brunvoll retractable,
azimuthing thruster is fitted forward, and the rudder is of
the Schilling Mariner type with an ice-knife incorporated
into the stern frame.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa.....................................................................144.00m
Length, bp ....................................................................134.40m
Breadth, moulded...........................................................21.50m
Depth, moulded, to upper deck ....................................12.50m
Width of double skin
side..............................................................................1.35m
bottom ..............................................................1.45m/1.75m
Draught
design..........................................................................8.00m
scantling......................................................................9.20m
Gross ...........................................................................11,548gt
Displacement, 9.20m draught .............................21,556tonnes
Lightweight ..............................................................5557tonnes
Deadweight
design...................................................................13,200dwt
scantling...............................................................15,999dwt
Block coefficient ..................................................................0.79
Speed, service at 85% MCR....................................15.50knots
Cargo capacity liquid volume.....................................19,213m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ......................................................................698m3
diesel oil ......................................................................114m3
Water ballast ...................................................................7032m3
Classification ...................Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull, + Mach, Oil
Tanker/Chemical Tanker, IMO Type II,
ESP, Unrestricted Navigation, Ice Class 1A, AUT-UMS,
MON-SHAFT, STAR-HULL, STAR-MACH
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction...................................approx 20%
Main engine
Design ......................................................................MaK
Model............................................................................7M43
Manufacture.................................................Caterpillar MaK
Number................................................................................1
Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO 700cSt
Output ...................................................6300kW/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make..............................................................................Renk
Model....................................................................HSU 1120
Number................................................................................1
Output speed ......................................................118rev/min
Propeller
Material ..........................................................Stainless steel
Designer/manufacturer...........................................Kamewa
Number................................................................................1
Pitch ...................................................................Controllable
Diameter..................................................................5200mm
Speed ..................................................................118rev/min
Special adaptations ......................................highly skewed
Main-engine driven alternator
Number................................................................................1
Make/type.................................................ABB/AKM 450 S4
Output/speed ....................................1250kVA/1800rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number................................................................................3
Engine make/type .......................Volvo Penta/D34A MT HE
Type of fuel used..........................................................MDO
Output/speed..................................3 x 798kW/1800rev/min
Alternator make/type ..........Newage/Stamford/HCM 634JZ
Output/speed ................................3 x 750kW/1800rev/min
Boilers
Number.....................................1 x TOH 2907 V40, oil fired
1 x EGH900V30, exhaust gas
Make..........................................................................GESAB
Output ..................................................1 x 2907kW, oil fired
1 x 900kW, exhaust gas
Mooring equipment
Number....................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make .........................................................Rauma Brattvaag
Type...........................................................Electric-hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type ..................................1 x 20-person enclosed
free-fall lifeboat; 1 x MOB craft
Make .........................................................................Norsafe
Cargo tanks
Number.....................................................12 + 2 slop tanks
Grades of cargo carried .....................................................6
Tank coating........................................International Interline
Stainless steel...........................................Piping: AISI 316L
Cargo pumps
Number/type..................................12 x SD150; 2 x SD100;
1 x TK (portable)
Make............................................................................Framo
Stainless steel .........................................................AISI 216
Capacity........................12 x 330m3/h;
2 x 100m3/h; 1 x 70m3/h
Cargo/ballast control system
Make .............................................................................Saab
Complement
Total .....................................................................17 persons
Cabins.....................................................13 single/2 double
Special rudder.................................................Schilling Mariner
Bow thruster
Make/type.........Brunvoll/AR-63 LTC-1750-980, retractable
Number................................................................................1
Output ..................................................................1 x 880kW
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo deck/pipe tunnel..................................Foam system
Make ............................................................................Unitor
Engineroom.....................................................................CO2
Local protection...............................................watermist
Make .................................................................Novenco
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ........................................................................Atlas
Model .........................................................600 SL WS P
Contract date........................................................15 June 2002
Launch/float-out date...........................................5 March 2004
Delivery date.....................................................4 October 2004
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GAZ de FRANCE ENERGY:
diesel-electric LNG carrier
with CS1 cargo
containment
Shipbuilder:.....A Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique,
France
Vessel's name: ................Gaz de France Energy
Hull number: .................................................M M32
Owner/operator: .............G Gaz de France, France
Designer:.........A Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique,
France
Model test establishment used: ..............M MARIN,
The Netherlands
France
Flag: .........................................................F
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ...................N Nil (of this size)
S
TEAM turbine-driven power installations have
been first choice for LNG tankers for more than 40
years, principally because of their reliability and the
ease with which they can burn boil-off gas produced
from the cargo. However, fuel-efficiency of the system
is not high, and much comparative research has been
carried out to find an economic alternative, with dual-
fuel, diesel-electric power generation now considered
to offer perhaps the best solution to the problem,
although ships with heavy-fuel-burning two-stroke
machinery, plus a reliquefaction plant, have very
recently been ordered. Following successful advances
with its gas-engine technology, Wrtsil has now
developed a diesel-electric system centred on its range
of 'DF' (dual-fuel) diesel engines, first introduced for
marine applications in 2003.
The arrangement adopted for Gaz de France Energy
employs four Wrtsil 6L50DF 5700kW main engines,
each coupled to a Leroy Somer 5500kW alternator.
These supply power for domestic use, and for the two
9500kW propulsion motors, also supplied by Leroy
Somer. A Renk-twin input/single-output reduction
gearbox with integral thrust bearing is next in the drive-
line, making the connection from the motors to the
single FP propeller. The main engines are positioned in
pairs, in two separate gas-tight compartments.
In principle, dual-fuel engines can be operated on
either diesel or gas, or a combination of the two, with
automatic transfer from one to the other without loss of
engine power or speed. However, Gaz de France Energy
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is designed for continuous operation in the gas mode
with the natural boil-off gas normally sufficient to
cover a major part of requirements, supplemented if
required, by forcing additional boil-off. Diesel oil pilot
injection is provided to start combustion.
Claims made for the dual-fuel/diesel-electric system
include a 30% increase in efficiency over the traditional
steam turbine installation, plus added redundancy and a
drastic reduction in emissions. In addition, with less oil
fuel to be carried, more cargo can be loaded. A further
bonus is the use of exhaust gas boilers at each diesel
alternator to supply 'free heat' to the cargo and hotel
systems. Two electrically heated boilers are also
provided.
The introduction of an alternative propulsion system
is not the only major change from the traditional
adopted for this new class of LNG tanker, which
comprises Gaz de France Energy of 74,000m3 capacity,
and two later units, with a capacity of 154,000m3, since
all three feature a new membrane cargo containment
system developed by GTT (an amalgamation of the
former Gaz Transport and Technigaz companies).
Known as the GTT CS1 system (Combined System No
1), this combines the efficient glassfibre-reinforced,
polyurethane foam insulation panels, incorporating a
secondary triplex barrier popularised by the Technigaz
Mk III system, with the equally successful flat Invar
primary membrane of the GT NO96 concept.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................219.50m
Length, bp.................................................................208.50m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................34.95m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................22.00m
Draught
design .....................................................................9.70m
scantling ................................................................10.70m
Gross.........................................................................48,900gt
Deadweight
design ..............................................................35,000dwt
Block coefficient ..................................................approx 0.70
Speed, service, 85% MCR ....................................18.20knots
Cargo capacity.........................................................74,500m3
Bunkers
marine diesel oil.....................................................1723m3
gas oil ......................................................................123m3
Water ballast.............................................................28,575m3
Classification........................................Bureau Veritas + Hull,
+ Mach, Liquefied Gas Carrier LNG,
Unrestricted navigation,
Veristar Hull, AUT-UMS,
MONSHAFT, Cargo Control, SYSNEQ 1
Diesel-electric system
Main engines
Design .............................................................Wrtsil
Number .................................................................4
Type............................................................6L50DF
Type of fuel used ...................................LNG/MDO
Output/speed....................4 x 5700kW/514rev/min
Alternators
Design ................................................Leroy Somer
Number .................................................................4
Type ..........................................................LSA 60B
Output/speed....................4 x 5500kW/514rev/min
Propulsion motors
Design ................................................Leroy Somer
Number .................................................................2
Output ..................................................2 x 9500kW
Gearbox
Make ...............................................................Renk
Model .....................................................HDS-4000
Number .......................1 x twin input/single output
Speed....................................................104rev/min
Propeller
Material ....................................................................Cunial
Designer/manufacturer ...............................................Lips
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................7100mm
Speed...............................................................104rev/min
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer ..............................................................Rizzi
Type .............................Exhaust-gas economiser with fins
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type........................................................................electric
Make........................................................Elpanne Technik
Output .............................................................2 x 1500kW
Cranes
Number ...........................................................4 x 2tonnes
Make .......................................................................AMGC
Tasks....................................Handling emergency pumps
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
7 x mooring winch
Make.................................................................Natoil/BLM
Type .......................................................................Electric
Cargo pumps
Number .......................................................2 in each tank
Type..................................................................Centrifugal
Make.........................................................................Ebara
Capacity ......................................................900m3/h each
Cargo control system
Make .....................................................................Foxboro
Ballast control system
Make..........................................................................Napa
Complement
Officers ......................................19
Crew.................................................................................9
Spare................................................................................5
Suez /repair crew.............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................2000kW
Bridge control system
Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ...................................................................Autronica
Type...................................................................Autro Safe
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo spaces: make...............................................SEPCI
Engineroom: make..................................................Marioff
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
Types............................................1 x X-band: 1 x S-band
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make .............................................................Deerberg
Model ......................................................IRL50 580kW
Waste compactor
Make......................................................................ECP
Model ...............................................................Plowbel
Sewage plant
Make .........................Evac vacuum collecting system
Model ...................................................Biologic STP55
Contract date...................................................February 2002
Launch/float-out date ........................................January 2004
Delivery date.........................................................................-*
*Although delivery was scheduled for end-2004, handover
may be in 2005.
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GEESTSTROOM: North Sea feeder ship
for 45ft containers
Shipbuilder:...D Damen Shipyards Cargo Vessels,
The Netherlands
(completely built at Damen Galatz, Romania)
Vessel's name: ................................Geeststroom
Hull number: ..................................................8 844
Owner/operator.............R Reederei Jorg Kpping,
Germany
Designer:.......D Damen Shipyards Cargo Vessels,
The Netherlands
Model tank establishment used:.............M MARIN,
The Netherlands
Antigua
Flag: ........................................................A
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................0 0 Lifesaving equipment
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................1 11
(including 10 vessels for other owners)
A
DECISION taken by intermodal transporter
Geest to standardise, as far as possible, its future
Anglo-European operations on 45ft high-cube
containers (currently the maximum size used on
European roads), has led Damen to introduce this
Combi Feeder 800 design. Geeststroom is believed to be
the first vessel of this type specifically configured to
suit this larger box size (but which can also
accommodate conventional 20ft, 30ft, 48ft, and 49ft
containers).
Because the upper deck is raised by almost 3m
forward from a position between Nos 1 and 2 holds,
maximising container stowage at the resulting structural
break produced a particular problem due to the
differing deck heights. This seemed likely to present an
unused deck space, however, cargo loading specialist
MacGregor solved this potential problem by designing
a system of hydraulically operated, folding supports
which fit into the gap between the two sets of hatches,
and when raised allow an additional 3 x 8 rows of TEU
to be carried in this location. The versatility of the
container stowage arrangements introduced into the
design mean that Standard ISO boxes of 2.438m,
2.50m (pallet-friendly) and 2.6m widths, and 8ft, 8ft 6in
and 9ft 6in heights are all provided for.
MacGregor was also called upon to develop a
removable cell-guide system for the holds to suit the
carriage of 40/45ft containers, the overall result being a
total TEU/FEU capacity of 804/361 (598/264 on
deck: 206/97 in holds). The same company supplied the
high-stowing, hydraulically operated folding hatch
covers, arranged in 2 + 2 panel sets and designed for a
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uniformly distributed loading of 1.75tonnes/m2, and
container stack loadings of 60tonnes (20ft units),
70tonnnes (30ft), 90tonnes (40ft) and 95tonnes(45ft).
Electrical supply is available for 180 refrigerated
containers, and provision is included for the carriage of
hazardous cargoes.
The machinery room is abaft the cargo space and
contains a MaK 9M43 main engine developing 8400kW
MCR at 500rev/min and driving a CP propeller through
a Flender Navilus gearbox. Service speed at 90% MCR,
15% sea margin and allowing for a 200kW PTO
requirement, is 18knots at a design draught of 7.32m.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................140.64m
Length, bp.................................................................130.00m
Depth, moulded to main deck
amidships ................................................................9.50m
forward ...................................................................12.40m
Width of double skin
side .........................................................................1.60m
bottom ......................................................................1.50m
Draught, design ............................................................7.32m
Gross ..........................................................................7987gt
Deadweight, design ..................................................9400dwt
Speed, service (90% MCR: 15% sea margin:
200kW PTO) ........................................................18.00knots
Bunkers
heavy oil...................................................................880m3
diesel oil...................................................................103m3
Water ballast................................................................4597m3
Fuel consumption (main engine only)...............36tonnes/day
Classification.....................Germanischer Lloyd, +100A5 E3,
+MC E3 AUT IW. Equipped for
Finnish/Swedish Ice Class 1A.
Container cargoes in holds and on
hatch covers, fitted for dangerous
goods to SOLAS reg: 19 II-2 (except Class VII)
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................24%
Heel control equipment .......................................Frank Mohn
Main engine
Design ........................................................................MaK
Model ........................................................................9M43
Manufacturer ............................................Caterpillar MaK
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output...............................................8400bhp/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make ......................................................................Flender
Model.................................................Navilus GUCP 1060
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................140rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .........................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................4900mm
Speed...............................................................140rev/min
Main-engine driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type.........................................Stamford/HCM 734H
Output/speed........................................................1600kW
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Engine make ...........................................................Scania
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output ...............................................................2 x 455kW
Alternator make/type ........................Stamford/HCM 534E
Output ...............................................................2 x 433kW
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make....................................................................Ten Horn
Type........................................................electric-hydraulic
Number ..........................................1 x 16-person free-fall
Type..............................................GFF 5.7M
Make .......................................................................Hateke
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Type ..................................................High-stowing folding
Containers
Lengths ...............................20ft; 30ft; 40ft; 45ft; 48ft; 49ft
Heights...................................................8ft; 8ft 6in; 9ft 6in
Cell guides...................................moveable type in holds
Total TEU/FEU capacity........................................804/361
On deck...........................................................598/264
In holds..............................................................206/97
Homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes.....................514
Reefer plugs ................................................................180
Tiers/rows
On deck (maximum) ...............................................7/8
In holds....................................................................4/7
Complement
Officers.............................................................................6
Crew.................................................................................8
Suez crew ........................................................................4
Rudder..........................................Bot high-lift balanced type
Bow thruster
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Output .....................................................................700kW
Stern thruster
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Output .....................................................................500kW
Bridge control system
Make ...........................................................Radio Holland
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds.................................................................CO2
Engineroom ................................................CO2/Watermist
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Models .....................................1 x 2115BB; 1 x 2135SBB
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Contract date ...........................................20 December 2002
Launch/float-out date ................................8 September 2004
Delivery date .....................................................January 2005
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GOLAR VIKING: Hyundai's first
membrane-type LNG tanker
Shipbuilder:.................H Hyunda Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name ..................................Golar Viking
1460
Hull number .................................................1
Owner/operator:.............G Golar LNG Ltd, Norway
Designer:....................H Hyundai Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai
Maritime Research Institute, Korea
Marshall Islands
Flag: ..........................................M
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..................................--
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ...........................................--
I
N the course of its 30-plus years existence, Hyundai
has established a leader's reputation in most avenues
of cargo ship design and construction, not least as a
builder of LNG and LPG carriers. An example of the
latter, Polar Viking, appears elsewhere in this review,
built to a design which has become the Hyundai
standard for this type of vessel. Golar Viking, however,
breaks new ground for the Korean yard since it is the
first time it has used the Gaz Transport/Technigaz
(GTT) membrane technique as a cargo containment
system for LNG, replacing the Moss Maritime
'spherical tank' method always employed previously (see
LNG Rivers: Significant Ships of 2002). It is understood
that the GTT system will now become standard for
Hyundai tankers of this type, with the Moss technique
adopted only for new-generation floating offshore
terminals where its sloshing characteristics in part-load
conditions will be advantageous.
Golar Viking is a flush-decked vessel without
forecastle, but with a lowered mooring deck aft above a
transom stern. The machinery space and deckhouse
block are also at the aft end, with the fore body
occupied by four cargo Mk 3 tanks which extend above
the upper deck where they are contained in a trunk. The
hull is double-skinned forming water ballast tanks and
the cargo spaces are insulated in accordance with the
GTT Mk 3 system, utilising 270mm thick reinforced
polyurethane foam to satisfy the low daily boil-off rate
of 0.15%.
Cargo and ballasting operations, including
monitoring, are carried out via a shore manifold at each
side of the upper deck amidships, and managed from a
control room situated below the wheelhouse.
Discharge is accomplished using two electric
submerged pumps at the bottom of each tank, rated at
1700m3/h, with pressure in the tanks maintained by gas
pumped in from shore or produced by the onboard
LNG vaporiser. An emergency cargo pump is also
fitted, coming into action if both pumps in a tank
should fail.
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2004
Although Hyundai is actively exploring alternative
means of propulsion for LNG carriers (and at the end
of 2004 secured its first orders for diesel-powered
ships), a steam turbine set is to power Golar Viking, to
provide the best option, and an installation of this type
produced by the Group's machinery arm in conjunction
with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is fitted. This
comprises high- and low-pressure turbines and an
astern unit developing 27,940kW, and driving a FP
propeller through a Mitsubishi double-reduction
gearbox for a service speed of 19.70knots at 90% MCR.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................280.00m
Length, bp.................................................................268.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................43.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................26.00m
to trunk deck..........................................................37.25m
Width of double skin
side .........................................................................2.50m
bottom ......................................................................3.20m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.40m
scantling ...............................................................12.30m
Gross .......................................................................93,750gt
Displacement ..................................................109,400tonnes
Lightweight .......................29,500tonnes Cargo tanks
Deadweight
design ...............................................................70,000dwt
scantling............................................................79,900dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.746
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................19.70knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ....................................................140,207m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................5660m3
diesel oil...................................................................240m3
Water ballast.............................................................56,170m3
Fuel consumption
fuel oil mode .........................................174.00tonnes/day
dual-fuel mode
fuel oil ................................................55.50tonnes/day
boil-off gas.........................................96.70tonnes/day
Classification.....Det Norske Veritas Bow thruster
+1A1, Tanker for Liquefied Gas, Ship
o
Type 2G (-163 C, 500kg/h, 0.25bar g),
Nauticus (new-building), EO, W1-OC,
ICS, TMON, PLUS-2, LCS(SID), COAT2, CLEAN
Main engine (Steam turbine)
Manufacturer.......................................Hyundai-Mitsubishi
Model.....................................................................MS40-2
Number ............................................................................1
Output ................................................................27,940kW
Gearbox
Type .......................................................Double reduction
Make ..................................................................Mitsubishi
Model .........................................................................D-49
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...............MCR: 87rev/min: NCR: 84rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacture..........................................Hyundai
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8600mm
Speed............................................................87/84rev/min
Steam turbine-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type ..................................................Shinko/RG92-2
Output/speed.............................2 x 3500kW/1800rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................1
Engine make/type................Hyundai-MAN B&W/8L32/40
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output/speed.....................................3720kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type .................................Hyundai/HSJ-7
Output/speed.....................................3500kW/720rev/min
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Type .........Shell and tube type with an extended surface
Position.....................................................On main boilers
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type...................................................Dual-fuel water tube
Make ..................................................................Mitsubishi
Output ........................................................2 x 68,000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make ....................................................Rolls-Royce group
Type .............................................Low-pressure hydraulic
Number .............................4 x GTT Mk 3 membrane type
Product range.............................................................LNG
Coated tanks .................................................................No
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................8
Type....................................................Electric submerged
Make.........................................................................Ebara
Capacity........................................................8 x 1700m3/h
Cargo/ballast control systems
Make .....................................................Yokogawa France
Type....................Centum-CS, Distributed Control system
Complement
Officers...........................................................................19
Crew...............................................................................10
Supernumaries.................................................................4
Suez crew ........................................................................6
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................1700kW
Bridge control system
Make ................................................................Kongsberg
Type ....................................................Bridge line console
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
Type.......................................................................CS3000
Integrated bridge system
Make ................................................................Kongsberg
Model ..............Seamap 10 (ECDIS): JH17C03 (conning)
Contract date......................................................24 July 2001
Launch/float-out date ....................................16 August 2003
Delivery date ...............................November/December 2004
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HAMANASU: 20% fuel-cost reduction for
a ferry with CRP-Azipod propulsion
Shipbuilder:......M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd,
(Nagasaki Shipyard), Japan
Vessel's name: ...................................Hamanasu
2191
Hull number: ................................................2
Owner/operator: ......S Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co Ltd,
Japan
Designer:..........M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd,
Japan
Model test establishment
Mitsubishi Nagasaki
used: .................................M
R&D Centre, Japan
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
1
ships still on order: ..........................................1
(delivered June 28, 2004)
T HE importance to the Japanese economy of fast
passenger/vehicle ferries which provide vital links
between the ports on the countrys long coastline, has
been highlighted by the inclusion of a number of ships
of this type in Significant Ships over the years. Suzuran
(1996) is of particular interest to this report since it is
similar to our subject vessel - but with 15% less
transportation capacity, and because it was possible to
run both this 'old' ship, and the new design on exactly
the same route in similar conditions, to allow a full-
scale comparison between a 'conventional' twin-screw
diesel installation, and that of the hybrid CRP (contra-
rotating propeller) pod system, installed as a world-first
in Hamanasu. This exercise clearly demonstrated that
this brand-new advance offers a 20% fuel saving, with
knock-on improvements in exhaust gas emissions and
other aspects.
The ABB CRP Azipod concept (initially developed by
ABB with Samsung, in Korea, for large container liners)
consists of a pod propulsion unit with stainless steel FP
propeller, operating behind a single, conventional,
nickel-aluminium-bronze CP propeller. The two
propellers face each other in a single-skeg hull form,
and are contra-rotating. The Kawasaki-designed main
propeller is driven mechanically by two 12,600kW
Wrtsil 12V46C main engines, linked through a twin-
input/single-output gearbox. Two similar sized engines
are also installed to drive the two 12,200kW ABB
alternators which provide power for the ABB
propulsion pod, and for general ship service power. A
third Daihatsu/ABB alternator set producing 2760kW
is also fitted for auxiliary use.
On trials, the hybrid machinery arrangement is
considered to have produced excellent results with
32.04knots achieved on the measured mile. In service,
the 30.50knots required to maintain an operational
schedule of 20hours each direction on the Tsuruga
(Honshu Island) to Otaru (Hokkaido Island) run, has
been regularly attained, with the fuel savings noted
above confirmed by actual records over a five-month
period.
In addition to the propulsive benefits of the CRP
Azipod system as an entity, the pod unit provides
exceptional manoeuvrability for this now popular
concept, especially in port, thereby contributing to the
claimed advantages of the system. To control the power
and revolutions of the CP propeller and the pod
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2004
simultaneously, a 'CRP Controller' has been developed.
This regulates the load balance of the propellers to
optimise propulsion performance and can be operated
from the bridge or engine control room consoles by a
single lever. A feature of the CRP Azipod installation is
that the two components can be operated
independently in port or in some emergencies.
A total of 820 passengers can be carried on
Hamanasu, utilising four suites, 40 de-luxe cabins, and
dormitory cabins on decks 4, 5, and 6. Public rooms
provided include a restaurant, grill, cafe and cafe-
terrace, with conference facilities, forward saloons,
children's room, and a public bath and sauna arranged
on deck 4. Lifesaving equipment includes 37 x 25-
person liferafts and two MES vertical chutes.
Vehicles are carried on three decks, with two
accommodating trailers and trucks, and one available
for cars. Total lane length is 2300m, and nominal
capacity is 158 trailers and 65 cars. Access is arranged
directly over the stern to deck 2, using a 7.5m x 6.0m
wide ramp, supplemented by a twin stern-quarter ramp
16.5m long x 6.5m wide to the same deck. Two stern
side-shell doors are fitted at deck 3 level and a fixed
ramp connects with deck 1. An internal turntable is
fitted on deck 3.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................224.82m
Length, bp.................................................................208.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................26.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (No 2)...............................................10.00m
to upper deck (No 4) .............................................20.40m
Draught
design ......................................................................7.20m
scantling ..................................................................7.40m
Gross
Japanese .............................................................16,810gt
International .........................................................34,181gt
Deadweight
design ..................................................................5824dwt
scantling...............................................................6649dwt
Speed, service at 90% MCR.................................30.50knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1247m3
diesel oil...................................................................148m3
Water ballast................................................................4251m3
Fuel consumption
propulsion plant .........................................193tonnes/day
Classification .....................................Japanese Government,
non-international
(Greater Coastal Service)
Roll stabilisation equipment .............Mitsubishi fin stabilisers
Main propeller drive
Main engines
Design .............................................................Wrtsil
Model...............................................................12V46C
Manufacturer ...................................................Wrtsil
Number.......................................................................2
Type of fuel ...........................................................HFO
Output..................................2 x 12,600kW/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make ..............................Niigata Converter Co (NICO)
Type........................................Twin input/single output
Number.......................................................................1
Propeller
Material .................................nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .................................Kawasaki
Number.......................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................Controllable
Azipod drive
Azipod
Design ...................................................................ABB
Propeller material ..................................Stainless steel
Number.......................................................................1
Pitch.....................................................................Fixed
Diesel-driven alternators (also for general service
electrical power)
Number.......................................................................2
Engine make/type..............................Wrtsil/12V46C
Type of fuel ...........................................................HFO
Output/speed ......................2 x 12,600kW/514rev/min
Alternator make/type.............................................ABB
Output/speed ......................2 x 12,200kW/514rev/min
Diesel-driven auxiliary alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Engine make/type.................................Daihatsu/8DK32C
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed.....................................2910kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type ..................................................ABB
Output/speed.....................................2760kW/720rev/min
Boiler
Number........................................1
Type .....................................................Vertical water tube
Make .........................................................................Miura
Output .................................................................5000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
7 x mooring winch
Make.................................................................Fukushima
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type.................................37 x 25-person liferafts
Make......................................................................Fujikura
MES systems ...................................................................2
Type ...................................................Vertical with liferafts
Vehicles
Number of vehicle decks ...............3 (2 for trailers/trucks;
1 for cars)
Total lane length......................................................2300m
Total vehicles ......................................158 trailers/65 cars
Doors, ramps
Number/type ..............................................1 x stern ramp
2 x stern side ramps
2 x stern side doors
1 x fixed ramp to deck 1
1 x turntable
Designer ...............................................................Kyoritsu
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................50
Passengers
Total..............................................................................820
Number of cabins ........................................................180
Percentage outboard..................................................72%
Bow thrusters
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 1200kW
Bridge control system ......................................................JRC
Fire detection system
Make ...........................................................................NHE
Type...............................................................Addressable
Fire extinguishing system
Engineroom..............................................Fire foam/Hi-fog
Make .........................................................Kashiwa/Nohmi
Vehicle spaces ....................................................Sprinkler
Make ........................................................................Nohmi
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make............................................................................JRC
Models .......................................................JMA-9822-9XA
Integrated bridge................................................................No
Contract date ..................................................19 March 2003
Launch/float-out date ...................................17 January 2004
Delivery date .....................................................25 June 2004
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HIGH ENDEAVOUR: Italian owner selects
a popular STX tanker design
Shipbuilder: ......S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name:...........................High Endeavour
Hull number: .............................................S S-1123
Owner/operator: ..............................d d'Amico Soc
di Navigazione SpA, Italy
Designer:..........S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea
Model tank test establishment used:........K KRISO
(Korea Research Institute of Ships
and Ocean Engineering), Korea
Liberia
Flag: ..........................................................L
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................2
E UROPEAN owners, particularly, have shown
special interest in the MR class of product tanker
which STX inherited from Daedong; the builder has re-
named it the Advanced 47K Tanker, and it was an
Italian operator who took delivery of High Endeavour in
September. Although this is marketed as a standard
design, there are still opportunities for individual
owners to make changes to suit their own
requirements, and two extra cargo tanks have been
included in this version - achieved by including an extra
transverse bulkhead to split the basis No 5 (P&S) tank
to form an additional, centrally divided compartment.
The vessel is single-decked with forecastle, and has a
double-skin hull which is divided into seven pairs of
cargo tanks by an arrangement of seven transverse (and
one centreline) corrugated bulkheads built up on stools.
Two slop tanks and a residuals tank, together with a
heavy fuel bunker, are positioned between the
engineroom and the cargo space. With all stiffening
arranged outside of the tanks, a flush internal surface is
provided which is coated with 300microns of Sigma
phenolic epoxy. The side and double-bottom tanks in
the double-hull space are used for water ballast and
protected by a light-coloured tar-free epoxy.
Frank Mohn (Framo) hydraulically driven submerged
pumps are fitted to handle the cargo, with the 10 largest
spaces utilising 600m3/h units, and the four smaller
worked by similar 300m3/h versions. Nine cargo
segregations can be dealt with by the piping system,
which is designed to carry crude oil, oil products, and
IMO Types II and III chemicals. In all, over 330
commodities, including sodium hydroxide solution can
be loaded. Two more 300m3/h pumps serve the slop
tanks, and a single 100m3/h pump is fitted in the
residuals tank. Ballasting is accomplished by two
conventional Frank Mohn 750m3/h hydraulic pumps,
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and each tank has an overflow line for ballast exchange
which is operated on an automatic remote control valve
system using a flow-through method.
Since STX Shipbuilding forms part of the Ssangyong
engineering group, long established as a licensee of
MAN B&W diesel engines, this company was quite
naturally selected by its new subsidiary as principal
supplier of main engines for its products; indeed, these
engines are now being marketed under the STX brand
name. The choice for this 47K ship design has fallen on
the MAN B&W 6S50MC-C Mk7 type, developing
9480kW at 127rev/min MCR, and running at 8058kW
(120.3rev/min) to drive a FP propeller at a service
1 Mooring equipment
speed of 15knots, allowing a 15% sea margin.
2 4 x mooring winch
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length. oa: ................................................................183.00m
Length, bp.................................................................179.90m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................19.10m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.00m
bottom ......................................................................2.15m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.00m
scantling ...............................................................12.43m
Gross.........................................................................30,028gt
Deadweight
design......................................39,625dwt Crew ..................................................................................14
scantling............................................................46,992dwt
Speed, service (85% MCR)...................................15.00knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................54,458m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1344m3
diesel oil...................................................................183m3
Water ballast.............................................................24.050m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................32.65tonnes/day
auxiliaries .........................................................4.00m3/day
Classification ..........Bureau Veritas I + Mach Oil Tanker ESP,
Chemical Tanker ESP, Unrestricted Navigation,
+ VeriSTAR-Hull, +AUT-UMS, +AUT-PORT,
MON-SHAFT, CLEAN-AIR, ALP, INWATER
SURVEY, SPM, VCS,
CARGOCONTROL, MANOVR
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction .................................................24.80%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ......................................................6S50MC-C Mk 7
Manufacturer .............................................STX Engine Co
Number ............................................................................1
Output ................................................9480kW/127rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .................................STX/Hyundai
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................6000mm
Speed...............................................................127rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .......STX-MAN B&W Holeby 6L23/30H
Output/speed.................................3 x 740kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number ...................................1 x oil fired; 1 x composite
Make ...................................................................KangRim
Output.................................1 x 18,000kg/h; 1 x 1200kg/h
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Type.....................................................................hydraulic
Make .................................................................................-
Cargo tanks
Number .............................14 plus 2 x slop; 1 x residuals
Cargo pumps
Type ................................................Submerged hydraulic
Make ........................................................................Framo
Duties.......................................10 x 600m3/h; 6 x 300m3/h
Cargo/ballast control systems
Make .....................................................................Danfoss
Type..........................................Hydraulic: mimic diagram
Complement
Officers ......................................11
Suez repair crew..............................................................6
Special rudder..........................................Becker flap design
Bow thruster
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Number ............................................................................1
Output .....................................................................950kW
Bridge control system
Make...................................................................STX/HKM
Type.........................................AC-4/SSV/ETS/DGSE/OPU
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make....................................................................Saracom
Type .........................................................................T1016
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo deck ......................................................Fixed foam
Make........................................................................NK Co
Engineroom, paint store ..............................................CO2
Make........................................................................NK Co
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make...................................................Kay Lindegaard
Model.......................................................SH-20SR/SM
Sewage plant
Make.......................................................DVZ-Services
Model .......................................................DVZ-SKA-20
Contract date .....................................................20 May 2002
Launch/float-out date .........................................20 July 2004
Delivery date ...........................................21 September 2004
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HIGH POWER: tanker with electronically
controlled main engine
Shipbuilder: ...............N Naikai Zosen Corp, Japan
Vessel's name: ..................................High Power
Hull number ...................................................6 684
Owner/operator: ......G Golden Product Tanker SA,
Panama
Designer: ...................N Naikai Zosen Corp, Japan
Model test establishment
used:.................................................................-
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................3
T
HE significance of High Power lies principally with
its main engine. Basically just another example of
the well-tried MAN B&W 6S50C design, this particular
unit, however, enters service as Japan's first
electronically controlled engine of the MAN B&W
type, and features what is claimed to be the world's
most advanced technology for powering large ships,
including improved gas emissions, and reduced fuel
and lubricating oil consumption. Electronically
controlled engines are becoming increasingly popular
in the marine field today.
Hitachi Zosen Diesel & Engineering Corp
(HZD&E), an affiliate of the Hitachi Zosen group,
built this innovative engine which is distinguished from
previous S50C designs by the inclusion of the letter 'E'
in its designation: 'S50ME-C', denoting electronic
control. Principal characteristics of the modifications
incorporated in this model include the claim that
because fuel injection and exhaust timing can be
changed during operation, optimal adjustment
matching load condition is possible, allowing the engine
to achieve NOx reduction, smokeless operation, fuel
cost reduction, and improvements in reversing and
quick stopping performance. Better low-load
performance is also obtainable since even in that
condition high injection pressures are possible.
Other features of note are the inclusion of an
accurate timing control system which is arranged to
match the operating environment, and allows the
overhaul intervals for combustion components to be
extended, whilst higher governing precision ensures
stable operation, even when the minimum engine speed
is lowered to 11% MCR. In addition, the replacement of
mechanical parts by electronically controlled items
reduces the potential for deterioration and damage.
Alongside development of the electronic control
aspects of this 6S50 ME-C derivative, HZD&E has
installed monitoring systems aimed at detecting signs of
engine trouble and taking appropriate preventative
measures, and coping with changes in the operating
environment.
High Power is a flush-decked, double-hull tanker
suitable for the carriage of refined products, crude oil
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and palm oil in a cargo space divided into six pairs of
tanks, plus two slop tanks, by a centreline, and
transverse bulkheads. Cargo handling uses four electric
pumps of 800m3/h and 300m3/h capacity, and four
grades of cargo can be carried simultaneously. Pure
epoxy coatings are employed in the tanks, and cargo and
ballast operations are remotely controlled from the
cargo control room.
The Hitachi-MAN B&W 6S50ME-C main engine
described above has an MCR of 9480kW at
127rev/min, and an NCR of 8530kW when running at
1 123rev/min. It is directly coupled to a FP propeller to
give a service speed of 15.70knots. Electrical supply is
3 derived from three Yanmar/Taiyo alternators, each
producing 850kW at 900rev/min. Steam consumption
is satisfied from a vertical watertube boiler with an
output of 12,000kg/h. A notable inclusion in the
specification is an Ocean Schilling rudder. The
accommodation block is arranged aft above the
machinery room, and is separated from the engine and
funnel casing to minimise vibration and noise problems.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................179.90m
Length, bp.................................................................172.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................19.25m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.00m
bottom ......................................................................2.15m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.65m
scantling ................................................................12.78m
Gross .......................................................................28,245gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................41,253dwt
scantling............................................................46,866dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................15.70knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................54,911m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................2090m3
diesel oil...................................................................228m3
Water ballast.............................................................20,340m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................37.10tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................2.30tonnes/day
Classification ....................................Nippon Kaiji Kyokai NS*
(Tanker, Oils - Flashpoint
o Models ..............................JMA-9823-SA; JMA-9822-6XA
below 60 C), (ESP), MNS*
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model................................................................6S50ME-C
Manufacturer ....................................Hitachi Zosen Diesel
& Engineering Corp
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output ......................................MCR: 9480kW/127rev/min
NCR: 8530kW/123rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...............Nakashima Propeller Co
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5850mm
Speed...............................................................123rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type..................................................Yanmar
Output/speed.................................3 x 970kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type .................................................Taiyo
Output/speed.................................3 x 850kW/900rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Type .....................................................Vertical, watertube
Make .........................................................................Miura
Output ..............................................................12,000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Make .........................................................Nippon Pusnes
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number .................................14, including 2 x slop tanks
Grades of cargo carried..................................................4
Product range..........................white and black products,
crude oil, palm oil
Coated tanks ...................................................pure epoxy
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................4
Type ...........................................electric, horizontal screw
Make .................................................................Taiko Kikai
Capacity..................................................800m3/h/300m3/h
Ballast/cargo control systems
Make.................................................Nakakita Seisakusho
Type...........................................................Remote control
Complement
Officers ....................................9
Crew...............................................................................12
Supernumaries/spare ......................................................4
Special rudder ...............................................Ocean Schilling
Fire detection system
Make ......................................Nippon Hakuyo Electronics
Type .................................................................FF-3062-10
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo tanks ..............................................................Foam
Make.........................................................Kashiwa Co Ltd
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make ...............................................Nippon Dry Chemical
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make....................................................................Miura
Model ...........................................................BGW-30N
Sewage plant
Make...........................................Taiko Kikai Industries
Model ................................................................SBT-25
Contract date...............................................29 October 2002
Launch/float-out date ...........................................6 May 2004
Delivery date ...........................................30 September 2004
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IRENE SL: Hyundai Samho delivers
319,000dwt VLCC
Shipbuilder:................................H Hyundai Samho
Heavy Industries Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: .......................................Irene SL
Hull number: ................................................S S203
Owner/Operator: ............E Enesel SA,/N S Lemos,
Greece
Designer: ........................H Hyundai Samho Heavy
Industries Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment
used: .........HHyundai Marine Research Institute,
Korea
Greece
Flag: ........................................................G
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2
T HE Hyundai Heavy Industries Group was founded
in 1972, and has since expanded from a one-yard to
a two-yard operation, based on the original Ulsan site
(which now includes a 'yard-within-a yard' dedicated to
VLCC construction), and the former Halla shipyard at
Samho, near Mokpo on the country's west coast; the
latter was absorbed after Halla got into serious financial
difficulties. Their combined output gives rise to the
claim that the group is the largest ship producer in the
world, and if output from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
is included, Hyundai shipyards contribute an amazing
20% of the world's output. Following the recent re-
organisation, it is from the Samho yard, now trading
independently within the group, that Irene SL has been
delivered into a fleet controlled by one of Greece's
oldest shipping families.
This vessel is single-decked with a sunken aft deck,
but without a forecastle, and is constructed with a
double skin 3.54m wide at the sides and 3.0m deep at
the bottom dedicated to water ballast. Fifteen cargo
tanks are formed within the hull from a combination of
two longitudinal, and four transverse bulkheads, all of
troughed construction. As with most vessels of this
type and size, a sloping bilge is arranged in the five port
and starboard wing tanks. Framing within the double
hull space is arranged longitudinally, and the cargo tanks
are protected by Sigma TCN 300 coatings.
Irene SL can carry three grades of cargo
simultaneously, handled by three steam-turbine-driven
pumps, each delivering 5000m3/h and housed in a room
at the forward end of the engineroom. Cargo and
ballast control and monitoring systems are
computerised and cover operation of pumps, valves,
ullage measurement, and inert-gas facilities. Radar-beam
level gauges are fitted, and an electro-pneumatic
method of sounding is used in the ballast tanks. Crude
oil washing facilities are incorporated utilising a
3000m3/pump fitted in the pumproom.
The design of this Hyundai-Samho VLCC is based
very closely upon similar vessels produced under the
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parent Hyundai name, however, Irene SL does differ
from some of those deliveries by having an alternative
machinery installation. On this occasion, Hyundai
Heavy Industries has supplied a MAN B&W 6S90MC-
C main engine with an MCR output of 29,340kW at
76rev/min, allowing a service speed of 15.70knots to
be developed from the FP propeller at 85% of this
power.
Another change sees the deletion of the shaft-driven
alternator, with electrical supply derived solely from
diesel-driven sets: in this case, three Hyundai 1180kW
units. To conform with recently applied environmental
issues, an inert-gas scrubber system with a capacity of
18,501m3-24,000m3, is fitted to the exhaust gas uptake
of the auxiliary boilers.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................333.00m
Length, bp.................................................................319.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................60.00m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................30.40m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................3.54m
bottom ......................................................................3.00m
Draught
design ....................................................................21.00m
scantling ................................................................22.50m
Gross.......................................................................161,175gt
Displacement ..................................................362,905tonnes
Lightweight ........................................................43,658tonnes
Deadweight
design .............................................................292,205dwt
scantling..........................................................319,247dwt
Block coefficient (design) ............................................0.8132
Speed, service (85% MCR)...................................15.70knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume .353,328m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................9898m3
diesel oil...................................................................395m3
Water ballast...........................................................104,041m3
Percentage of segregated ballast .................................100%
Fuel consumption
main engine only ..................................104.70tonnes/day
Classification ............................................Det Norske Veritas
+A1, Tanker for oil ESP, Nauticus,
(Newbuilding), EO, VCS-2, TMON, SPM
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................36%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................6S90MC-C
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO
Output ...............................................29,340kW/76rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ...........................................................10,000mm
Speed.................................................................76rev/min
Main engine-driven alternators ...........................................Nil
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make ........................................................Hyundai
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output/speed...............................3 x 1250kW/750rev/min
Alternator make ....................................................Hyundai
Output/speed..................................3 1180kW/720rev/min
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer ...........................................Kashiwa Co Ltd
Type .................................8501m3-24,000m3/h; Nos 1 and
2 auxiliary boiler exhaust-gas uptake
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type........................................Automatic, forced draught,
HFO burning
Make......................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Output ........................................................2 x 45,000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winch
Make.................................................................Fukushima
Type .......................................................................Electric
Cargo tanks
Number..................................................15 + 2 slop tanks
Grades of cargo carried......................................crude oil
Coated tanks............................................Sigma/TCN 300
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................3
Type ....................................................Vertical, centrifugal
Single stage
Make........................................................................Shinko
Capacity........................................................3 x 5000m3/h
Cargo/ballast control system
Make ..........................................Danfoss Marine Systems
Type ........................................Hydraulic remote control
Complement
Officers...........................................................................13
Crew...............................................................................17
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bridge control system
Make ........................................Hyundai Heavy Industries
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make....................................................................Saracom
Type ...........................................................................T890
Fire extinguishing systems
Engineroom..............................Expansion and local foam
Make.........................................................Kashiwa Co Ltd
Radar
Number ............................................................................2
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Model ................................JMA-9932-SA; JMA-9922-6XA
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make..................................................................HMMC
Model ............................................MAXI 1200SL WSM
Waste disposer
Make .............................................................Electrolux
Model ..........................................................................-
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ..................................................................ST-2A
Contract date ...........................................18 December 2002
Launch/float-out date .........................................19 July 2004
Delivery date................................................12 October 2004
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KIISLA: 14,000dwt ice-strengthened
products tanker
Shipbuilder:.................E Estaleiros Navais de Viana
do Castelo SA (ENVC), Portugal
Vessel's name: ...............................................Kiisla
Hull number: .....................................................2
Owner/operator: ..............F Fortum Oil and Gas Oy,
Finland
Designers:....E ENVC, Portugal/Deltamarin, Finland
Model test establishment
used: ..........................................H HSVA, Germany
Finland
Flag: ............................................................F
Total number of sister ships
already completed: ..........................................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: .............................................2
R
EADERS of Significant Ships might recall previous
reviews of newbuildings delivered into the service of
Finnish operator Fortum, the national oil major formerly
known as Neste. The most recent of these appeared last
year and featured the innovative double-acting tankers
Mastera and Tempera, designed to serve the Northern Sea
Route across Russia.
Alongside these specialist vessels, the company is in the
process of adding more conventional tankers to its fleet in
the shape of a 25,000dwt contract placed with the Jinling
shipyard, People's Republic of China, and the subject
vessel of 14,000dwt, delivered from the Viana do Castelo
shipyard in Portugal.
Both designs have involved Finnish consultancy
Deltamarin in aspects of the design: in the case of
ENVC, this included the supply of steelwork drawings
covering the cargo area, produced in accordance with the
requirements of Det Norske Veritas and especially
conforming with its '1A Super' notation for navigation in
ice, necessitating specific consideration of hull form,
structure and the propulsion system. Kiisla is a single-
decked vessel with forecastle and poop, upon which is
built a four-tier superstructure providing accommodation
for 14 personnel and 4 supernumaries. A cofferdam
separates these decks from a wheelhouse offering virtual
all-round vision.
The hull is double-skinned and surrounds a space
divided by a centreline, and transverse bulkheads, into
seven pairs of cargo tanks. Nos 4 and 5 tanks P&S are
smaller than the remainder, whilst the Nos 7 P&S
compartments are arranged to also serve as slop tanks.
The use of troughed construction for the bulkheads, and
the inclusion of side stiffening within the double hull and
deck beams mounted externally, ensures a plain surface
within the tanks which are protected by MarineLine
coatings.
The cargo systems are suitable for products of specific
gravities between 0.66 and 1.54tonnes/m3 and of a
temperature range between -20oC and +80oC. Stainless
steel piping of AISI grade 316 is used and cargo handling
is by means of 14 Hamworthy deepwell pumps.
Kiisla is fitted with an 8-cylinder Wrtsil main engine of
the 8L46C type, with an MCR output of 8400kW at
500rev/min. This drives a CP stainless steel propeller
through a Renk gearbox for a service speed of 15.3knots
at 85% MCR, with a sea margin allowance of 15%. An A
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Van Kaick 1500kVA shaft-driven alternator is installed,
and there are three diesel-driven alternators fitted: two of
1284kVA and one of 851kVA. Two boilers with an output
224 of 10tonnes each provide steam. A Rolls-Royce bow
thruster with an output of 800kW is also provided.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa.....................................................................139.75m
Length, bp ....................................................................132.10m
Breadth, moulded...........................................................21.70m
Depth, moulded
Nil to main deck .............................................................12.15m
to poop deck.............................................................15.15m
2 Width of double skin (minimum)
side..............................................................................1.25m
bottom .........................................................................1.45m
Draught
design..........................................................................8.70m
scantling......................................................................9.00m
Gross ..............................................................................9910gt
Displacement........................................................19,574tonnes
Lightweight ..............................................................5661tonnes
Deadweight
design .................................................................14,000dwt
scantling...............................................................14,750dwt
Block coefficient ................................................................0.761
Speed, service, 85% MCR, 15% sea margin..........15.30knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume..........................................................16,082m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ......................................................................778m3
diesel oil ......................................................................125m3
Water ballast ...................................................................6458m3
Percentage segregated ballast ........................................100%
Fuel consumption
main engine ....................................................34tonnes/day
auxiliaries ........................................................12tonnes/day
Classification................Det Norske Veritas 1A1, Tanker for Oil,
Chemicals,ESP, ICE 1A, EO,
+ NAUT-AW, VCS-2, ETC, HLI.54
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction.................................................38%
Main engine
Design ......................................................................Wrtsil
Model..........................................................................8L46C
Manufacturer ............................................................Wrtsil
Number................................................................................1
Output .............................................1 x 8400kW/500rev/min
Gearbox
Make..............................................................................Renk
Model..................................................................HSUL-1120
Number................................................................................1
Output/speed.........................................................8400kW/-
Propeller
Material ..........................................................Stainless steel
Designer/manufacturer .....................................Rolls-Royce
Number................................................................................1
Pitch ...................................................................Controllable
Diameter..................................................................5100mm
Speed ...................................................................................-
Main-engine driven alternator
Number................................................................................1
Make..................................................................A Van Kaick
Output/speed ....................................1500kVA/1200rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number............................................................................3
Engine make ............................................................Wrtsil
Number/type...........................................2 x 6L20; 1 x 4L20
Type of fuel ...................................................................MDO
Output/speed.................................2 x 1020kW/900rev/min;
1 x 680kW/900rev/min
Alternator make.................................................A Van Kaick
Output/speed ................................2 x 1284kVA/900rev/min
1 x 851kVA/900rev/min
Boilers
Number................................................................................2
Type ...............................................................................CHB
Make.........................................................................Aalborg
Output .......................................................2 x 10tonnes/day
Mooring equipment
Number/type .......................................................................7
Make ..................................................................Rolls-Royce
Type ...........................................................................Electric
Cargo tanks
Number................................................12 plus 2 cargo/slop
Grades of cargo carried..................oil products/chemicals
Type of coating .....................Advanced Polymer Coatings,
Marineline
Stainless steel..............................................AISI 316 piping
Cargo pumps
Type......................................................Electric submersible
Number .....................12 x DL150 d/200; 2 x DL100 d/100;
1 DL80 d/100 (cargo drain tank)
Make ...................................................................Hamworthy
Capacities..............12 x 350m3 /h; 2 x 150m3/h; 1 x 50m3/h
Cargo/ballast control system..................Napa/Saab/Valmarine
Complement
Officers ................................................................................7
Crew ....................................................................................7
Supernumaries....................................................................4
Bow thruster
Make.................................................Rolls-Royce TT 2000 II
Number................................................................................1
Output ........................................................................800kW
Bridge control system
Make...........................................................................Furuno
One man operation .........................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ......................................................................Autronica
Type..................................................................BS-100 DYFI
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo deck ..................................................................Foam
Make ............................................................................Unitor
Radars
Number................................................................................2
Make.......................................................................Selesmar
Models ...................................................................10DC001
Integrated bridge system
Make...........................................................................Furuno
Contract date.........................................................14 May 2001
Launch/float-out date......................................22 January 2004
Delivery date...................................................29 October 2004
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MARY ARCTICA: box ship for Greenland
Shipbuilder: ..................G Gdansk Shiprepair Yard
'REMONTOWA'
(hull built at Gdansk Shipyard),
Poland
Vessel's name: ................................Mary Arctica
1104
Hull number .................................................1
Owner/operator: ......................R Royal Arctic Line,
Greenland
Designer: .....................G Gdansk Shiprepair Yard,
'REMONTOWA'
Poland/Carl Bro A/S, Denmark
Model test establishment
used:..................F Force Technology, Denmark
Denmark (DIS)
Flag: ............................................D
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
Nil
ships still on order: ........................................N
G REENLAND's trading requirements include
ships for both overseas links, and coastal feeder
services, as evidenced by two specialist vessels
described in previous editions of Significant Ships. From
1994 came Sea Arctica, designed to operate on the
mainly containerised route to Denmark, with the
smaller Irena Arctica a delivered in 1995 to maintain a
feeder run along the west coast of the island,
northwards from the capital Nuuk. Joining the fleet in
2004 is Mary Arctica, the largest ship yet built by
Remontowa; she will go into service between ports in
Northern Europe and various harbours in Greenland.
The general arrangement plan shows the vessel's
interesting profile, with the aft-end lines forming a
'pram-shape' complete with a central skeg, and the fore
end almost replicating the shape with a spoon-type bow,
designed to enable the vessel to perform an icebreaking
function by sliding on to the ice and crushing it under
its weight. Construction, under the highest ice-class
notation (ICE 1A*) of Det Norske Veritas, means that
as well as the ice belt along the ship's side, Mary Arctica
has shell plating forward which is up to 30mm thick and
a 50mm stem plate. Additionally, an ice-knife is fitted
above the rudder and ice-fins in front of the propeller.
The design includes a double-skin hull extending into
the engineroom, and surrounding a cargo space
containing four box-shaped holds, fitted with cell guides
and suitable for the carriage of 259TEU, with a further
313 loaded on the upper deck and on hatch covers. A
whaleback forward affords protection to mooring
arrangements and deck cargo. The double-hull space is
given over to water ballast, with fuel capacity provided
in deeptanks between the hold bulkheads. With much
of its cargo bound for small Greenland harbours, Mary
Arctica is self-sustaining, with two 45tonne Liebherr
cranes positioned on tall pedestals on the centreline.
The main engine is a Cegielski-MAN B&W 6S46MC-
C type having an MCR rating of 7860kW at
129rev/min and driving a CP propeller. Service speed at
90% MCR is 15.30knots, allowing a 15% sea margin
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and assuming 1000kW diverted to a shaft-driven
alternator via a Renk gearbox. Also fitted are three
MAN B&W Holeby/Leroy Somer diesel-alternator
sets: two producing 735kW and one 645kW. One
exhaust-gas and one oil-fired boiler provide steam, and
the main engine is fitted with an exhaust- gas scrubbing
system. An 800kW tunnel thruster at bow and stern,
and a Schilling-type rudder supplied by Becker Marine
and operated by two Rolls-Royce Tenfjord rotary-vane
steering gears, provide the extra manoeuvrability
required for working in Greenland's small harbours.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length. oa .................................................................113.00m
Length, bp.................................................................102.45m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................22.70m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................15.15m
to tween deck ........................................................12.00m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.40m
bottom ......................................................................1.60m
Draught
design ......................................................................7.00m
scantling ..................................................................8.20m
max container ..........................................................7.50m
Gross.........................................................................10,300gt
Displacement ....................................................11,465tonnes
Lightweight ................................................................5100dwt
Deadweight
design...............................................................6365dwt
scantling...............................................................8870dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.704
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin,
1000kW shaft alternator engaged ......................15.30knots
Cargo capacity
grain ....................................................................14,486m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ................................................................1176m3
diesel oil...................................................................258m3
Water ballast................................................................6123m3
Container operations
water ballast carried when loaded........................1850m3
Fuel consumption
main engine .................................................31tonnes/day
auxiliaries .......................................................3tonnes/day
Classification .....Det Norske Veritas +1A1, ICE-1A*, General
Cargo/Container Carrier, EO, ICS, DG-P, In Water Survey
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction ...........................................~30%
Heel control equipment............300m3 tank with 480m3 pump
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................6S46MC-C
Manufacturer ........................................HCP (H Cegielski)
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output ................................................7860kW/129rev/min
Gearbox
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Model .......................................................SHHII-1430/950
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed (to shaft alternator) ...................200rev/min
Propeller
Material .......................................................Stainless steel
Designer.................................................MAN B&W Alpha
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5100mm
Speed...............................................................129rev/min
Main engine-driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type .............................Leroy Somer/LSA 53VS7/6p
Output/speed...................................1600kW/1200rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type...........MAN B&W Holeby/2 x 8L16/24;
1 x 5L16/24
Output/speed............................2 x 1088kW/1200rev/min;
1 x 680kW/1200rev/min
Alternator make/type ............................Leroy Somer/AEM
Output/speed..............................2 x 760kW/1200rev/min;
1 x 475kW/1200rev/min
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer........................................Aalborg Industries
Type............................................EXV 1022-28-57-900-SD
Cargo cranes
Number ............................................................................2
Make .....................................................................Liebherr
Type ...............................................................CBW 45/298
Performance ........................................2 x 45tonne/29.8m
Mooring equipment
Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
3 x mooring winch
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .......................................................................Electric
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Manufacturer ..........................................Stocznia Gdansk
Type.....................................................Lift-away pontoons
Containers
Lengths ................................................................20ft; 40ft
Cell guides ...............................................Deck and holds
Total TEU capacity.......................................................572
on deck ..................................................................313
in holds ...................................................................259
homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes .....................384
reefer plugs ............................................................220
Tiers/rows (maximum)
on deck....................................................................5/9
in holds ....................................................................5/7
Ballast control system
Make ..........................................................Lyngs Marine
Complement
Officers.............................................................................8
Crew.................................................................................7
Special rudder ...........................................................Schilling
Bow and stern thrusters
Make................................................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
Number ............................1 x stern; 1 x bow. Tunnel type
Output ...............................................................2 x 800kW
Fire detection system
Make ...................................................................Autronica
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds.................................................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Engineroom......................................CO2/Local water mist
Make ............................................................Unitor/Semco
Contract date ....................................................26 June 2003
Launch/float-out date ................................3 September 2004
Delivery date............................................................End-2004
Note: Although scheduled for end-2004 completion, delivery might
extend into 2005.
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METHANE KARI-ELIN: Samsung-built LNG
carrier
Shipbuilder: ..............S Samsung Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: ........................Methane Kari-Elin
Hull number: ................................................1 1428
Owner/operator: .............B BG LNG services, USA
Designer:.....S Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd,
Korea
Bermuda
Flag: ......................................................B
Total number of sister
ships already in service: ...............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
S AMSUNG'S first venture into the world of LNG
transportation occurred as recently as 1999, since
when orders received by the yard for the special type of
tanker required for this cargo have reached well into
double-figures. With a capacity of around 138,000m3,
Methane Kari-Elin represents a size of vessel which, by
general consensus, has become something of a 'norm'
for builders and operators worldwide, and for which
Samsung has developed a standard design used for
most of the LNG carriers produced at the Koje Island
shipyard in the past five years. It features a single-
decked hull with aft sunken deck, raked stem with
bulbous bow, transom stern, and accommodation
spaces positioned aft, above the machinery space.
The double-skin hull has side spaces joined with top
and bottom wing tanks arranged to carry water ballast,
and encloses four individual cargo tanks separated by
cofferdams and extending above the upper deck, where
they are enclosed in a fore and aft trunk which includes
access passages linking the extremities of the vessel.
The space forward of No1 tank is divided into three
tanks: at the centre is a fuel bunker, with water ballast
carried at the sides. The cargo tanks have been
constructed in accordance with the Gaz Transport and
Technigas (GTT) Mk III containment system for the
transport of LNG cargoes at cryogenic temperature
(-163C) and atmospheric pressure. These are enclosed
in a primary membrane of 1.2mm thick corrugated
SUS304L stainless steel plates, and a secondary
membrane of triplex glass wool. Further insulation is
provided by 270mm-thick reinforced polyurethane
foam contained in plywood boxes. The system is
designed to limit the daily boil-off gas rate to 0.15% of
total cargo volume.
Cargo is handled by two 1700m3/h electrically driven
submersible cargo pumps in each tank (a total of eight),
capable of completely discharging cargo in 12 hours,
following cooling by LNG spray. Other equipment
involved with these procedures include low- and high-
duty compressors installed in a room on the trunk deck,
four spray pumps, an emergency cargo pump, warm-up
heaters, an LNG vaporiser, forcing vaporiser, also inert
gas and nitrogen generators. An airconditioned cargo
control room provides a central command and
monitoring station for cargo and ballast operations,
using a Kongsberg Simrad system, while propulsion
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plant, integrated automation equipment and shipboard
management systems can be remotely operated from
the engine control room. Also installed is a one-man
bridge system complying with Lloyd's NAV1/IBS
notations, and part of a Kongsberg Norcontrol DB10
installation.
Although Samsung has very recently secured its first
contract for diesel-powered LNG tankers, Methane
Karin-Elin continues to utilise the well-proven steam
turbine-driven concept, based on a Kawasaki cross-
compound impulse-type UA-400 unit developing
39,500shp (29,044kW). This is supplied with steam
from boilers arranged to burn oil or boil-off gas. An
integral gearbox reduces turbine speed to 90rev/min at
the FP propeller to give a service speed at 85%
maximum output of 20.10knots. Electrical
requirements are derived from two steam turbine-driven
alternators and a diesel-driven set.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................278.80m
Length, bp.................................................................266.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.60m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................26.00m
to trunk deck..........................................................32.70m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.30m
bottom ......................................................................3.40m
Draught
design ....................................................................11.35m
scantling ................................................................12.00m
Gross .......................................................................93,410gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................68,250dwt
scantling............................................................74,000dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.741
Speed, service, 85% MCR ....................................20.10knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ....................................................138,200m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................7700m3
diesel oil...................................................................400m3
Water ballast.............................................................54,200m3
Fuel consumption.........................................171.7tonnes/day
Classification ........Lloyd's Register +LMC, NAV1, IBS, UMS,
CCS, SCM, CS, ICS, IWS, PMS (CM), SCM.
Also DNV F-AMC, Letter of Compliance
Steam turbine
Design ................Type UA-400 cross-compound impulse
Manufacturer..........................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...........................................39,500shp (29,044kW)
Gearbox
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Type......................................Integrated with main turbine
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed .....................................................90rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8250mm
Speed.................................................................90rev/min
Steam turbine-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Turbine make/type ............................Mitsubishi/AT42CT-B
Output/speed.............................2 x 3450kW/1800rev/min
Alternator make/type...........................ABB/AMG 630M4L
Output/speed...................................3450kW/1800rev/min
Diesel-driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Engine make/type.................................Wrtsil/9R32LNE
Output/speed...............................1 x 3647kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type ..............ABB/AMG 900SM 10LSEA
Output/speed.....................................3450kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type .................................................................UME 65/50
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Output ........................................................2 x 65tonnes/h
Mooring equipment
Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
7 x mooring winch
Make/type.........................Kocks/high-pressure hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number ............................................................................4
Grades of cargo carried..................................................1
Product range.............................................................LNG
Tank system ......................................................GTT Mk III
Stainless steel ...........................................Primary barrier;
pump tower, liquid piping
Cargo pumps
Number ....................................8
Type ...................................................Submerged electric
Make.........................................................................Ebara
Capacity........................................................8 x 1700m3/h
Ballast/cargo control
Make....................................................Kongsberg Simrad
Type........................................................................PS-400
Complement
Officers...........................................................................24
Crew...............................................................................12
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Output .............................................................1 x 2500kW
Bridge control system
Make ..............................................Kongsberg Norcontrol
Type .........................................................................DB-10
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
Type..................................................................CS-3000
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo tanks ....................................................Dry powder
Make .............................................................................NK
Engineroom .........................................High-pressure CO2
Make .............................................................................NK
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
Make ..............................................Kongsberg Norcontrol
Models .....................................................................DB-10
Integrated bridge system
Make ..............................................Kongsberg Norcontrol
Model .......................................................................DB-10
Waste disposal plant
Waste compactor
Make ..................................................Hackman Metos
Mode.........................................................Orwak 5030
Waste shredder/crusher
Make ..................................................Hackman Metos
Model...........................................................UMS 2530
Contract date...........................................................July 2001
Launch/float-out date .............................................June 2003
Delivery date ...........................................................May 2004
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MINERVA LISA: Samsung 105,000dwt
standard tanker
Shipbuilder: ..............S Samsung Heavy Industries
Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: ................................Minerva Lisa
Hull number .................................................1 1454
Owner/operator:................M Minerva Maritime Inc,
Greece
Designer:.....S Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd,
Korea
Greece
Flag: ........................................................G
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................3 3 Cargo tanks
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
B
RING together an owner with a fair representation
of 105,000dwt tankers in his fleet, and a builder
with a standard design of that size in its portfolio, and
a mini-series of four newbuildings might well be the
result. Minerva Lisa is the last delivery from such a
group, and is particularly noteworthy for the inclusion
in the specification of the requirements of ABS Ice
Class C notation, and of the adoption of a -10oC
ambient temperature basis for her design - indicative of
Minerva's possible interest in an increase in Baltic
trading resulting from an anticipated expansion of
Russian oil exports.
The vessel is single-decked without forecastle, and
arranged with a double skin which combines side and
bottom tanks to form six pairs of water ballast tanks,
and surrounds a cargo space, also divided into six pairs
of tanks and used for the carriage of crude oil and dirty
products. Two slop tanks are also provided, like the
cargo tanks protected by Hempadur epoxy anti-abrasive
coatings. Cargo handling is by means of three Shinko
vertical, centrifugal pumps, each rated at 2800m3/h and
installed in a pump room forward of the machinery
space.
The latter is arranged right aft, and is the location of
an MAN B&W 7S60MC main engine which develops
14,280kW MCR at 105rev/min and was built by the
HSD Engine Co Ltd. Directly coupled to a FP
Nakashima propeller, the arrangement produces a
service speed of almost 15.50knots. Electrical power of
1225kVA is obtained from each of three Hyundai
alternator sets using MAN B&W 6L21/31 prime
movers, and steam is produced in two oil-fired
Mitsubishi boilers with an output of 26,000kg/h each.
To assist with manoeuvring and mooring, a Brunvoll
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1500kW bow thruster is installed. Accommodation for
a total crew of 30 is arranged in a deckhouse above the
engineroom, separated from the funnel casing to reduce
possible noise and vibration problems.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................243.57m
Length, bp.................................................................233.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................21.30m
Width of double skin
sides .......................................................................2.46m
bottom ......................................................................2.46m
Draught
design ....................................................................13.60m
scantling ................................................................14.75m
Gross .......................................................................58,156gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................93,209dwt
scantling..........................................................103,755dwt
Speed, service.......................................................15.45knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ....................................................124,400m3
Bunkers
heavy oil................................................................3,670m3
diesel oil...................................................................160m3
Water ballast.............................................................40,000m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................51.80tonnes/day
Classification..............American Bureau of Shipping +A1(E),
Oil Carrier ESP, +AMS, +ACCU, SH,
UWILD, SHCM, Ice Class IC, RES,
SPM, VEC, FL (25)
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...................................................................7S60MC
Manufacturer......................................HSD Engine Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ..........................................................1 x 14,280kW
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer....................................Nakashima
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................7250mm
Speed...............................................................105rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..............................MAN B&W 6L21/31
Output .............................................................3 x 1054kW
Alternator make/type ..........Hyundai/HFC6 564-64K-HSD
Output/speed ..........................3 x 1225kVA/900rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type.......................................................MAC-30B oil fired
Output ........................................................2 x 26,000kg/h
Hose cranes
Number ............................................................................2
Make................................................................MacGregor
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Performance ....................................15tonnes/26m radius
Mooring equipment
Number..............................................................8 winches
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .............................................Low-pressure hydraulic
Number .............................................12 plus 2 slop tanks
Grades of cargo carried .............crude oil; dirty products
Tank coatings...Hempels Hempadur anti-abrasive epoxy
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................3
Type................................vertical, single-stage centrifugal
Make........................................................................Shinko
Capacity........................................................3 x 2800m3/h
Cargo/ballast control systems
Make........................................................................Shinko
Complement
Officers...........................................................................16
Crew...............................................................................14
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...................................................................1500kW
Bridge control system
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
Type ......................................................................NSAC-1
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
Make .............................................................................NK
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Models .........................1 x S-band JMA9833, 2 x X-band
JMA 9823/2-7XA
Integral bridge system
Make/model...............................................JRC/JAN-701C
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make...............................................................HMMCO
Model ...............................................MAX1100SL-1WS
Sewage plant
Make..............................................................Sasakura
Model ..................................................................ST-3A
Contract date ...............................14 May 2002
Launch/float-outdate .........................................26 June 2004
Delivery date .............................................3 September 2004
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MSC STELLA: Hyundai Samho continues
the HHI/MSC connection
Shipbuilder:................................H Hyundai Samho
Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Korea
Vessel's name: ...................................MSC Stella
S196
Hull number: ................................................S
Owner/operator.............M Mediterranean Shipping
Co SA, Switzerland
Designer: ........................H Hyundai Samho Heavy
Industries Co Ltd, Korea
Model test establishment
used:......................................H Hyundai Maritime
Research Institute, Korea
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................6 6
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
T HE association between Hyundai Heavy Industries
(HHI) and Mediterranean Shipping has produced a
number of container ships of various sizes for service
in the worldwide operations of this Swiss-controlled
company, and now that the HHI group has been re-
organised into separate companies, this is being
continued by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, and it
was this yard which delivered MSC Stella in July. The
vessel is, in fact, very similar to MSC Viviana, delivered
last year by HHI (Significant Ships of 2003) except that
TEU capacity has been reduced from a total of 6730 to
6402, by eliminating one-tier of containers from the
deck loading.
The double-skinned/single-decked design retains the
girderless structure of parent Hyundai's container ship
construction and has eight cargo holds, six of which are
arranged forward of the engineroom and provide 26 x
TEU bays, and two aft with eight bays, plus two more
(usually allotted to FEU) positioned right aft above the
sunken mooring deck. A maximum of six tiers of
containers is carried on deck with nine in the holds,
whilst rows across are 16 and 14 respectively.
Dangerous cargoes of SOLAS categories
1.4S/2/3/4/5.1/6.1/8 and 9 can be carried in holds 1
to 5, and these spaces are mechanically ventilated with
two-hourly air changes. As well as 20ft and 40ft
containers, 45ft units can be loaded direct on to hatch
covers 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A., 6A, 7A, and 8A.
Cell guides suitable for 40ft containers are fitted in the
cargo holds, and these can be adapted to accept six tiers
of TEU. On deck, athwartship lashing bridges for
40ft/45ft containers are provided, and equipped with
the necessary fittings to enable those loaded on the
hatch covers or stools to be conveniently and securely
lashed up to four, five, or six tiers high. Protection for
containers carried on deck is afforded by a breakwater
at the forward end of the upper deck, and the vessel
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has been fitted with MacGregor pontoon hatch covers,
made up of three panels each of a maximum 41tonnes
weight to facilitate handling by shore cranes.
The main engine is of the Hyundai-MAN B&W
10K98MC-C type, developing 57,100kW MCR at
104rev/min, and running at an NCR 90% of that value
with a 15% sea margin, for a service speed of
24.80knots. The four diesel-alternators have both
mechanical and electrical parts provided by Hyundai,
and are rated at 2100kW each. The rudder profile and
raked propeller tips have been adopted to reduce
propeller cavitation, and the outside shell has been
coated with self-polishing paint as part of a five-year
life protection programme. Forward, a Lips 2500kW
thruster has been fitted to enhance manoeuvrability.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................303.92m
Length, bp.................................................................292.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................40.00m
Depth, moulded
to upper deck ........................................................24.20m
Width of double skin
bottom .....................................................................2.10m
side ..........................................................................2.00m
Draught
design ...................................................................13.00m
scantling ................................................................14.50m
Gross .......................................................................73,819gt
Displacement ..................................................112,636tonnes
Lightweight ........................................................26,956tonnes
Block coefficient
design ....................................................................0.6267
scantling .................................................................0.6468
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......25.08knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................7650m3
diesel oil...................................................................515m3
Water ballast.............................................................17,730m3
Water ballast carried in loaded condition............9200tonnes
Fuel consumption
main engine only ..................................208.70tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................7.24tonnes/day
Classification ...........................Germanischer Lloyd +100A5,
Container Ship IW, +MC, AUT
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction ............................................50%
Heel control equipment ................Anti-heel pump working in
No 3 wing tanks P&S
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model .............................................................10K98MC-C
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel ................................................HFO and MDO
Output .............................................57,100kW/104rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8700mm
Speed...............................................................104rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type................Hyundai-MAN B&W 8L27/38
Type of fuel ................................................HFO and MDO
Output/speed...............................4 x 2280kW/720rev/min
Alternator/make/type ..........Hyundai-EMD/HFJS 712-14K
Output/speed...............................4 x 2100kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Type.................................................................HA10RSGY
Make ...................................................................KangRim
Output .................................................................6000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number ..................................................................12 sets
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .......................................................................Electric
Hatch covers
Designer/manufacturer....................................MacGregor
Type .................................................Lift-on/lift-off pontoon
Containers
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
Heights.........................................................8ft 6in; 9ft 6in
Cell guides ............................................................in holds
Total TEU capacity.....................................................6402
on deck ................................................................3300
in holds .................................................................3102
homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................5023
Reefer plugs ................................................................400
Tiers/rows
on deck .................................................................6/16
in holds ..................................................................9/14
Complement
Officers...........................................................................18
Crew...............................................................................11
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
Bow thruster
Make............................................................................Lips
Number ............................................................................1
Output......................................2500kW
Bridge control system
Make ....................................................................HHI-EES
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make............................................................................STN
Type .....................................................................CS 3004
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Cabins/public spaces ........................................local CO2
Make........................................Heinrich Behrens Pumpen
Radars
Number ........................................2 x X-band; 1 x S-band
Make ..................................................................STN-Atlas
Models.......................2 x ARPA-2B8X; 1 x ARPA-3B-14S
Integrated bridge................................................................No
Contract date......................................................18 July 2002
Launch/float-out date ........................................28 April 2004
Delivery date ......................................................13 July 2004
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NURAGHES: new ferry for Tirrenia's
mainland/Sardinia service
Shipbuilder:..................................F Fincantieri CNI
(Castellammare di Stabia yard), Italy
Vessel's name: .....................................Nuraghes
Hull number: ................................................6
Owner/operator:.....T Tirrenia di Navigazione, Italy
Model test establishment
used: .........................M MARIN, The Netherlands
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................2
N
URAGHES takes her name from a series of
megalithic towers found throughout Sardinia, and
it is to Olbia, a port on the north-east coast of that
island, that this new cruise-ferry will operate a regular
service from Civitavecchia, the port of Rome. She has
been designed as a ro-ro ship with twin rudders,
bulbous bow, and transom stern. The main engines and
auxiliaries are positioned aft of midships, and
accommodation, public areas, and navigation spaces
located on decks 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Vehicle access is over the stern on to the main deck,
and the cargo space is arranged so that the lower hold is
available only for cars, with the main and upper decks
for trailers. In total, three fixed decks are used for
vehicle transport, with additional space provided on
hoistable platforms offering 3500m2 of stowage. Access
from main to upper deck is by means of two fixed
ramps, one for trailers and one for cars.
Passengers enter the ferry at the port side aft, and
proceed direct to reception using an escalator.
Accommodation is provided for 2900 passengers
occupying 360 cabins, arranged for two or four-bed
occupancy, and with three triple-berth rooms available
for disabled passengers. External cabins make up 35%
of the total, with the remainder positioned inside. All
are equipped with en-suite toilet facilities. For other
travellers in both first and tourist classes, there are
lounges fitted out with a total of 1000 pullman seats.
Public spaces to cruise-liner standards are arranged to
satisfy the full passenger complement, including
restaurant and cafeteria-style eating places, sandwich
and snack bars, and a lounge hall with seating for 600. A
cinema can be visited and there is a shopping area, card
room, video-game arcade and a quiet reading room. A
crew of 90 is employed to service the vessel. Lifesaving
facilities include six 150-person lifeboats and four
vertical-chute marine evacuation systems.
Nuraghes is powered by four Wrtsil 12V46C main
engines, operating on heavy fuel oil and each developing
engine speed to 150rev/min at the two CP propellers,
and also driving a pair of 2200kW Marelli alternators.
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Three 2300kW Wrtsil/Marelli diesel-driven alternator
sets are also installed. Service speed is 29.50knots at
85% full power, and a top speed of over 31knots can be
6113 achieved (similar to that achieved on Fincantieri's earlier
series for Minoan Lines - Knossos Palace, Significant Ships of
2000). Manoeuvring is enhanced by having two
conventional rudders aft and two Lips-Wrtsil
1500kW thrusters forward.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Nil Length, oa .................................................................214.00m
Length, bp.................................................................192.44m
2 Breadth, moulded .......................................................26.40m
Depth moulded
to main deck ..........................................................10.00m
to upper deck ........................................................15.29m
Draught
design ......................................................................6.90m
scantling ..................................................................7.10m
Gross .......................................................................40,050gt
Deadweight
design ..................................................................3900dwt
scantling...............................................................5500dwt
Speed, service, 85% MCR ....................................29.50knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1000m3
diesel oil.....................................................................90m3
Water ballast................................................................3000m3
Fuel consumption
main engines only......................................164tonnes/day
Classification....Registro Italiano Navale C* Passenger Ship,
Unrestricted Navigation, AUT-UMS/AUT-Port,
MON-Shaft, IWS
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction ...........................................100%
Roll stabilisation equipment.............................Fincantieri fins
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model ....................................................................12V46C
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................4
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ......................................4 x 12,840 kW/500rev/min
Gearboxes
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Model .........................................................NDSHQL-3200
Number........................................2 Fire extinguishing systems
Output speed ...................................................150rev/min
Propellers
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...............................Wrtsil (Lips)
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5600mm
Speed...............................................................150rev/min
Main-engine driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type................................................................Marelli
Output/speed.............................2 x 2200kW/1500rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .......................................Wrtsil 6R32
Output/speed...............................3 x 2430kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type ...............................Marelli-Sincrono
Output/speed.............................. 3 x 2300kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type...................................................................CHB-3000
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output ...........................................................2 x 3000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
6 x mooring winches
Make ......................................................Ulstein Brattvaag
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Lifeboats....................................................6 x 150-person
MES........................................................4 x vertical chute
Make .................................................................................-
Reefer plugs (in vehicle space)..........................................50
Vehicles
Number of vehicle decks.........................3 + 1 moveable
Total lane length for trailers ....................................2000m
Doors, ramps, moveable decks
Number ..............2 x stern ramps; 1 x fixed internal ramp
with cover; 1 x moveable deck;
3 x hoistable ramps
Type..............................................................Navalimpianti
Complement ........................................................................90
Passengers
Total............................................................................2900
Number of cabins ........................................................360
Percentage outboard..................................................35%
Passenger seating .....................280 Class I; 648 Class II
Rudders.................................................................................2
Bow thrusters
Make ...........................................................Wrtsil (Lips)
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 1500kW
Bridge control system
Make ....................................................Consilium Selemar
Type.......................................................................INS 970
Fire detection system
Make .........................................................................Nittan
Type....................................................................NSAC-1C
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make.....................................................................Minimax
Vehicle spaces....................................................Drencher
Make.....................................................................Minimax
Cabins/public spaces .........................................Sprinkler
Make.....................................................................Minimax
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make ..................................................Consilium Selesmar
Contract date.......................................................6 April 2003
Launch/float-out date ...................................21 January 2004
Delivery date .....................................................30 June 2004
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PALMALI VOYAGER: new-design Russian
river/sea dry cargo ship
Shipbuilder: ............V Volgograd Shipyard, Russia
Vessel's name:...........................Palmali Voyager
Hull number: ..................................................2 222
Owner/operator:...........P Palmali Shipping Co Ltd,
Turkey
Designer: ....M Marine Engineering Bureau, Russia
Model test establishment
used:.................................................................--
Malta
Flag: ............................................................M
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................1
P ALMALI VOYAGER is the second delivery from
a new series of river/sea dry cargo vessels, built in
accordance with the Marine Engineering Bureau's
Project 006RSD05. Specially designed in conjunction
with Palmali Shipping for effective operation at sea, as
well as in the Russian inland waterways and the Volga-
Don channel, the class highlights the healthy order
book at the Volgograd shipyard, whose reputation has
been built up on the construction of tanker and cargo
ship designs of maximum dimensions 141.00m length
and 18m beam, equating to a deadweight of around
7000tonnes. Volgograd currently operates as part of
the MNP-Onshore and Offshore group, which has a
total of five shipyards spread around Russia.
Russia possesses a vast mileage of inland waterways
available for navigation, with some providing links
between the Black Sea and the Baltic, and beyond into
international waters. As a result, a particular low air-
draught configuration has evolved over many years to
suit the operational conditions, and this has been
retained by the designers of the 006RSD05 project,
which features a single-decked, double-skin hull with
poop and forecastle. Four cargo holds are arranged, and
their 3.3m high hatch coamings, supporting pontoon
covers strengthened and equipped to carry containers
and timber cargoes, effectively form a full length trunk
above the main deck, whilst leaving a passageway along
the deck P & S.
A fore and aft gangway, 2.5m above this deck passage,
also provides access between poop and forecastle and
serves as a working platform at the hatch side.
Accommodation is arranged in the poop, and in two
tiers of deckhouse above, for a complement of 14. A
third tier is occupied by a totally enclosed, full-width
wheelhouse.
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The holds are box-shaped and suitable for the Number........................................2
transport of timber, and bulk and general cargoes, with Output ........................................2 x 1120kW/1000rev/min
full cargo carrying utilisation possible for stowage Azimuthing propellers
factors up to 1.72m3/tonne. Dangerous goods of Make .....................................................................Schottel
Model............................................................SRP-1010-FP
IMDG codes 1, 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9, and
Appendix B of the BC Code can be carried, and
Number ............................................................................2
Diesel-driven alternators
provision is made for loading a total of Model ................................................................................-
274/137TEU/FEU, divided 70/35 on deck and Manufacturer...................................................Volvo Penta
204/102 in the holds. No cargo handling equipment is Number ............................................................................2
fitted. The hazards of working in the waterways and Output ...............................................................2 x 211kW
channels are covered by mooring facilities which include Lifesaving equipment....................................Free-fall lifeboat
1 two bow anchors and a stern anchor. Hatch covers
This series of river/sea cargo vessels is understood to Design ..................................................................Ozmarin
be the first of its type to be fitted with fully azimuthing Manufacturer .....................................Volgograd Shipyard
1 Type .........................................................Foldtite pontoon
propellers for propulsion and steering. Two Schottel Containers
SRP-1010FP units with 360deg rotation are installed aft, Lengths ................................................................20ft; 40ft
providing the vessel with a service speed of 10.50knots. Total FEU/TEU capacity........................................274/137
Supplementing their manoeuvring performance is a
bow thruster from the same manufacturer with an
output of 230kW. Power for the propulsion units comes
on deck ...............................................................70/35
in holds............................................................204/102
Complement ........................................................................14
from a pair of Wrtsil 6L20 main engines each having Bow thruster
an output of 1120kW when running at 1000rev/min. Model .................................................................STT 17LK
Electrical power comes from two Volvo Penta 211kW Manufacturer.........................................................Schottel
Number ............................................................................1
diesel-driven alternators. Output .....................................................................230kW
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date............................................................--
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Delivery date ...........................................25 September 2004
Length, oa .................................................................139.55m
Length, bp.................................................................134.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................16.50m
Depth, moulded to main deck ......................................6.00m
Air draught, above 3.00m draught .............................13.20m
Draught
river .........................................................................3.60m
sea ...........................................................................4.60m
Deadweight
river ......................................................................4536dwt
sea ......................................................................6933dwt
Copies of Significant
Cargo deadweight
river ......................................................................4332dwt
Ships of 2004 can be
sea........................................................................6629dwt
Width of double skin
ordered from The
side .........................................................................1.65m
bottom ......................................................................0.98m
Royal Institution of
Cargo capacity
grain ....................................................................11,408m3 Naval Architects.
Bunkers
heavy fuel.................................................................239m3 See order form on
diesel oil.....................................................................60m3
Water ballast................................................................3572m3 page 131
Classification.................................Russian Maritime Register
of Shipping KM * JIY1 I IIA1
Main engine
Design/manufacturer ............................................Wrtsil
Model ........................................6L20
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POLAR VIKING: fully-
refrigerated 60,000m3 LPG
carrier
Shipbuilder:...H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd,
Korea
Vessel's name:..................................Polar Viking
Hull number: ................................................1 1547
Owner/operator: .............H Hydroship A/S, Norway
Designer:.......H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd,
Korea
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai
Maritime Research Institute, Korea
Liberia
Flag: .........................................................L
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................1 1 each tank. Performance of each is rated at 500m3/h,
H YUNDAI'S long experience with the building of
LPG/LNG carriers continues to be rewarded by
orders for vessels of these types, selected from a
portfolio of ship designs offering various cargo
capacities. Hydroship A/S, a subsidiary of the large
Norwegian Norsk Hydro combine, has opted for a
60,000m3 example to operate in its LPG transportation
operation: and for readers who find it difficult to relate
'physical size' to cubic capacity, Polar Viking equates
roughly to a conventional oil tanker of some
46,000dwt.
A newly published work on the subject of LPG
carriers (Fully Refrigerated LPG Carriers, by Syd Harris)
suggests that overall design and construction has
changed little since the first vessel of this type was
delivered 40 years ago, and Polar Viking conforms to a
now standard layout, having a flush-deck without
forecastle, and a block superstructure aft, built over the
machinery room. The hull is of single-skin construction
with top and bottom wing ballast tanks, and the cargo
space is divided into four holds, into each of which is
fitted a free-standing, saddle-supported, prismatic tank,
built from low-temperature carbon steel.
These are insulated with 120mm thick polyurethane
foam and clad with 5mm Aluzink steel sheeting. The
tank design is suitable for a maximum vapour pressure
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of 0.25bar and a lowest temperature of -48 C. The
double-bottom tanks are joined with the adjacent
bottom wing tanks to form water ballast spaces which
are separated at the centreline by a duct keel.
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Polar Viking is configured to handle two cargoes
simultaneously, one of which may be refrigerated.
Typically, these would include Type 2G products such as
anhydrous ammonia, butadiene, butane (ISO and
normal), butylene, commercial propane (max 3.0
molecular % ethane in the liquid phase), 1, 3-propane,
and propylene. Other products can be carried,
providing their toxicity, aggressiveness, pressure,
temperature and specific gravity are within the limits of
the design.
No internal coatings are applied to the tanks, but
stainless steel of grades 316L and 304L is used for the
piping, and in the construction of the eight cargo
pumps which are of Hamworthy Svanehj vertical
deepwell design, electrically driven and fitted two in
giving a discharge time of approximately 15hours, with
loading accomplished in a similar time, based on vapour
return to shore. Maintaining the condition of the cargo
is a reliquefaction plant fitted in a deckhouse on the
upper deck, which includes four oil-free, two-stage
cargo compressors capable of handling two compatible
cargo grades simultaneously.
Hyundai Heavy Industries built the MAN B&W
5S60MC-C main engine, developing 11,275kW MCR at
105rev/min, also the 6700mm diameter FP propeller,
and three diesel-driven alternator sets, each with an
output of 1200kW when running at 720rev/min. Steam
requirements are served from a KangRim 3000kg/h oil-
fired auxiliary boiler, supplemented by a 1500kg/h
exhaust-gas economiser. Other machinery installed
includes a cargo heater with condenser, and an inert gas
generator.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................204.90m
Length, bp.................................................................195.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded, to upper deck .................................20.80m
Depth of double bottom................................................1.90m
Draught
design ....................................................................10.80m
scantling ................................................................11.90m
Gross .....................................................................................-
Displacement .........................................................51,700dwt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................36,500dwt
scantling............................................................42,700dwt
Block coefficient ...............................................................0.74
Speed, service at 8750kW/94.6rev/min ................16.00knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................60,000m3
Bunkers
heavy oil...............................................2000m3
diesel oil...................................................................200m3
Water ballast.............................................................16,900m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................34.76tonnes/day
Classification ...Germanischer Lloyd +100 A5 Liquefied Gas
o
Carrier, NA V-D, IW, Ship Type 2G, (-48 C,
0.690kg/h at atmospheric), MC, AUT, INERT
Other regulations complied with.....Selection of steel grades
used for internal
contiguous hull structure based on USCG
requirements, including Alaskan waters
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction
High-tensile 32kg yield strength ................................16%
Low-temperature 32kg yield strength ........................44%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................5S60MC-C
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output (NCR) ....................................8746kW/94.6rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Cap ...............................................Manganese-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................7600mm
Speed.................................................94.6rev/min at NCR
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .............Hyundai-MAN B&W/6L28/32H
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output/speed of each set............3 x 1260kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type ...........................Hyundai/HFC-ICOI
Output/speed of each set............3 x 1200kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Number/type .............................1 x KangRim oil fired; 1 x
exhaust-gas economiser
Output....................................1 x 3000kg/h; 1 x 1500kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make ........................................................................Kocks
Type .............................................high-pressure hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type.................................2 x 30-person lifeboats
Make ....................................................................Fassmer
Cargo tanks
Number ............................................................................4
Grades of cargo carried..................................................2
Product range ..............................................Type 2G LPG
Coated tanks...............................................No
Stainless steel ......................................Piping and pumps
Cargo pumps
Number..................................................2 per tank: total 8
Type........................................................Electric deepwell
Make ................................................Hamworthy Svanehj
Stainless steel ..............................................................Yes
Capacity..........................................................8 x 500m3/h
Ballast control system
Make............................................Danfoss Marine System
Type........................................remote hydraulic operation
Complement
Officers...........................................................................13
Crew...............................................................................12
Suez crew ........................................................................4
Bridge control system
Make..................................................................Norcontrol
Type .................................................................Autochief-4
Fire detection system
Make ..................................................................Consilium
Type ......................................................................NSAC-1
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds ....................................................Dry powder
Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Models ...........................................FAR-2835S; FAR 2825
Integrated bridge system
Make ..........................................................Transas ECDIS
Model ........................................................Navisailor 3000
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Hyundai
Model........................................................MAXI 100SL
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...................................................................ST3A
Contract date..............................................10 February 2003
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date................................................13 October 2004
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PONT-AVEN: speeding UK/Eire-
France/Spain connections
Shipbuilder: .........................JJos L. Meyer GmbH
(Meyer Werft), Germany
Vessel's name: ....................................Pont-Aven
Hull number: .......................................................--
Owner/operator ..............B Brittany Ferries, France
France
Flag: ..........................................................F
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
B RITTANY Ferries' regular updating/expansion of
its fleet has continued with the entry into service in
2004 of Pont-Aven, a vessel which, it is claimed, can
virtually half the crossing time of any other direct
service between UK and Spain. This link is only one of
its owner's routes to be served by Pont-Aven on a regular
basis, since she will be alternating with crossings on the
UK/France, and Eire/France services.
The ferry's impressive performance is obtained from
a machinery installation based on four MaK 12VM43
main engines (a cylinder configuration recently
introduced by this engine-builder), each developing
10,800kW and with each pair driving a Wrtsil CP
propellers through a twin-input/single-output Flender
reduction gearbox. A power take-off from each
gearbox connects with a 4500kW shaft generator, and
additional electrical supplies come from three diesel-
alternator sets driven by MaK 8M35 engines.
Steam requirements are satisfied from two 5tonne/h
oil-fired, and four waste-heat, boilers. Passenger
comfort is assisted by two B+V Industrietechnik
Simplex-Compact fin stabilisers of a new type which
incorporates anti-vortex tip fairings at the outer end,
understood to improve lift and counteract rolling by up
to 25%. Two bow thrusters and a stern unit are fitted,
together with two 18.5m2 spade rudders.
A Siemens automation system is fitted, which uses
fibre-optics technology for many of the connections.
Other particular features of Pont-Aven's domestic
services are fresh water generators producing up to
300m3/day from sea water, and two Evac vacuum toilet
systems and a biological sewage plant, with temporary
storage tanks for black water, held prior to shore
discharge. Air conditioning employs central units for
public spaces and individually controlled units for
cabins, designed to maintain a constant temperature of
23oC.
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Bow and stern vehicle access is provided to the main
deck, with ramps operated hydraulically and serving as
watertight doors when closed. The bow is also fitted
with a 'butterfly-type' visor which can only be closed
when the forward ramp is locked shut: similarly, the
ramp can only be lowered when the visor is open. The
stern door is of the one-piece type. Two fixed vehicle
decks (main deck and lower garage (tank top)) are
provided, with six-panel hoistable decks available above
the main deck P&S. A total of 3500lane metres is
available, equivalent to 650 cars and 20 trucks.
When carrying only trucks, 72 can be loaded on the
main deck (with the hoistable decks in their stowed
position) and 16 in the garage, whilst car-only capacity,
including hoistable decks, is 703. Unusually, but a sign
of current tourist interest, 142 motor cycles can be
accommodated. The lower garage is reached via fixed
ramps at the fore and aft ends, fitted with hydraulically
operated watertight covers.
Pont-Aven can carry a maximum of 2600 passengers in
652 cabins, 210 of which are outboard, including 16 de-
luxe standard, and 18 'Commodore' class featuring
private balconies; a private lounge is available for
passengers using this class. Nine outside cabins are
provided for disabled passengers on deck 6. An atrium-
style main hall extends from decks 5 to 9 and presents
two glass-sided lifts and a glass facade to starboard
giving views over the sea.
Shopping facilities are available on the Arcade deck
and two cinemas are provided. A self-service restaurant
complements the main restaurant on deck 7, and the
entertainment areas are on deck 8, connected by a
staircase to a mezzanine floor on deck 9 which has
stages and dance floors and is adjacent to the casino.
Deck 9 is also the location of the swimming pool, fitted
with a retractable glass roof and having access to the
sun deck. For those passengers travelling without
cabins, a lounge with 47 reclining seats is provided.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................184.30m
Length, bp.................................................................170.80m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................30.90m
Depth, moulded .....................................................................-
Draught..........................................................................6.80m
Gross .......................................................................41,700gt
Speed...................................................more than 27.00knots
Classification....................................................Bureau Veritas
Roll stabilisation equipment ..................B+V Industrietechnik
Simplex-Compact fins
Main engines
Design....................................MaK Delivery date ...................................................February 2004
Model....................................................................12VM43
Manufacturer ............................................Caterpillar MaK
Number ............................................................................4
Output ..........................................................4 x 10,800kW
Gearboxes
Make ......................................................................Flender
Number ............................................................................2
Type .............................................Twin input/single output
Propellers
Material .............................................................................-
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................5200mm
Main engine-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make .................................................................................-
Output .............................................................2 x 4500kW
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ............................................MaK/8M25
Alternator make ................................................................-
Output/speed...............................3 x 2400kW/750rev/min
Boilers
Number ................................2 x oil fired: 4 x exhaust gas
Output ..............................2 x 5 tonnes/h; 4 x 1.5tonnes/h
Special lifesaving equipment.................................................-
Vehicles
Number of decks ............................2 + 1 hoistable (P&S)
Total lane length......................................................3500m
Total cars (no trucks) ...................................................703
Total trucks (no cars) .....................................................88
Doors/ramps
Number ......................1 x bow visor; 1 x bow ramp/door;
1 x stern ramp/door; 1 x hoistable deck
2 x internal ramp hatch covers
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Designer ...........................................................................-
Complement ......................................................................183
Passengers (max) ...........................................................2600
Bow thrusters
Make .................................................................................-
Type .......................................................controllable pitch
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 2000kW
Stern thruster
Make .................................................................................-
Type .......................................................controllable pitch
Number ............................................................................1
Output .............................................................1 x 2000kW
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
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PRESIDENT HEYDAR ALIYEV: 13,000dwt
tanker for Caspian Sea operations
Shipbuilder: ..........K Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard,
Vessel's name: ..............President Heydar Aliyev
Hull number: ......................................................1
Owner/operator:..........A Azerbaijan State Caspian
Shipping Co, Azerbaijan
Designer:..................M MNP - Onshore & Offshore
(MNP - O&O), Russia
Model test establishment used: ................K
Shipbuilding Research Institute, Russia
Azerbaijan
Flag: ...................................................A
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................5
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................3 3
T HE Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, situated on the
river Volga, east of Moscow in the heart of Russia,
has a history dating from the mid-19th century, and a
reputation covering the construction of ship types -
mainly using a large transverse slipway with a trolley
system for extruding hulls from a covered hall - ranging
from barges to submarines. More recently the yard's
production base has been steadily expanding around a
portfolio of river/sea vessels, both tanker and dry-
cargo, with deadweight capacities reaching to a
maximum of around 8000dwt. The company, along
with four other shipyards, is a member of a large
Russian industrial conglomerate previously trading as
OMZ, but now renamed MNO - O&O, and which has
been involved in the design of Krasnoye's latest
newbuilding.
Known as the Project 19619 series, the lead vessel,
President Heydar Aliyev, extends those previous limits,
and is the largest yet built by the company at Nizhny
Novgorod (Gorkiy), having a deadweight of
13,470tonnes which, it is understood, is the maximum
acceptable at local ports without necessitating
additional dredging. With a beam of 17.30m, the new
design is well within the navigable limits for passing into
the Caspian Sea, and it is amongst the rapidly
developing oil industry of that region that President
Heydar Aliyev is expected to find its main employment,
although classification with the Russian Marine Register
of Shipping extends its range of service into areas of
'mild cold maritime climate' and 'non-Arctic seas'.
Dimensions will additionally enable the ship to reach
the Black Sea and navigate the Volga-Don canal.
Project 19619 exhibits the now typical Russian river-
sea profile of long, slender hull with a low air-draught
superstructure. Within a double skin there are 12 cargo
tanks and a slop tank, arranged for the carriage of crude
oil and products with specific gravities up to
0.99tonnes/m3 and a flash point less than 60oC. Two
types of cargo can be carried simultaneously, and
handling is by means of five Marflex pumps, four of
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which are rated at 350m3/h, and one at 250m3/h.
Russia Viscous cargo heating is provided for use during
unloading.
1
The propulsion installation features twin Wrtsil
9L20 main engines, each developing 1620kW at
1000rev/min MCR and each coupled to a 2800mm
diameter FP propeller by way of Reintjes reduction
gearboxes. Running at 197rev/min, the engines give a
Krylov service speed of 11.80knots at 85% full power. Three
MAN/Leroy Somer diesel-driven alternator sets satisfy
electrical requirements, and steam is generated by two
Aalborg boilers each producing 3.2tonnes/h.
5 Manoeuvring is enhanced by fitting a bow thruster and
twin rudders. The accommodation block aft stands two
tiers high above the upper deck and is surmounted by a
full-width wheelhouse with projecting centreline
conning position.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................129.90m
Length, bp.................................................................147.60m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................17.30m
Depth, moulded
to main deck ..........................................................10.50m
Width of double skin
side and bottom.......................................................1.19m
Draught..........................................................................7.14m
Air draught above waterline........................................19.10m
Gross ..........................................................................7833gt
Displacement ....................................................17,140tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................3670tonnes
Deadweight ............................................................13,470dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.915
Speed, service, 85% MCR, ...................................11.80knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ......................................................14,770m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ...............................................................300m3
diesel oil.....................................................................84m3
Water ballast................................................................5490m3
Fuel consumption
main engines only...................................12.50tonnes/day
auxiliaries ................................1.20tonnes/day
Classification ..Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Fire detection system
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction ...........................................100%
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model .........................................................................9L20
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................2
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ........................................2 x 1620kW/1000rev/min
Gearboxes
Make......................................................................Reintjes
Model ................................................................WAF 1961
Number ............................................................................2
Output speed ...................................................197rev/min
Propellers
Material ...................................................................Bronze
Designer/manufacturer .........................................Lips BV
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................2800mm
Speed...............................................................197rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .....................Liag-MAN D-2840 LF301
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output/speed .................................................1500rev/min
Alternator make.type.............Leroy Somer/LSAM 49.1 L9
Output/speed .................................................1500rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type..............................................................Unex-BH-300
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output .......................................................2 x 3.2tonnes/h
Cranes
Number ............................................................................4
Make .......................................................Proletarsky Plant
Type .............................................................YCTC-9.5-6
Tasks...........................................................Hose handling
Mooring equipment
Number ............................................................................3
Make ...............................Rolls-Royce (Rauma-Brattvaag)
Type .......................................................................Electric
Cargo tanks
Number .......................................................12 plus 1 slop
Grades of cargo ..............................................................2
Product range ...............................crude oil and products
Coated tanks .................................................................No
Stainless steel ...............................................................No
Cargo pumps
Number ....................................5
Type ..........................................MDPC-250S-E; MDPD-100
Make.............................................Marflex
Stainless steel ..............................................................Yes
Capacity ....................................4 x 350m3/h; 1 x 250m3/h
Cargo control system
Make ..............................................................Tank System
Type ...............................................................................T3
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................15
Passengers............................................................................4
Special rudders................................................................Twin
Bow thruster
Make.............................................Pergales Konceptionas
Output.....................................................................300kBt
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Type ........................................................................T 1016
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo spaces ........................................................FJM-80
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make....................................................Krasnoye Sormovo
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Model........................................................OG-12C SW
Sewage plant
Make .............................RWO Hammanwassertechnik
Model ..................SKIT 1,0 HL-Cont Mini L Frame Big
Contract date.................................................8 October 2002
Launch/float-out date ........................................22 June 2004
Delivery date ...........................................26 September 2004
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PRIMERA: Multipurpose inland waters
tanker
Shipbuilder: ........S Scheepswerf Den Breejen BV,
The Netherlands
(hull from Nantong Yahua, China)
Vessel's name:.........................................Primera
3436
Hull number: ................................................3
Owner/operator: ..................................B Brabantse
Tanktransporten VO, The Netherlands
Designer: ..................IINEC BV, The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Flag: ..........................................T
Total number of sister
ships already completed:.................................--
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ...........................................--
S UCH has been the increase in volume of traffic, and
size of ship operating on the inland waters of
Europe over recent years, that newbuildings such as
Primera can now be considered for inclusion in
Significant Ships, alongside vessels which can more
readily be described as 'sea going'. As can be seen from
the accompanying table, Primera is a large vessel which
conforms to the low-profile arrangement long
associated with river/canal traders. The wheelhouse is
located right aft, mounted on a single, hydraulically
operated, retractable column which lowers to reduce
air-draught even further to navigate under bridges. A
'helmsman's hatch' in the roof of the mainly
aluminium structure allows the navigator to con the
vessel with only his head showing, when the
wheelhouse is retracted. Living quarters are arranged
aft, at upper deck level and below the wheelhouse, and
includes a galley, three double and three single cabins.
The increasing practice of Dutch shipbuilders to use
overseas yards to build their hulls is followed here by
Den Breejen, which subcontracted this work to the
Nantong Yahua Shipyard, north of Shanghai, China,
after which Primera was brought back to The
Netherlands for completion. The hull is double-
skinned, forming port and starboard water ballast
spaces, and enclosing a 105.19m long cargo space
divided by an arrangement of troughed transverse
bulkheads, and a centreline division, into 20 tanks,
designed to carry a wide range of liquid cargoes.
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2004
A particular feature of Primera's specification is the
inclusion in the tank-washing system of a portable
machine in which the returned washing water can be
separated from oil products in an environment- friendly
way, and saved for re-use. Supplied by Maas Marine &
Industrial Equipment, the machine can operate at
temperatures up to 95oC and is powered by two 30kW
centrifugal pumps.
The piping arrangement is laid out on the port side of
the deck, with cargo handled by five Bornemann Type
W7/85, 330m3/h electric pumps, collectively operating
at 1625m3/h. An ADAS tank gauging system has been
installed by ATIS BV, and this records a large amount of
cargo data, and controls an alarm system in case of
problems. Temperature sensors in each tank have an
operating range between 7oC and 150oC, with
information on all aspects of cargo operations viewed
on a computer screen in the wheelhouse. Cargo heating
is by means of a Butterworth thermal fluid heater of
2900kW capacity, capable of maintaining a transport
temperature of 60oC. In addition to the cargo pumps,
Primera is fitted with three SIM 150m3/h ballast pumps.
The propulsion plant consists of two, four-stroke,
medium-speed, turbocharged and intercooled diesel
engines of the DZC type manufactured by the Anglo
Belgian Corp (ABC). Each engine develops 1324kW at
100rev/min, and the arrangement has one engine
turning clockwise and the other anti-clockwise.
Transmission is through ZF reduction gears to Van
Voorden propellers enclosed in Hodi nozzles.
Directional control of the vessel is by four hinged-
type rudders which can cope with a momentum of
11knots at a maximum angle of 58/75degrees. Also
fitted is an Omega 650kW bow thruster with a propeller
of 1400mm diameter. Primera draws its electrical
supplies from four generator sets: two 112kW
alternators driven by 122kW diesel engines, one of
440kW with a 463kW prime mover and a 740kW set
with an 820kW diesel engine. All the motors are by
Cummins and the alternators are of Newage Stamford
manufacture
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................135.00m
Length (scantling) .....................................................130.29m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................16.85m
Depth, moulded ............................................................5.50m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................1.60m
bottom...........................................................1.72m/1.42m
Draught..........................................................................4.20m
Deadweight ...............................................................5850dwt
Speed, service .....................................................11.00knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume..........................................................7500m3
Classification ..........................................Germanischer Lloyd
Main engines
Design ........................................................................ABC
Model..........................................................................DZC
Manufacturer................Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC)
Number ....................................2
Output ......................................2 x 1324kW/1000rev/min
Propellers
Design ...........................................................Van Voorden
Type......................................................- (in Hodi nozzles)
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make.......................................................Cummins
Output.........................2 x 122kW; 1 x 463kW; 1 x 820kW
Alternator make/type ...........................Newage Stamford:
2 x UCM274F; 1 x HCM 534F/
2 x 112kW; 1 x 440kW; 1 x 740kW
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Make................................................................Butterworth
Type ...............................................................thermal fluid
Output ...................................................................2900kW
Deck machinery ....................................................Kraaljeveld
Cargo tanks
Number ..........................................................................20
Product range ..............................Light products, fuel oils
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................5
Make................................................................Bornemann
Type...............................................W7/85; Electric 137kW
Capacity..........................................................5 x 330m3/h
Bow thruster
Make ......................................................................Omega
Number ............................................................................1
Output ...............................................................1 x 650kW
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Type ...................................................RHRS-2005RC river
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch date ...........................................................................-
Delivery date.........................................................9 July 2004
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PROTEFS: fourth-generation
Jiangnan Panamax bulker
Shipbuilder: .........JJiangnan Shipyard
(Group) Co Ltd,
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name:..........................................Protefs
Hull number:..............................................H H2301
Owner/operator:....................C Cypres Enterprises
Corp/Diana Shipping Agencies, Greece
Designer: ....JJiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd,
People's Republic of China
Model test establishment used: ........................ -
Bahamas
Flag: .....................................................B
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................3
J
IANGNAN Shipyard is considered to be the oldest
shipbuilder in China, however, its Shanghai city
premises, which date back nearly 200 years, are now
scheduled to be moved to a 'greenfield' site on an island
in the River Yangtze where the company plans to set up
two shipbuilding divisions. One of these will specialise
in building bulk carriers up to Panamax size (the other
will build larger vessels), thus continuing an
involvement with this class of vessel begun in 1985,
and which now totals over 30 units delivered or on
order.
Protefs is an example of the fourth-generation (Mk IV)
of the design, and is laid out in conventional style with
a single-deck, forecastle, and seven cargo holds
contained in a single-skin hull arranged with top and
bottom wing ballast tanks, the latter being joined with
double-bottom tanks centrally divided by a duct keel.
Exceptions to this arrangement apply under Nos 5 and
6 holds where the port and starboard double-bottom
tanks are separated from the wing tanks, and are
designated as Nos 1 and 2 heavy fuel tanks. Additional
fuel is carried in side tanks at the fore end of the
engineroom, port and starboard. All ballast tanks,
including No 4 hold which can be flooded, are coated
with bleached tar epoxy. Basic tar epoxy coatings are
used in the cargo holds.
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2004
Heavy cargoes can be loaded into alternate holds Boilers
(Nos 1, 3, 5, and 7) in line with Lloyd's Register class
notation 'strengthened for heavy cargoes: Nos 2, 4, and
6 holds may be empty', and tanktop, hopper side, and
lower stool plating has been strengthened for grab
discharge. Transverse bulkheads in the cargo space are
of corrugated construction and built on stools at top
and bottom of the holds. MacGregor side-rolling,
chain-operated hatch covers are fitted, stowing each
side of the opening whilst cargo is being worked.
The main propulsion machinery comprises a MAN
B&W 5S60MC Mk6 low-speed diesel engine,
1 manufactured under licence by Hudong Heavy
Machinery (HHM) and developing 10,200kW at
3
105rev/min. This is directly coupled to a FP propeller
running in an open-water stern frame and producing a
service speed at 90% MCR (9198kW/102.80rev/min)
and allowing a 15% sea margin of 14.40knots. With no
shaft-driven alternator fitted, electrical supply is derived
from three Yanmar/Taiyo diesel-driven sets each
producing 600kW at 900rev/min. Steam requirements
are satisfied from an Aalborg Mission boiler and an
exhaust-gas economiser. A Lyngs DMS-21001 engine
remote control system is installed and provides bridge
operation of the machinery installation.
Accommodation is arranged in the superstructure aft
for eight officers, 15 crew and six 'spare' personnel, with
the layout featuring an entire deck given over to the
captain's quarters. Leisure facilities include a
gymnasium. Traditional lifeboats are not provided,
instead a free-fall craft with slipway and recovery davit
operates over the stern. That section of the
accommodation block housing the single-berth cabins
and public rooms is separated from the funnel casing to
reduce noise and vibration, but the intervening space is
utilised by an athwartship gantry carrying a travelling
spares and stores crane.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................225.00m
Length, bp.................................................................217.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Depth, moulded to main deck ....................................19.20m
Gross .......................................................................40,230gt
Displacement, at 14.05m draught ....................86,035tonnes
Deadweight
design ...............................................................63,395dwt
scantling............................................................73,630dwt
Draught
design ....................................................................12.50m
scantling ................................................................14.05m
Speed, service at 90% MCR, 15% sea margin ....14.40knots
Cargo capacity.........................................................90,624m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................2680m3
diesel oil...................................................................137m3
Water ballast ...................................32,480m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................38.45tonnes/day
Classification ......Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1, Bulk
Carrier, 'Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes, Holds
Number 2, 4, 6 may be Empty, ESN, LI, ESP,
UMS, SCM
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in constuction ..................................approx 45%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...........................................................5S60MC-Mk6
Manufacturer ...........................Hudong Heavy Machinery
Number ............................................................................1
Output .............................................10,200kW/105rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Manufacturer.....................Dalian Marine Propeller Works
Number ............................................................................1
Diameter ..............................................................6760mm
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Speed............................................................102.8rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..............................Yanmar/6N18AL-EV
Alternator make/type ................................Taiyo/FE547A-8
Output ..............................................................................3
Number ............................................................................1
Type .........................................................Mission OS1600
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output
oil fired...........................................................1600kg/h
exhaust gas...................................................1300kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make.........................................................Luzhou-Hatlapa
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Hatch covers
Make................................................................MacGregor
Type .................................................................Side-rolling
Complement
Officers.............................................................................8
Crew...............................................................................15
Spare................................................................................6
Ballast control system
Make .........................................................................SSSR
Type.........................................Remote air/electric control
Bridge control system
Make.......................................................................Lyngs
Type ................................................................DMS-21001
Fire protection system
Make ......................................................................Salwico
Type ................................................C316 smoke detector
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds ..............................................CO2
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Radar
Number ............................................................................2
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Models ...................................................1 x JMA-9932-SA
1 x JMA-9922-9XA
Satellite navigation system
Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Models..................................................2 x JLR-7700 MkII
Waste disposal system
Incinerator
Make .................................................................Luzhou
Model ..........................................................OGS-200C
Contract date ...........................................24 December 2002
Launch/float-out date......................................28 March 2004
Delivery date .................................................31 August 2004
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RESOLUTION: pioneering
wind-turbine installations
Shipbuilder: ......S Shanghaiguan Shipyard (SHG),
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name:..............Resolution (launched as
Mayflower Resolution)
Hull number: ..................................................9 905
Owner/operator:..........................M Marine Projects
International Ltd (MPI), UK
Designer: ............K Knud E Hansen A/S, Denmark
Model tank establishment used: .............F FORCE
Technology (formerly Danish Maritime
Institute (DMI)), Denmark
Flag: ...................................................IIsle of Man
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
W ITH governments in many industrialised
countries committed to generating around 10%
of their energy requirements from renewable sources
by 2010, the concept of establishing offshore wind-
turbine farms to harness power for electricity
generation, is one environment-friendly area now being
actively exploited. Current offshore technology
employs 2MW turbines in which the nacelle housing
the gearing is approximately 70m above sea level and
the blades some 40m long, but development of 5MW
machines is expected soon.
Installing these structures is a complex operation for
which MPI (which acquired financially troubled
Mayflower Energy Ltd), working on an idea originally
introduced by offshore contractor Global Marine, has
developed this unique ship design, in conjunction with
consultant Knud E Hansen, IHC Gusto - which
engineered the jacking system, and Det Norske Veritas,
whose prime challenge was to adapt existing ship and
offshore engineering rules and regulations to the
structure of this innovative project.
The hull form of Resolution is that of a flat-bottomed,
self-propelled barge, with a 'spoon-shaped' fore end
incorporating a rudimentary bulbous bow. A two-tier
forecastle supports the main superstructure and
together they provide accommodation for 70 persons
with extensive public rooms and leisure facilities. Above
this, the wheelhouse provides a control centre with all-
round vision.
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Disregarding the support legs, the profile resembles
that of an offshore support vessel with a large open
deck aft, having a working area of 3200m2 capable of
storing up to 12 complete 2MW turbines (or 10 x
3.5MW) ready for assembly. Maximum uniform deck
loading is 10tonnes/m2; however this can be increased
to 15tonnes/m2 between the jackhouses, if loading
inboard of the longitudinal bulkheads (positioned 11m
either side of the centreline) is restricted to 5tonnes/m2.
Handling of components is carried out by two Kenz
cranes: a 300tonnes swl unit erected on the centreline at
the stern, and a 50tonne auxiliary unit fitted around
midships, at the starboard side of the vessel. With this
equipment, one complete turbine can be erected each
day. Below decks, the hull is subdivided by longitudinal
and transverse watertight bulkheads to form water
ballast tanks at the wings, and central spaces utilised as
voids, leg-machinery rooms, storerooms, and
switchboard compartments, with a central passageway
acting as a service corridor.
Central to the operation of Resolution is a Kongsberg
Simrad DP2 class dynamic positioning (DP)
installation, which can accurately hold the vessel in
position whilst the IHC Gusto jacking system raises it
to an operational level to provide a safe and stable
working platform. The six legs are arranged in pairs on
jackhouses each side of the working deck and have an
operating speed of 1m/min. Maximum operational
water depth without leg extensions is 25m/35m, and
with extension 35m/45m.
Operating in conjunction with the DP system is a
Rolls-Royce power generation and automation
installation which makes use of four 1500kW Ulstein
Aquamaster azimuthing thrusters at the stern to
provided a transiting speed of 10.50knots, with three
700kW Kamewa Ulstein tunnel thrusters installed at the
bow to enhance manoeuvrability. Electrical power is
derived from four Mitsubishi 1920kW diesel-generator
sets and two 276kW auxiliary sets, positioned in a
machinery room at the aft end of the vessel.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................130.00m
Length, bp.................................................................123.12m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................38.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (No 3).................................................8.00m
to forecastle deck (No 5).......................................14.00m
Depth of double bottom................................................1.30m
Draught
design; as Mobile Offshore Unit..............................4.30m
scantling .................................................................5.00m
air; at scantling draught,
excluding leg extensions ....................................57.33m
Gross .......................................................................14,990gt
Displacement at scantling draught...................20,237tonnes
Lightweight, including legs ...............................12,408tonnes
Lightweight, excluding legs .................................9521tonnes
Deadweight
design draught ....................................................5295dwt
scantling draught................................................8335tdwt
Block coefficient, scantling draught ................................0.85
Speed, service at 90% MCR...................................10.5knots
Bunkers
MDO.........................................................................947m3
Water ballast................................................................8676m3
Fuel consumption...........................................18.5tonnes/day
Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1,
Self-elevating Mobile Offshore Unit,
EO, DYNPOS-AUT, CRANE
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction..........................................approx 90%
Heel control equipment...............................by ballast pumps
Main generator sets
Engine make......................................................Mitsubishi
Model ..........................................................S16R-MPTK-2
Number ............................................................................4
Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO
Generator make ..................................................Stamford
Output .......................................4 x 2280kVA/1800rev/min
Auxiliary generator sets
Engine make......................................................Mitsubishi
Model ................................................................S6B-MPTA
Number ............................................................................2
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Generator make................................................................-
Output .........................................2 x 325kVA/1800rev/min
Azimuth stern thrusters
Make............................Ulstein Aquamaster (Rolls-Royce)
Model .............................................................US205/3850
Number ............................................................................4
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Propeller diameter................................2150mm in nozzle
Motor output ...................................................4 x 1500kW
Bow thrusters
Make .................................Kamewa Ulstein (Rolls-Royce)
Number ............................................................................3
Type...................................................................TT1650CP
Output ...............................................................3 x 700kW
Main crane
Number/type ..................................1 x EHC300/5500 O S
pedestal-mounted rope-
luffing, electric-hydraulic, offshore
Main hoist: 12 falls .................................300tonnes/25.5m
43tonnes/83m
Whip hoist: 2 falls........................................30tonnes/87m
Make........................................................Kenz Cranes BV
Auxiliary crane
Number/type ...1 x EHC50/3500
O S pedestal-mounted rope-luffing,
electric-hydraulic, offshore
Main hoist: 3 falls ........................................50tonnes/35m
Jacking system
Make .................................................................IHC Gusto
Jacking system .....................................6 x hydraulic legs
Jacking/overload capacity for
each leg ....................................3000tonnes/3750tonnes
Static holding capacity ...................................5000tonnes
Leg length including spud cans ...........................62.33m
Leg length with extensions....................................71.83m
Cross-section of legs.....................................3.8m x 3.8m
Size of spud cans......................................................63m2
Mooring and anchoring equipment
Anchors ...................................................2 x 5513kg HHP
Mooring winches ..................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x stern mooring winches
Make ...............................Rauma Brattvaag (Rolls-Royce)
Complement
Officers.............................................................................6
Crew...............................................................................60
Bridge control system
Make...................................................Rolls-Royce Ulstein
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Dynamic positioning system
Make....................................................Kongsberg Simrad
Type .......................................................................SDP 11
Reference system...........................Fanbeam laser DGPS
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make...............................................Litton Marine Systems
Models ......Bridgemaster S-band ARPA 343/12E, 341/6E
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date..............................................6 December 2003
Arrival in UK for service...............................11 October 2004
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SAPPHIRE PRINCESS: Japanese Princess
makes her debut
Shipbuilder:.......M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
(MHI), Nagasaki Shipyard, Japan
Vessel's name: .......................Sapphire Princess
Hull number: ................................................2 2180
Owner/operator: .....................C Carnival Corp plc,
USA/Princess Cruise Lines Ltd, UK
Model test establishment used: ..M MHI Nagasaki,
Research & Development Centre, Japan
Bermuda
Flag: ......................................................B
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................1 1 driving a FP propeller for a service speed at 86% MCR
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
A N unfortunate set of circumstances occurring on
October 1 2002, completely changed the history of
two cruise liners, Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess,
ordered from MHI in February 2000 by Princess
Cruises, then a subsidiary of P&O Group. With the
first vessel nearing completion, a disasterous fire
destroyed 40% of its structure, threatening damaging
delays to both MHI and Princess's future programmes.
These problems were eventually resolved by first
advancing the delivery of the second ship by three
months and, on completion in February 2004, giving
her the name of her damaged sister, Diamond Princess. A
delay of some 10 months was also agreed to allow the
reconstruction of that lead vessel, which was finally
delivered in May 2004 with the name originally
proposed for her consort, Sapphire Princess.
The two vessels had been conceived as part of
Princess Cruises' Grand class, initiated with the
Fincantieri-built Grand Princess (Significant Ships of 1998).
Although of similar dimensions and generally following
the owner's familiar profile and interior styles, an
increase in gross tonnage of some 7000tons is
indicative of changes incorporated in the MHI design,
which provides 1339 cabins with more than 70%
outboard, and over 50% of these arranged with
balconies.
Italian designer Giacomo Mortola, and American
designer Teresa Anderson, developed interiors featuring
seven restaurants offering Princess Cruises's innovative
'personal choice dining' policy, and a theatre, dance
lounge, casino and other luxurious public areas
satisfying the diversified needs of passengers. A tennis
court and seven swimming pools are also available.
Sapphire Princess follows her owner's Zero Discharge
policy, with comprehensive facilities for collecting and
processing all wastes on board, rather than allowing
disposal at sea. Another change from the Grand Princess
specification sees a reduction in the number of liferafts
carried and their replacement by two vertical-chute
MES systems.
Sapphire Princess retains the basis diesel-electric
propulsion system fitted to the lead Grand class vessels,
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but with only four diesel-driven alternators, plus the
addition of a 25,000kW kerosene-burning gas turbine-
driven alternator - a power source being increasingly
adopted by leading operators - fitted in the funnel. The
complete installation, therefore, comprises four
alternator sets driven by two eight-cylinder, and two
nine-cylinder Wrtsil diesel engines of the common-
rail type, plus a fifth alternator driven by the General
Electric gas turbine.
These supply power for hotel operation, and for ship
propulsion using two Alstom propulsion motors, each
of 22.10knots. All the prime-movers in the arrangement
are designed to provide low-smoke, NOx and SOx
emissions, and the garbage incineration plant is
equipped with flue gas cleaning. Provision is also made
for 'cold ironing', which means plugging into a shore
electrical and steam supply so that alternators and
boilers can be shutdown in port to reduce air pollution.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................288.33m
Length, bp.................................................................246.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................37.50m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (deck 4) ...........................................11.40m
to promenade deck (deck 7) ................................20.55m
to sun deck (deck 15) ...........................................41.30m
Draught
design ......................................................................8.05m
scantling ..................................................................8.55m
Gross.......................................................................115,875gt
Deadweight
design ...............................................................10,343dwt
scantling............................................................14,580dwt
Speed, service at 86% MCR.................................22.10knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1862m3
gas oil ....................................................................2113m3
Water ballast................................................................5077m3
Classification .....Lloyd's Register +100A1 (Passenger Ship),
+LMC, with CCS notation, NAV, IWS
Heel control systems..............................Two, forward and aft
Roll stabilisation equipment ............Fincantieri, 2 x 22m2 fins
Diesel-electric system
Main engines
Design .............................................................Wrtsil
Models ......................................2 x 9L46C; 2 x 8L46C
Manufacturer ...................................................Wrtsil
Type of fuel ...........................................................HFO
Output ..................................2 x 9450kW: 2 x 8400kW
Gas turbine
Design ................................................General Electric
Model ............................................................LM2500+
Number.......................................................................1
Output...........................................................25,000kW
Alternators
Number.......................................................................5
Make............................................................................-
Output
diesel driven ..........2 x 11,440kVA; 2 x 10,190kVA
gas turbine ......................................1 x 31,250kVA
Propulsion motors
Number.......................................................................2
Make..................................................................Alstom
Output/speed ......................2 x 20,000kW/145rev/min
Propellers
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer ........................................................MHI/Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5600mm
Speed ..............................................................145rev/min
Special adaptations ...........Hub Vortex-Free Cap (HVFC)
Lifesaving equipment
Escape chutes..................................2 x 860-person MES
Make......................................................................RFD
Type ........................................................vertical chute
Lifeboats..................................................22 x 150-person
Make............................................................................-
Complement
Total cabins..................................................................647
Total beds ..................................................................1232
Passengers
Total cabins................................................................1339
Percentage outboard..................................................72%
Total beds...............................................................3078
Bow thrusters
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................3
Output .............................................................3 x 2200kW
Stern thrusters
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................3
Output .............................................................3 x 1720kW
Fire detection system
Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
Type .....................................................................CS-3000
Fire extinguishing systems
Engineroom.................CO2 and high-pressure water mist
Cabins, public spaces .......................Automatic sprinkler
Radars
Number ............................................................................5
Type..............................................1 x S-band: 4 x X-band
Make ..................................................................STN-Atlas
Integrated bridge system
Make ..................................................................STN-Atlas
Type ..............................................................NACOS 65-4
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make .............................................................Deerberg
Waste compactor
Make .............................................................Deerberg
Waste shredder/crusher
Make .............................................................Deerberg
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...............................membrane bio-reactor grey
and black water treatment system
Contract date..............................................25 February 2000
Launch/float-out date................................(first) 24 May 2002
(second) 25 September 2003
Delivery date ......................................................27 May 2004
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SCELVERINGHE: self-unloading sand and
gravel suction dredger
Shipbuilder: ..........................S Shipyard K Damen,
The Netherlands
(hull from Aker Braila, Romania)
Vessel's name:................................Scelveringhe
743
Hull number: ..................................................7
Owner/operator:..............................S Scelveringhe
Scheepvaart BV,
The Netherlands
Designer:..............................S Shipyard K Damen,
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Flag: ..........................................T
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................NNil
S CELVERINGHE differs from most other suction
hopper/dredgers featured recently in Significant
Ships, in that its principal function is to dredge sand and
gravel for commercial use. Having completed this
operation, the vessel returns to harbour to unload on to
the quayside. The cargo is carried in a 3880m3 hopper,
within a double hull structure forming wing tanks used
for fuel, and for fresh water used for rinsing out the
hopper.
Discharge utilises a self-unloading system designed
and engineered by the shipyard, which employs a gantry
fitted with a special 18m3 grab, travelling over the
hopper on tracks at each side coaming, picking up sand
and gravel which is deposited on a conveyor belt
mounted on the fore deck, port side, then transferred to
a centreline-mounted shore discharge conveyor belt,
47m long and capable of rotation through 360deg. It is
electro-hydraulically operated, using a power pack
taking its electrical supply from one of two 1800kW
alternators driven from the main engine, and can
transfer cargo to shore at a rate of 2000m3/h.
Loading Scelveringhe is accomplished using an 850mm
suction pipe, trailed over the starboard side of the
vessel from a position forward of the hopper space, and
supported when dredging by intermediate davits along
the ship side, and stowed on deck when not in use.
Maximum dredging depth is 33.50m, and the operation
is carried out using a diesel-driven sand pump installed
forward, having a capacity of 15,000m3/h. The prime
mover is a MaK 6M25 engine developing 1850kW, and
the pump connection is through a Flender gearbox.
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Shipyard K Damen has managed to introduce an
element of sophistication not normally seen in this class
of working vessel, into the exterior design of
Scelveringhe. In particular, the hull, which was built in
Romania by Aker Braila, exhibits a pleasing profile
featuring sweeping bulwark-lines and sloping
deckhouse plating. A maintenance-friendly structure
has been aimed for, with flush fittings on the exposed
decks, and corrosion-sensitive features such as window
frames and door hinges, executed in stainless steel. The
accommodation arrangement incorporates double-
berth suites for the captain and chief engineer, eight
single-berth crew cabins, and mess and dayrooms. The
wheelhouse has open bridge wings, and the entire block
is well insulated, heated and ventilated.
The main engineroom is positioned below the
deckhouse and contains the MaK 9M32C main engine,
developing 4320kW at 600rev/min. A Flender GRCA
750 gearbox reduces revolutions at the Lips CP
propeller to 178rev/min, for a ship's speed of 13knots,
which, coupled with the high loading and dischaging
capacities, gives the vessel the advantage of quick turn-
rounds. Two 1800kW Leroy Somer alternators are
driven from the main engine and two Caterpillar 190kW
diesel alternator sets are also installed. Assisting
manoeuvrability is a 750kW bow thruster.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................116.50m
Length, bp.................................................................111.95m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................18.00m
Depth, moulded ............................................................8.30m
Draught..........................................................................6.40m
Gross ..........................................................................5116gt
Deadweight ...............................................................7750dwt
Block coefficient.............................................................0.864
Speed, service.......................................................13.00knots
Cargo capacity
sand/gravel ............................................................3880m3
Bunkers
diesel oil...................................................................600m3
Water ballast
in fore peak ..............................................................403m3
fresh water in side tanks..........................................900m3
Classification ..............Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1,
'Dredger', + LMC, UMS
Main engine
Design ........................................................................MaK
Model .....................................................................9M32C
Manufacturer ............................................Caterpillar MaK
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output ................................................4320kW/600rev/min
Gearbox
Make ......................................................................Flender
Model................................................................GRCA 750
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................178rev/min
Propeller
Designer/manufacturer...............................Lips (Wrtsil)
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................3600mm
Speed...............................................................178rev/min
Main engine-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type......................................................Leroy Somer
Output .............................................................2 x 1800kW
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make..................................................................Caterpillar
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output ...............................................................2 x 190kW
Dredging gantry/grab crane
Number ............................................................................1
Make....................................................Shipyard K Damen
Grab capacity ............................................................13m3
Task ...............................................Unloading sand/gravel
Type........................................................electric-hydraulic
Performance...............................2000m3/h (in association
with belt conveyors)
Lifesaving equipment...............................1 x free-fall lifeboat
Cargo pumps
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type .............................-/Sand and gravel dredging
Capacity...........................................................15,000m3/h
Prime mover......................................MaK 6M25, 1850kW
Gearbox.................................................................Flender
Complement ........................................................................12
Bow thruster
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Output .....................................................................750kW
Fire extinguishing systems ...............................................CO2
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
Make .......................................................................Furuno
Model.........1 x X-band sea radar; 1 x S-band sea radar;
1 x river radar
Contract date ................................................December 2002
Launch/float-out date....................................December 2003
Delivery date ..........................................................June 2004
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SPAR LYRA: Diamond 53 - a forward-
looking Ultra-Handymax bulker
Shipbuilder:.............CChengxi Shipyard, People's
Republic of China
Vessel's name: .....................................Spar Lyra
CX4204
Hull number:............................................C
Owner/operator: ......S Spar Shipping A/S, Norway
Carl Bro A/S,
Designer: ........................................C
Dwinger Marineconsult, Denmark
Model test establishment used: ................S SSPA,
Sweden
Norwegian International Register
Flag: ...............N
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ............1 13 (various owners)
W HEN Cardiff-based Graig Shipping sold its last
bulk carrier in 1995, it seemed that yet another
old established tramp-ship owner was heading towards
closure. Neverthless, re-organisation under the
grandson of one of the company's founders has
brought new success, resulting from new partnerships.
Initially these involved Graig, as technical manager, and
the Danish Clipper Group as commercial operator,
building a series of nineteen 8870dwt Confidence-class
multi-purpose vessels (Clipper Confidence: Significant Ships
of 1997), designed by Carl Bro, Dwinger. Graig is
today joined with the other partners to provide a global
marine service encompassing all aspects of
shipbuilding, shipowning, management and finance.
Without mandatory compulsion, and faced with a
significant additional cost, owners, in the main, have
rejected double-hull bulk carrier designs, but, with this
Diamond 53 series Graig/Carl Bro claim to have
developed a ship which responds to calls for safer and
stronger bulk carriers and, by using Chinese (and soon,
Vietnamese) shipyards, can overcome the problems of
price premium. As obvious as the safety aspect of the
double skin is the fact that the resulting flush cargo
space interiors have an economic value by facilitating
cleaning operations and reducing cargo handling time.
More specific to this particular design is that the
additional water ballast capacity provided within the
double hull obviates the use of No 3 hold for heavy
weather ballasting, although that compartment is still
designated for dual use, if required in other
circumstances.
Other features of the Diamond 53 design include
only limited use of high-tensile steel, and the
development of an overall robust structural design with
a maximum allowable hull girder bending moment 50%
to 70% higher than class minimum. This feature
enables cargo to be evenly distributed between holds
Nos 1, 3, and 5, when loading to scantling draught with
alternate holds (Nos 2 and 4) empty. Usually, single-skin
Handymax bulkers require to load more cargo in No 3
hold in this condition. Uniform tanktop loading in all
holds is 25tonnes/m2 and the vessel can carry a full
deadweight comprising two tiers of steel coils, weighing
25tonnes each, supported on timber dunnage, as well
as the whole range of bulk cargoes.
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The design has been configured to a Panamax beam
of 32.26m with five holds and hatches, the latter
providing virtually open access into the cargo spaces. A
forecastle and forward breakwater afford protection for
deck cargo and hatches. The double-hull arrangement
incorporates top and bottom wing tanks, common with
the side spaces and extended athwartships at the hatch
ends as voids.
All piping and valves, plus electric cables, together
with fore and aft crew accesses, are run in wing and
double bottom pipe ducts, to improve maintenance and
safety. The hatchways are closed by end-folding, high-
stowing, hydraulically operated covers having a timber
loading of 2.5tonnes/m2, with cargo handling utilising
four 36tonne electro-hydraulic deck cranes mounted on
the centreline and working to a 28m radius.
The Diamond 53 design has been developed to
operate with either a Sulzer 6RTA48T-B, or MAN
B&W 6S50MC-C main engine, with the owner of Spar
Lyra opting for the latter, a 9480kW/127rev/min unit
which, when running at 82% MCR (7750kW) at
scantling draught, and allowing a 15% sea margin,
produces a service speed of 14knots. Electrical
requirements are satisfied by three Daihatsu/Nishishiba
680kW diesel-alternators.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................190.00m
Length, bp.................................................................183.05m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.26m
Depth, moulded to upper deck ..................................17.50m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................1.20m
bottom ......................................................................1.80m
Draught
scantling ................................................................12.60m
design ....................................................................11.10m
Gross .......................................................................31,000gt
Displacement ....................................................65,000tonnes
Lightweight ........................................................11,600tonnes
Deadweight
scantling............................................................53,000dwt
design ...............................................................44,800dwt
Block coefficient ...............................................................0.85
Speed, service at 82% MCR,
15% sea margin, 12.60m draught ......................14.00knots
Cargo capacity.........................................................65,700m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................2000m3
diesel oil...................................................................230m3
Water ballast, including No 3 hold ..........................30,700m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................33.10tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................2.50tonnes/day
Classification......Det Norske Veritas +1A1 Bulk Carrier, ESP,
NAUTICUS (Newbuilding), BC-A (Holds
Nos 2, 4 or 3 empty), GRAIN-U, HA(+),
DK(+), iB(+), EO, TMON
Steel percentages used in construction ........57% mild steel,
33% NV32, 10% NV36
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................6S50MC-C
Manufacturer ...........................Hudong Heavy Machinery
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ................................................9480kW/127rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ............................SSPA/Zhenjiang
Propeller Factory
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5900mm
Speed...............................................................127rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .....................Anqing-Daihatsu/6DK-20
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output/speed.................................3 x 770kW/720rev/min
Alternator make/type.......................Nishishiba/NTAKL-VE
Output/speed.................................3 x 680kW/720rev/min
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type ...........................................................................K/KD
Make ......................................................................Saacke
Output .................................................................2000kg/h
Cargo cranes
Number ............................................................................4
Make ...........................................................................Tsuji
Type..................................................................HDSS3628
Performance ..........................4 x 36tonnes/28m outreach
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make.........................................................Hatlapa (China)
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number...........................................1 x 23person, free-fall
Make............................................................................NPT
Hatch covers
Design.............................................................Huahai-TTS
Manufacturer....................................Huahai-TTS/shipyard
Type .............................End-folding/double-skin/hydraulic
Ballast control system
Make .......................................................................Pleiger
Type ..................................................................DMVP IPM
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................15
Suez/repair crew..............................................................4
Single/other rooms......................................................25/1
Bridge control system
Make .......................................................................Nabco
Type .....................................................................M-800-III
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make...........................................................................Tyco
Type .........................................................................T1016
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
Models ......................................CAE-A13-2; 1 x CAE-A36
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make........................................................MW-Teamtec
Model .............................................................OG200C
Sewage plant
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Model ...................................................................ST3A
Contract date............................................29 January 2003
Launch/float-out date ........................................28 June 2004
Delivery date................................................28 October 2004
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SUOMIGRACHT: multi-
purpose/forest products
carrier
Shipbuilder: ...........S Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa,
Poland
Vessel's name: ................................Suomigracht
Hull number:.........................................BB587-IV/6
Owner/operator: .................................S Spliethoff's
Bevrachtingskantoor BV,
The Netherlands
Designer:...............S Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa,
Poland
Model test establishment used: ................H HSVA,
Germany
The Netherlands
Flag: ..........................................T
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
2
ships still on order: ..........................................2
S IGNIFICANT Ships of 2000 reported on two near-
sister vessels, built in Japan and Poland as part of an
order for 10 specialist designs placed by Spliethoff
against a Finnish forest products charter. The Dutch
owner has now returned to Szczecinska with an order
for four more vessels, the first of which is a direct
repeat of the year 2000 series, whilst the remaining
three, of which Suomigracht is the lead, are of a larger,
modified design, which features only two box-shaped,
flush-surfaced, main holds, rather than three in the
earlier vessels.
In both designs, an additional small hold (No 0) is
located forward. The upper deck hatch covers are a
combination of hydraulically operated folding and
rolling panels, with the second deck closed by pontoons
handled by the ship's cranes, and capable of being
positioned to form a tweendeck at three levels
(6050mm/9900mm/13,100mm above the tanktop), or
located vertically as grain bulkheads or cargo divisions.
The 9900mm level is considered as the main-deck
position.
Although forest product exports from Finland will
provide Suomigracht's main employment, transporting
bulk and general backhaul cargoes, including those in
IMO classes 1-8, are essential to her economic running,
consequently three side-mounted 120/90/55tonne swl
hydraulic deck cranes are fitted, unusually positioned
two on the port side and one starboard, with tandem
lifts up to 240tonnes possible for project cargoes.
Container capacity in the holds is 555TEU, with 728
more carried on deck, where 120 reefer plugs are
provided. The innovative TTS side-loading system
installed in the earlier series has again been adopted to
facilitate handling of forest products, and comprises
five hydraulically operated 4m x 2m loading platforms,
each lifting 16tonnes and capable of working cargo at
500tonnes/hour.
Movement into No 1 hold is through watertight
doors in the transverse bulkhead. Cargo operations are
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monitored by CCTV from the local control room and
wheelhouse. An Intering pneumatic system is fitted to
counter heel when all loaders are working, and forklift
trucks are in use. Mechanical ventilation and air-drying
systems are provided in the cargo spaces, which are also
served by a firefighting water spray system using
sprinklers fitted in the hatch covers.
In common with a number of modern Szczecinska
Nowa designs, Suomigracht features a hull form
incorporating an assymetric stern configuration aimed
at improving wake efficiency. The design conforms to
the requirements of Ice Class 1A and Finnish/Swedish
rules, and the hull structure at the bulbous bow, and aft
of the rudder blade includes ice-knives.
A Wrtsil 6L64 main engine, developing 12,060kW
at 333rev/min, drives a CP propeller at 105rev/min
through a Renk gearbox for a service speed at design
draught, when operating at 85% MCR, of 19.30knots.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................185.40m
Length, bp.................................................................173.50m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................25.30m
Depth, moulded
to upper deck ........................................................14.60m
to main deck..........................................10.78m (variable)
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.45m
bottom ......................................................................1.75m
Draught
design ....................................................................10.00m
scantling ................................................................10.60m
Gross 18,100gt
Deadweight
design ....................................................21,350dwt
scantling.................................................23,750dwt
Speed, service at design draught, 85% MCR......19.30knots
Cargo capacity (tweendeck pontoons excluded)...27,550m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1850m3
diesel oil...................................................................280m3
Water ballast................................................................8850m3
Water ballast carried in loaded condition............7000tonnes
Fuel consumption
main engine only .........................................42tonnes/day
auxiliaries ....................................................2.4tonnes/day
Classification ..............Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1,
Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes,
Container Cargoes in Holds, Upper Deck,
Upper Deck Hatch Covers,
Timber Deck Cargoes, Ice Class
1A (Finnish/Swedish Rules), LA, LI, NAV1, *IWS, with
descriptive notation PCWBT, Tank Top Suitable for
Regular Discharge by Grabs, +LMC, UMS, SCM
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................32%
Heel control system .............................Intering (Rolls-Royce)
Main engine
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model .........................................................................6L64
Manufacturer ............................................Wrtsil, Trieste
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO
Output .............................................12,060kW/333rev/min
Gearbox
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Model.................................................................HSU 1380
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................105rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .................................Lips/Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................6200mm
Speed...............................................................105rev/min
Main-engine-driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type .............................................Taiyo/FEK 45DL-4
Output/speed...................................1000kW/1800rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type .........................Mitsubishi/S6R2-MPTK
Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO
Output/speed.....................................500kW/1200rev/min
Alternator make/type .................................Taiyo/FB41 A-6
Output/speed...............................3 x 450kW/1200rev/min
Cargo cranes
Number ............................................................................3
Manufacturer...........Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik (NMF)
Design ....................................DK II 120017/90016/55033
Performance..........120/90/55tonnes at 16/19/33m radius
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make .....................................................................Towimor
Type........................................................................electric
Lifesaving equipment
Number .......................................................1 x GAR-T6, 7
Make/type.................................................Fassmer/freefall
Hatch covers
Design .............................................................MacGregor
Manufacturer ........................Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa
Type.........................upper deck: hydraulic folding/rolling
tweendeck: pontoons
Doors/lifts
Side shell cargo doors ....................................................3
Internal cargo doors ......................................................11
Side loaders ...............................................5 x 16tonne lift
System operation..........................hydraulic power packs
Design..........................................................................TTS
Containers
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
Heights...................................................8ft; 8ft 6in; 9ft 6in
Cell guides.....................................................................no
Total TEU capacity.....................................................1283
On deck..................................................................728
In holds...................................................................555
Homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes...................1022
Reefer plugs ................................................................120
Tiers/rows: on deck ....................................................6/10
In holds ..............................................................5/8
Ballast control system
Make .......................................................................Pleiger
Type ...............................................Remote control valves
Complement
Officers.............................................................................8
Crew...............................................................................15
Spare................................................................................4
Suez/repair crew..............................................................4
Stern appendages .......................................Assymetric stern
Bow thruster
Make.............................................................ABB Zamech
Number ............................................................................1
Output .....................................................................850kW
Bridge control system
Make..............................................................Wrtsil/Lips
Type...................Lipstronic/Plath Navipilot V/HSC-G-TMC
One-man bridge...........................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ...........................................................Zenitel Marine
Type..........................................Servomaster addressable
Fire extinguishing system
Cargo holds .......................................CO2/Water sprinkler
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Engineroom (local spray)....................................Novenco
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Model ..............................................................GS500C
Waste compactor
Make .............................................................Electrolux
Model ................................................................TT 160
Waste shredder/crusher
Make ........................................................Wesco Navy
Model .............................................................GKF 550
Sewage plant
Make......................................................................DVZ
Model ..............................................SKA-30 Biomaster
Contract date .................................................8 January 2003
Launch/float-out date ........................................10 June 2004
Delivery date ............................................30 November 2004
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TASSILI II: new tonnage for Algeria-
Spain-France link
Shipbuilder: ................IIZAR (Sevilla yard), Spain
Vessel's name:........................................Tassili II
Hull number: ..................................................2 293
Owner/operator:.............E Enterprise Nationale de
Transports Maritimes de Voyageurs
(ENTMV), Algeria
Algeria
Flag: .........................................................A
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ..........................................1
T ASSILI II is the first of two sister ships ordered
from IZAR's Sevilla shipyard by the Algerian state-
owned ferry operator ENTMV, for service between
Algiers and Marseilles, with an intermediate call at the
Spanish port of Alicante. When the second vessel, El
Djazair, joins the fleet in May 2005, replacement of
three existing ferries, built in the early 1970s and now
employed on the route, will be complete. Unlike other
ro-pax ferries built recently at Sevilla, where the design
emphasis has been on the freight (Dawn Merchant,
Significant Ships of 1998), rather than the passenger side
of the combination, Tassili II has involved the yard in
presenting a ship with high-quality accommodation and
facilities for 1300 passengers, carried in two classes.
Standard-class passengers (400) are carried at the aft
end of the ship with 908 economy class berthed
forward. Each has its own access and reception area on
Deck 5, and separate stairways and lifts to other decks.
Decks 5 and 6 provide two and four-berth cabins
suitably equipped for the two classes, and a series of
lounges each with 60 'business-class' seats. Shops and
medical facilities are also located on deck 5, whilst deck
7 provides the main eating areas with cafeteria and
restaurant service. A lounge and a dance floor are also
found here, together with a central galley serving both
passenger and crew requirements. Crew
accommodation is provided on deck 8 for 119
personnel.
Freight capacity is 1350lane metres, equivalent to 300
cars or 42 trucks, with entry through bow and stern
doors on to deck 3. MacGregor supplied and installed
cargo access equipment comprising a bow door with
parallel swing-arm doors which are always self-closing
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by virtue of sea/wave pressure; bow ramp (16m long
including flaps x 5.2m wide - offering a 4m wide
driveway) forming a watertight door when closed;
foldable stern ramp (14.6m long including flaps x
8.20m, with a 7m driveway).
Internal movement between decks is accomplished
using four ramps, arranged between decks 3 and 4, and
measuring 20.0m long, including flaps, and 9.30m wide.
Ten hoistable car-deck panels with an overall area of
around 900m2 provide additional vehicle stowage
Nil
alongside the casings between decks 3 and 4, and are
1 accessed by means of hoistable ramps at each end. Two
hydraulic systems serve the equipment forward and aft,
with a cross-connection for increased redundancy.
The propulsion plant is formed by two Wrtsil
12V46 main engines each developing 12,600kW at
500rev/min. Two shaft lines with Geislinger resilient
couplings and Wrtsil reduction gears drive CP
propellers, enabling the ship to attain 22knots in service.
The four auxiliary engines are Wrtsil 8L20C units,
connected to Leroy Somer 1712kVA alternators. Also
within a Wrtsil package are two Lipstronic type 7000
propulsion control systems, and two 1000kW CP bow
thrusters. Coastguard MC sterntube seals are fitted - the
only type considered by the operator to be pollution-
free.
Safety has been a prime consideration of the design,
and an innovative Automatic Ship Identification System
(AIS) for both security and collision prevention has
been installed. Tassili II has also been fitted with a Ship
Safety and Alert system (SSAS) in accordance with the
new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)
requirements.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, overall...........................................................145.00m
Length, bp.................................................................130.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................24.00m
Depth, moulded, to main deck .....................................8.55m
Draught..........................................................................6.00m
Deadweight ...............................................................2900dwt
Speed, service .....................................................22.00 knots
Bunkers
heavy fuel oil............................................................780m3
diesel oil...................................................................150m3
Water ballast................................................................1200m3
Classification.....................................Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull,
Mach, Boilers, Ro-Ro
Passenger Ship, Unrestricted Navigation,
SDS, *AUT-UMS, AUT-PORT
Roll stabilisation equipment ...............................Litton Marine
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model .......................................................................12V46
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ...........................................2
Output .......................................2 x 12,600kW/500rev/min
Gearboxes
Make .....................................................................Wrtsil
Model ......................................................................SH115
Number ............................................................................2
Output speed....................................................................-
Propellers
Designer/manufacturer .........................................Wrtsil
Number..........................................................2 x CPS 115
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type .....................................Wrtsil/8L20C
Output/speed.............................4 x 1440kW/1000rev/min
Alternator make .............................................Leroy Somer
Output/speed............................4 x 1712kVA/1000rev/min
Mooring equipment .................................Rolls-Royce Marine
Lifesaving equipment
Number/make .................4 x Viking VEC tubes each with
2 + 1 x 101-person liferafts
Total capacity.............................................................1212
Doors/ramps
Number/type.........1 x bow door; 1 x bow ramp/door; 1 x
foldable stern ramp; 4 x internal ramps;
10 x hoistable car deck panels
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
Complement
Crew.............................................................................119
Passengers
Standard class .......................................................400
Economy class .......................................................908
Special rudders
Type.................................................10.4m2 KSR flap-type
Make ......................................................................Becker
Bow thrusters
Number ............................................................................2
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Output .............................................................2 x 1000kW
Fire extinguishing systems.........................Sprinkler and CO2
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
Delivery date................................................22 October 2004
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TEH MAY: enter the 'Green Cape'
bulk carrier
Shipbuilder: ......................S Shanghai Waigaoqiao
Shipbuilding Co Ltd,
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name: .......................................Teh May
H1008
Hull number:..............................................H
General agent:.......................F Foremost Maritime
Co Ltd, Hong Kong SAR,
People's Republic of China
Designer: ...............P Peter Cheng Naval Architect
& Marine Consultant Ltd,
Hong Kong SAR,
People's Republic of China
Model test establishment used: ..S SSPA, Sweden
Hong Kong SAR,
Flag: .........................................H
People's Republic of China
Total number of sister
ships already completed:................................7
Total number of sister
20
ships still on order: ........................................2
I T is interesting that among the first deliveries from
China's showpiece 'greenfield' shipyard Shanghai
Waigaoqiao, should be of a new-generation Capesize
bulk carrier design, since it might be argued that there
is little fresh to offer to this already well-filled market,
restricted in its scope by the dimensional parameters
imposed at the French port of Dunkirk. However, Dr
Peter Cheng, who originated this design on behalf of
the shipyard and the owner of the lead ship CSK
Fortune (delivered in 2003), has followed up his
extensive research into existing vessels of this type, and
of the requirements of prospective operators, by
developing this innovative new standard.
The type-designation 'Green Cape' gives an idea of
Dr Cheng's approach to the project. Within the
traditional configuration of the class: single-deck
without forecastle, nine cargo holds, bulbous bow,
transom stern, top and bottom wing tanks, double-
bottom tanks centrally divided by a duct keel, and no
cargo gear, great attention has been given to 'green'
issues, with all bunker tanks protected by 1200mm wide
cofferdams, particularly in way of the side shell. Most
of these are located in aft saddle tanks. Additionally, no
bunkers are carried in the double bottom, and facilities
are provided for emptying fuel and lubricating oil tanks
by portable pumps should the vessel be immobilised.
A review of wing ballast tank disposition sees none
spanning more than one hold (except for a short
extension of No 8 upper wing tank into the adjacent
No 7), and no connection between upper and lower
tanks in an arrangement which, it is claimed, reduces
shear and bending moments during ballast exchanges
and allows this operation to be carried out in bad
weather. Another change from most existing designs is
the shift of most bunker tanks from the sides of the
engineroom to the upper wing tanks in Nos 8 and 9
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holds, a transfer forward of some 4000tonnes which
not only reduces the bending moment but allows 'even
keel' conditions to be maintained by replacing bunkers
in the upper wings as they are consumed, by ballast in
the nearby aft peak and No 9 bottom wing tanks. All
ballast tanks are fully utilised in both normal and heavy
weather conditions, and exchanges at sea are carried out
only on an 'empty-and-fill' basis, with no transfers made
between tanks at any time.
Unusually, perhaps, in the current political climate, Teh
May is single-skinned. She features nine holds closed by
side-rolling weathertight covers and can accept loading
of ore in alternate holds 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Tanktop
strengthening for grab discharge is included and No 6
hold is arranged as a floodable compartment. Numbers
2, 4, and 8 holds can be partially flooded in port only, to
7 achieve an air-draught of 13.70m above hatch covers.
The main engine is an MAN B&W 6S70MC Mk 6
unit developing 14,331kW NCR at 86.2rev/min for a
service speed of 15knots. Three Daihatsu/Nishishiba
750kW alternators serve electrical requirements, and a
vertical composite boiler provides steam.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................288.92m
Length, bp.................................................................279.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................45.00m
Depth, moulded to upper deck ..................................24.50m
Draught
design ....................................................................16.50m
scantling ................................................................18.10m
Gross .......................................................................88,955gt
Net .............................................................................58,078nt
Displacement
design draught ..........................................178,855tonnes
scantling draught.......................................197,852tonnes
Lightweight ........................................................22,766tonnes
Deadweight
design draught ...............................................156,088dwt
scantling draught............................................175,085dwt
Speed, service at NCR...............................................15knots
Cargo capacity
grain ........................................193,247m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................4554m3
diesel oil...................................................................378m3
Water ballast
total ....................................................................74,126m3
excl No 6 hold ....................................................51,687m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only (loaded condition)........53.8tonnes/day
auxiliaries (2 alternators running) .............4.50tonnes/day
Classification .....American Bureau of Shipping +A1(E), Bulk
Carrier ESP, 'Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes
Nos 2, 4, 6, 8 holds may be empty' SH, SHCM,
+ACCU, UWILD, HCS
Percentage of high-tensile steel
used in construction..........................................approx 70%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model........................................................6S70MC (Mk 6)
Manufacturer.....................................................................-
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output .....................................16,860kW/91rev/min MCR;
14,331kW/86.20rev/min; NCR
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...............Nakashima Propeller Co
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................8200mm
Speed........................................................91rev/min MCR
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..................................Daihatsu/6DK-20
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed.................................3 x 811kW/900rev/min
Alternator/type ................................................Nishishiba/-
Output/speed.................................3 x 750kW/900rev/min
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type........................OVS2-250/170-33 vertical composite
Make..............................................................Osaka Boiler
Mooring equipment
Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
6 x mooring winch
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Hatch covers
Design .............................................Hydraulic chain drive
Make................................................................MacGregor
Type..................................................................side-rolling
Ballast control system
Make .......................................................Pleuger & Utsuki
Type.......................................................................303C04
Complement
Officers.............................................................................9
Crew ..............................................13
Spare................................................................................5
Suez/repair crew ...................................................................6
Fire detection system
Make ..........................................................Engtek Pte Ltd
Type .......................................................................ANX 95
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds ...................................................................Nil
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make............................................................................JRC
Models ..................1 x JMA-9823-7XA: 1 x JMA-9833-SA
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...................................................Nanjing Lzhou
Model ............................................................OG 400C
Waste compactor
Make .............................................................Electrolux
Model..................................................................8251L
Sewage plant
Make.......................................................Jiangsu Nanji
Model..........................................................WCB-40(S)
Contract date .........................................................................-
Launch/float-out date...................................18 October 2003
Delivery date .................................................28 August 2004
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VILLE DE BORDEAUX: specialist ro-ro for
Airbus transport
Shipbuilder:...............................JJinling Shipyard,
People's Republic of China
Vessel's name: ........................Ville de Bordeaux
Hull number: ......................................JJLZ020401
Owner/operator:......F Fret/CETAM, France (a joint
company formed by
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France,
and Leif Hoegh, Norway)
Deltamarin (basis
Designers: ...............................D
design),Finland/Jinling
Marine Design Co, People's
Republic of China
Model test establishment ....................................
used:H Hamburg Ship Model signals.
Basin (HSVA), Germany
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total numberof sister
ships still on order:............O One option pending
T HE A380 aircraft is the latest product of the joint
European Airbus consortium and its development
has presented major logistical challenges, mainly
resulting from the basis of the Airbus concept, which
involves the construction of major components in a
number of European countries, and their transport to
Toulouse in southern France for assembly. Because of
the sheer size of these parts, sea transport has been
chosen to move fore and aft fuselage sections from
Hamburg: tail sections from Puerto Real (Spain):
cockpit and central fuselage from St Nazaire; and wings
from North Wales (UK), necessitating the building of
dedicated terminals at some of the loading/discharging
ports, and of special craft to carry the components in
and out of restricted waterways.
Performing the sea-going legs of the operation is
Ville de Bordeaux, a ro-ro vessel configured to the now
familiar ferry layout of a full-length superstructure
topped by the bridge and accommodation right
forward. The funnel casing is aft, above a machinery
room containing the two Caterpillar MaK 9M43 main
engines. Each developing an MCR output of 8400kW,
these drive twin CP propellers through Flender
gearboxes for a service speed at 90% MCR, with 15%
sea margin, of 21knots. Each gearbox has a power take-
off to a 1400kW alternator, with three 1615kVA diesel-
driven sets also available. Two 1000kW bow thrusters
are also fitted.
Ro-ro access is over the stern on to the main deck
(No 3) using a divided stern ramp providing a 21m wide
x 13.5m entry. A top-hinged stern door closes the
access and is secured by automated, hydraulically
actuated cleats. The main cargo space offers an
unobstructed volume 120m long x 11m high x 21m
wide to accommodate the A380 components, and
extends between decks 3 and 5 with a hoistable trailer
deck (No 4) available between, and reached by a
hoistable ramp. A lower cargo hold between the
tanktop (No 1 deck) and the main deck (No 3) is
accessed by way of a ramp fitted with a hinged cover
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from the latter. This space contains a hoistable car deck
(No 2), reached by a hoistable ramp.
TTS supplied the cargo access package, understood
to weigh almost 930tonnes, together with hatch covers
on decks 3 and 5, and specially designed mooring
cylinders positioned at the stern, P&S. With a capacity
of 50tonnes, these interface with shore connections and
provide sufficient strength to withstand a 6knot current
and a Beaufort 8 stern windforce. Hydraulic and
mechanical operation of the system using highly
advanced automation is arranged, and is linked with a
sophisticated Kongsberg power management, control
and monitoring system handling more than 4200
Number.............1 x thermal fuel heater; 2 x economisers
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................154.15m
Length, bp.................................................................138.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................24.00m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (No 3).................................................8.70m
to upper deck (No 5) .............................................21.85m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................2.00m
bottom ......................................................................1.70m
Draught
'Airbus' load .............................................................5.50m
'trailer load' ..............................................................6.50m
scantling ..................................................................6.60m
Gross .......................................................................21,513gt
Displacement
draught 5.5m ...............................................11,518tonnes
draught 6.5m ...............................................14,585tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................8600tonnes
Deadweight
draught 5.5m .......................................................2270dwt
draught 6.50m .....................................................5200dwt
Block coefficient
draught 5.5m............................................0.6131 Bow thrusters
draught 6.5m ..........................................................0.6573
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......21.00knots
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1027m3
diesel oil...................................................................342m3
Water ballast................................................................4305m3
Classification ..........Bureau Veritas Class I +HULL, +MACH,
Ro-Ro cargo ship, Unrestricted Navigation,
+STAR-HULL, +STAR-MACH, +AUT-IMS,
+AUT-PORT, +SYS-NEQ 1, +SYS-IBS, +MON-SHAFT
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .................................approx 30%
Heel control system.......................Hoppe anti-heeling pump
Roll stabilisation systems....................Flume system and fins
Main engines
Design ......................................................Caterpillar MaK
Model ........................................................................9M43
Manufacturer............................Caterpillar Motoren (MaK)
Number ............................................................................2
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output .............................................................2 x 8400kW
Gearboxes
Make ......................................................................Flender
Model................................................................GUBH 900
Number ............................................................................2
Speed............................................................155.1rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...................................Rolls-Royce
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................4500mm
Speed............................................................155.1rev/min
Main-engine driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type ............................................ABB/AMG 450 M4
Output/speed.............................2 x 1400kW/1800rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type...........................Caterpillar MaK/8M20
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed...............................3 x 1360kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type ...............................AEM/SE 500 M8
Output/speed..............................3 x 1615kVA/900rev/min
Boilers
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Types..................1 x 25-H0-08; 2 x EXV 740-20-57.0-600
Output..........................................1 x 1200kW; 2 x 700kW
Mooring equipment ..................................................hydraulic
Hatch covers
Design..........................................................................TTS
Manufacturer............................................Jinling Shipyard
Vehicles
Number of vehicle decks ............2 x fixed: 2 x moveable
Total lane length ...................................2160m
Total area of deck ..................................................6760m2
Doors, ramps, moveable car decks
Number .............................1 x stern door, 1 x stern ramp,
2 x internal ramps, 2 x hoistable decks,
3 x shell doors
Design..........................................................................TTS
Cargo/ballast control systems
Make ................................................................Kongsberg
Type ...............................Integrated in automation system
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................11
Drivers............................................................................12
Supernumaries.................................................................2
Single/double/other rooms ......................................23/6/8
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 1000kW
Bridge control system
Make..........................................................................Litton
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Fire detection system
Make ...................................................................Autronica
Type........................................................................BS-320
Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds; engineroom; vehicle spaces.................CO2
Make .....................................................................SEMCO
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make..........................................................................Litton
Models..............................................1 x 65608/A X-band;
1 x 65612/A S-band
Integrated bridge system
Make..........................................................................Litton
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Model ...........................................................OGS400C
Sewage plant
Make.....................................................................Evac
Model..................................................MSP25-Vacuum
Contract date ..................................................30 March 2002
Launch/float-out date .........................................30 July 2003
Delivery date......................................................30 April 2004
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VOLCN DE TAMASITE: inter-island
ro-pax ferry for Canaries service
Shipbuilder: ..............A Astillero Barreras (Hijos de
J Barreras SA), Spain
Vessel's name:.....................Volcn de Tamasite
Hull number: ................................................1 1625
Owner/operator: .....................N Naviera de Janda
(Armas Group SA),
Spain (Canary Islands)
Designer: ......................A Astillero Barreras, Spain
Model test establishment used: ..............M MARIN,
The Netherlands
Spain
Flag: ...........................................................S
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................1 1 + 1 option
A STILLERO Barreras' reputation as a leader in the
ferry-building sector is further advanced by the
delivery of this first of a new series of vessels, designed
for operation within the Canary Islands group, in this
case providing a link between Gran Canaria and
Fuerteventura. This is a 2-hour day service, for which
seating is arranged for 514 passengers in lounges, 588
in airliner-type armchairs, and 328 on deck. In addition,
36 drivers are provided with separate facilities, and 34
crew members are carried.
All accommodation spaces are on decks 6, 7 and 8,
with decks 3 and 4, and hoistable car deck number 5,
forming the vehicle space, laid out for 403 cars and 69
x 16m trailers. The tanktop (deck 1) and deck 2 are
occupied by fuel tanks, void spaces, store rooms,
stabiliser compartments, and the main machinery
rooms.
The design of sister, Volcn de Timenfaya, currently
building at Vigo, has been modified to provide the
complementary night-time link between the islands, by
having 100 cabins fitted in lieu of some of the seating.
With day-time use principally in mind for Volcn de
Tamasite, the interior designers have sought to provide
passengers with different environments by introducing
decorative partitions of wood and glass, with railings
and curtains, and allowing easy circulation through
wide, open galleries. The latter run the length of the
ship, both sides.
In places, these partitions form seating clusters which
can be segregated from other areas to suit business
travellers. A self-service cafeteria operates on two levels:
decks 6 (the lowest passenger deck) and 7, and an
assortment of lounges is provided, including a forward
panoramic lounge. Deck 6 is also the reception deck,
and shares another feature with deck 7 in the form of a
semi-circular lounge and bar aft. The forward end of
this deck is the location of crew accommodation, and
of the full-width wheelhouse.
Deck 8 tops off the superstructure and provides
outdoor seating around the swimming pool, with
windbreaks and a canvas awning affording protection
as required. An upper restaurant and a terraced
observation position on the wheelhouse top are
additional features at this level.
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Ro-ro access is over the stern to deck 3, through two
ramp/doors 8m wide x 16m long. Each ramp consists
of a main section, overlaid with a second, hinged, 'fold-
out' extension which opens over the first. The ramps
are wide enough to allow the simultaneous transit of
two vehicles 16m long and 54tonnes weight. Fixed
ramps P&S, 38m long x 3.5m, link decks 3 and 4, whilst
the hoistable car deck (No 5) which is formed of 11
sections, is accessed by lowering the end sections at the
aft end, or via ramps within the sections forward.
Passenger access is by way of two shell doors.
Lifesaving equipment includes two 150-person enclosed
lifeboats, and four 225-person marine evacuation
systems, together with liferafts and rescue boats.
The machinery installation comprises two Wrtsil
8L46C main engines developing 8400kW each when
running at 500rev/min. Each shaft line drives through a
clutchless gearbox, which reduces speed to 176rev/min
at the twin CP propellers for a service speed at 90%
MCR of 22knots, and is also coupled to a 1200kW
alternator. Two 900kW diesel-driven alternator sets are
also fitted. Two underhung semi-balanced rudders are
installed and two 1000kW bow thrusters are provided.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................142.45m
Length, bp.................................................................125.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................24.20m
Depth, moulded
to main deck (No 3).................................................8.35m
to upper deck (No 4) .............................................13.55m
to deck 6................................................................19.50m
Draught
design ......................................................................5.70m
scantling ..................................................................6.00m
Gross .......................................................................17,343gt
Deadweight, design ..............................................3000dwt
Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................22.00knots
Bunkers
heavy oil...................................................................620m3
diesel oil.....................................................................90m3
Water ballast................................................................1685m3
Fuel consumption, main engines only ..............67tonnes/day
Classification ........................Bureau Veritas, Class 1, + Hull,
+ Mach, Ro-Ro Passenger ship,
Unrestricted Navigation, AUT, UMS
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model ......................................................................8L46C
Manufacturer.........................................................Wrtsil
Number ............................................................................2
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output ..........................................2 x 8400kW/600rev/min
Gearboxes
Make......................................................................Reintjes
Number ............................................................................2
Model ...................................................VA950 K41 HL/HR
Output speed ...................................................176rev/min
Propellers
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...................................Rolls-Royce
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................4200mm
Speed...............................................................176rev/min
Main-engine driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type .........................Leroy Somer LSA 52.2 L75/6P
Output/speed..................................................2 x 1200kW
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Engine make/type ........................................Wrtsil/6L20
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed.............................2 x 1080kW/1000rev/min
Alternator make/type ........Leroy Somer LSA 52.2 L60/6P
Output/speed...............................2 x 900kW/1000rev/min
Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer ...........................................Vulcano Sadeca
Location .......................................................Main engines
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Type........................................................................oil fired
Make........................................................Vulcano Sadeca
Output .................................................................1500kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
2 x mooring winch
Make ..................................................................Servoship
Type.....................................................................hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment
Number .....................4 x Viking 225-person vertical MES
4 x Hatecke 150-person lifeboats
2 x Hatecke fast rescue boats
2 x Hatecke rescue boats
Vehicles
Number of vehicle decks...............2 x fixed/1 x hoistable
Total lane length ............................................1279m x 3m
Total cars......................................................................403
Total freight units.....................................69 x 16m trailers
Doors/ramps
Number ............................................2 x stern ramp/doors
2 x fixed ramps from deck 3 to deck 4
1 x hoistable car deck with ramps
Designer....................................................SP Consultores
Complement
Officers.............................................................................8
Crew...............................................................................26
Single/double rooms...................................................18/8
Passengers
Total............................................................................1466
Bow thrusters
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Number ............................................................................2
Output .............................................................2 x 1000kW
Bridge control system
Make............................................................RMI/Raytheon
One man bridge............................................................No
Fire detection system
Make .........................................................................Thorn
Type...............................................................Addressable
Fire extinguishing system
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Vehicle spaces....................................................Drencher
Cabins/public spaces........................................Sprinklers
Make ..........................................................................OTSI
Radars
Number ............................................................................2
Make ...................................................................Raytheon
Models ................................................Pathfinder/SP Mk II
Waste disposal plant
Sewage plant
Make....................................................................Facet
Contract date .........................................................June 2002
Launch/float-out date........................................8 March 2004
Delivery date............................................................July 2004
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WAN QING SHA: multi-purpose, trailing-
suction hopper/dredger
Shipbuilder: ...IIHC Holland NV, The Netherlands
Vessel's name: .............................Wan Qing Sha
1238
Hull number: ................................................1
Owner/operator:....................C CHEC-Guangzhou
Dredging Co,
People's Republic of China
Designer:.......IIHC Holland NV, The Netherlands
People's Republic of China
Flag: ........................P
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N
W AN Qing Sha is the 141st vessel to be built by
IHC Holland for Chinese owners since one of its
constituent companies delivered a bucket dredger to
that market, 109 years ago. In more recent times, the
relationship now existing between the Dutch market
leaders and Guangzhou Dredging, part of the national
CHEC (China Harbour Engineering Co) Group, has
produced 12 dredgers, as well as associated equipment,
with this latest vessel significant as the largest trailing
suction hopper dredger in the fleet.
Designed to operate in the Pearl River Delta, Wan
Qing Sha is a twin-screw, trailing-suction hopper design,
incorporating environment-friendly features, and fitted
with a trailing suction pipe on each side of the vessel,
located towards the aft end of the hull, adjacent to the
two 6000kW dredge pumps. These are driven via two-
speed reduction gearboxes from the front end of twin
Wrtsil main engines developing a total installed power
of 13,287kW. A feature of the pumps is the inclusion of
a gas removal system.
The two ducted CP propellers have been supplied by
Rolls-Royce Benelux and provide a loaded service speed
of 15.20knots. They are driven from the aft end of each
engine through another pair of Jahnel-Kestermann
reduction gearboxes, with each additionally providing
power to an alternator. Two Rolls-Royce bow thrusters
are fitted, and auxiliary alternators driven by two
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Caterpillar auxiliary diesel engines are also installed.
Wan Qing Sha is a single-decked vessel, built under
joint Bureau Veritas and China Classification Society
survey, and fitted with a forecastle, surmounted by an
accommodation block arranged for a complement of
45 persons, and a wheelhouse with all-round vision.
The machinery room is right aft, with the main engines
linked through the forward bulkhead with the dredge
pumps, positioned between that compartment and the
open-topped hopper. This is constructed with high
Nil coamings, and incorporates hydraulically-operated
overflow pipes controlled from the wheelhouse by the
dredge master, and has high-pressure water jets to assist
Nil
with fluidisation during discharge.
The hopper, contained within a double-skin structure
designated as buoyancy and bunker spaces, has a
capacity of 10,028m3 (14,684tonnes) at a dredging
draught of 8.75m. Dredging is carried out using the
1000mm diameter port and starboard suction pipes
which are suspended from gantries at the ship's side aft
of midships, at a normal depth of 28m at 45deg. By
first filling the hopper with water and then utilising pipe
extensions, a maximum depth of 39m at 55deg can be
reached. Both normal and extended sets of pipes are
fitted with new-generation, excavating-type IHC
dragheads.
Discharge of spoil from the hopper can be
accomplished by any of three methods: either directly
into the sea through two rows of eight conical doors
fitted port and starboard in the hopper bottom, which is
peaked at the centre to facilitate flow to the exits, or by
way of a self-emptying system through a bow
connection, direct to a shore pipeline. The third method
is a derivation of this system which sprays the spoil
through a bow-mounted jet nozzle in a 'rainbowing'
action.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................128.00m
Length, bp.................................................................121.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................24.50m
Depth, moulded .....................................................................-
Dredging draught..........................................................8.75m
Loaded capacity ...............................................14,684tonnes
Hopper capacity ......................................................10,028m3
Dredging depth
45deg working angle..................................................28m
55deg working angle..................................................39m
Speed, loaded .......................................................15.20knots
Classification..............Bureau Veritas +Hull, +Mach, Hopper
Dredger (unrestricted navigation), and
China Classification Society
Main engines
Design...................................................................Wrtsil
Model ................................................................................-
Manufacturer.....................................................................-
Number ............................................................................2
Combined output............................................2 x 6643kW
Gearboxes
Number ............................................2 x propulsion
Make...................................................Jahnel-Kestermann
Type ...................................................................Reduction
Number..................................................2 x dredge pump
Make .................................................................................-
Type ...................................................................Reduction
Propellers
Manufacturer ....................................Rolls-Royce Benelux
Number.............................................................2 x ducted
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Main-engine driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Alternator make ................................................................-
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Engine make .....................................................Caterpillar
Alternator make ............................................................... -
Dredging equipment
Dredge pumps
Number .................................................................2
Power ...................................................2 x 6000kW
Make ..................................................................... -
Complement ........................................................................45
Bow thrusters
Number ............................................................................2
Make.................................................Rolls-Royce Benelux
Contract date .......................................................March 2002
Launch date ...............................................14 February 2004
Delivery date ......................................................19 July 2004
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WORLD LION: another VLCC for
World-Wide Shipping
Shipbuilder: .........................D Daewoo Shipbuilding
& Marine Engineering Co Ltd
(DSME), Korea
Vessel's name: ......................................World Lion
5228
Hull number: ...................................................5
Owner/operator:......................................N Niska SA,
Singapore/World-Wide ShippingLtd,
Singapore
Designer: ..........................................D DSME, Korea
Model test establishment: ...........K Korea Research
Institute of Ships and
Ocean Engineering (KRISO), Korea
Hong Kong
Flag: ....................................................H
Total number of sister
ships already completed: ..................................1 1 Length, bp ....................................................................320.00m
Total number of sister
2
ships still on order: .............................................2
F OR this particular series of VLCC tankers, World-
Wide Shipping has returned to DSME at the Okpo
Shipyard, and to a well-proven design developed by a
builder which has made this size of vessel something of
a speciality over recent years. Laid out with a single deck
and no forecastle, but with a sunken aft deck serving as
the mooring deck and as the base for the machinery
casing, this design also features a double-skin hull formed
of common side and double-bottom tanks. The latter are
divided at the centreline to present port and starboard 'L-
shaped' compartments dedicated for water ballast use.
The connection of these tanks at the bilge is sloped in
'bulk-carrier fashion', to aid cargo drainage.
Within a double hull configuration (3.52m wide at the
sides and 3.00m deep at the bottom), the cargo space is
divided by five transverse and two longitudinal bulkheads
into five sets of port, starboard and centre tanks,
providing a total of 15 tanks protected by coal-tar epoxy
coatings. These are separated from the machinery space
by bunker and slop tanks, and a pumproom containing
three Shinko, steam turbine-driven, 5000m3/h pumps,
capable of working three cargo segregations through
three manifolds on deck amidships. These are arranged so
that the height of their centres above the waterline meets
a maximum air draught of 22.50m in a normal harbour
ballast condition. Ballast is handled by three 3000m3/h
electric pumps.
A five-tier deckhouse, surmounted by the wheelhouse,
is positioned at the aft end and provides accommodation
for 11 officers and 21 crew, plus a six-man Suez or repair
crew. This structure is separated from the machinery
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casing to avoid any noise and vibration problems
produced from a machinery installation centred upon a
MAN B&W 7S80MC Mk 6 main engine supplied by the
HSD Engine Co. Developing 25,480kW at 79rev/min,
this produces a service speed of 15.30knots at 90% MCR
and allowing a 15% sea margin. Electrical supply is from
three 1180kW Hyundai alternators fitted with 1260kW
MAN B&W prime movers. Two Mitsubishi vertical
water-tube boilers, each with an output of 4000kg/h,
satisfy steam requirements.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa.....................................................................332.00m
Breadth, moulded...........................................................58.00m
Depth, moulded..............................................................31.20m
Width of double skin
side..............................................................................3.52m
bottom .........................................................................3.00m
Draught
design .......................................................................20.80m
scantling....................................................................22.00m
Gross .........................................................................158,560gt
Displacement......................................................319,340tonnes
Lightweight ...........................................................42,500tonnes
Deadweight
design ................................................................276,840dwt
scantling.............................................................296,840dwt
Block coefficient ..................................................................0.81
Speed, service at 90% MCR, 15% sea margin ......15.30knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume........................................................352,000m3
Bunkers
heavy oil ....................................................................8000m3
diesel oil ......................................................................400m3
Water ballast..............................................................100,000m3
Segregated ballast............................................................100%
Fuel consumption
main engine only....................................90.20%tonnes/day
Classification ................American Bureau of Shipping +A1(E),
Oil carrier ESP,SH, +AMS,
+ACCU, UWILD
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction.................................................36%
Main engine
Design..................................................................MAN B&W
Model...........................................................7S80MC (Mk 6)
Manufacturer ...............................................HSD Engine Co
Number ......................................1 Make ........................................................................Tokimec
Type of fuel ....................................................................HFO
Output ..................................................25,480kW/79rev/min
Propeller
Material .........................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ................................DSME/Hyundai
Heavy Industries
Number................................................................................1
Pitch..............................................................................Fixed
Diameter..................................................................9800mm
Speed ....................................................................79rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number................................................................................3
Engine make........................................................MAN B&W
Type of fuel ....................................................................HFO
Output ................................................................3 x 1260kW
Alternator make .......................................................Hyundai
Output ................................................................3 x 1180kW
Exhaust gas scrubbing
Type ....................Centrifugal, vertical, electric motor drive,
fitted on main engine
Boilers
Number................................................................................2
Type........................................................vertical, water tube
Make.........................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Output ..............................................................2 x 4000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Number....................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
8 x mooring winch
Make ..................................................................Rolls-Royce
Type .......................................................................Hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number.............................................................15 + 2 slops
Grades of cargo carried .....................................................3
Product range .............................................................Crude
Coated tanks.................................................Coal tar epoxy
Cargo pumps
Number................................................................................3
Type.................................Centrifugal, vertical, single-stage
Make ...........................................................................Shinko
Capacity................................................................5000m3//h
Cargo control system
Make .............................................................................Saab
Type......................................................................TankRadar
Complement
Officers ..............................................................................11
Crew ..................................................................................21
Suez/repair crew .................................................................6
Bridge control system
Make ...................................................................Kongsberg
Type ....................................................................Autochief-4
One man operation ..........................................................No
Fire detection system
Make......................................................................Consilium
Type ..................................................................Addressable
Fire extinguishing systems
Engineroom ............................High-expansion foam
Make ........................................................................Kashiwa
Radars
Number ...............................................................................2
Models ....................................S-band: BR-3460CA-S312M
X-band: BR-3460CA-X28M
Integrated bridge system ......................................................No
Contract date .............................................26 September 2001
Launch/float-out date......................................11 October 2003
Delivery date .....................................................8 January 2004
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YAMAYURI: self-unloading coal carrier
Shipbuilder: ............IImabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd
(Koyo Dockyard), Japan
Vessel's name .......................................Yamayuri
Hull number: ...............................................S S-589
Owner/operator:.......B Bingo Kyodo Kisen Co Ltd;
Naigai Steam-Ship Co Ltd;
Japan Railway Construction,
Transport and Technology Agency/
MOL Naikou Ltd, Japan
Model test establishment used: ......S Shipbuilding
Research Centre of Japan
Flag: ...........................................................JJapan
Total number of sister
ships already completed:..............................N Nil
Total number of sister
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil
A PART from regular attempts to improve their self-
trimming qualities, the basic design of coal-
carrying vessels changed little over the years, and it is
only comparatively recently that radical design
developments have taken place, centred mainly on the
adoption of self-unloading techniques. Yamayuri,
delivered by the Imabari group just too late to be
included in Significant Ships of 2003, features such an
arrangement, but takes it a stage further by
incorporating measures aimed at reducing the
environmental impact caused by dust and noise
generated during the loading and discharge operations.
Yamayuri is a single-decked vessel without forecastle,
and presenting a rather 'dumpy' profile, characterised by
a tall deckhouse right aft containing the
accommodation and built over the machinery space.
Forward of this superstructure are substantial
structures covering most of the fore deck and
incorporating the hoppers, belt conveyors, and
machinery involved with the loading and discharging
operations, both of which can be accomplished at a rate
of about 4000tonnes/h. The double-hull incorporates
large top and bottom wing tanks forming water ballast
spaces and which enclose port and starboard cargo
spaces, each presenting a diamond shape in cross-
section, aimed at facilitating cargo flow to the belts.
Coal is loaded over the starboard side by a shore
conveyor, directly into the ship's hopper, positioned just
forward of the deckhouse. From here it is carried
forward on an inclined conveyor belt into a tower
structure at midships where it is transferred on to short
transverse belts. These deposit the coal on to
longitudinal conveyors which run above the port and
starboard hold spaces. The cargo-handling equipment
has been supplied by Mitsui Miike and includes two
discharge machines, fitted forward, port and starboard
on the tanktop in the cargo holds.
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The machines are fitted with rotating curved blades
which draw coal from the centre of the holds on to
discharge belts at the bottom of the holds and these
move it aft for transfer to vertical conveyors contained
in towers at the aft end of the cargo holds, and then to
an overside discharge boom operating at the port side
of the vessel. This is stowed against the deckhouse
structure when not in use.
Yamayuri is powered by a Mitsubishi two-stroke diesel
engine of the 7UEC37LSII type constructed by
Akasaka Diesels Ltd; this develops 4600kW at
158rev/min MCR. When running at 85% of that
output (3910kW/150rev/min), and with a sea margin
of 15%, a service speed of 13.50knots is maintained.
The three diesel-driven Yanmar/Nishishiba alternator
sets each produce 600kW at 900rev/min, and hot water
supply comes from a Miura boiler heated from the main
engine jacket water system. Nakashima Propeller
supplied both the main propeller and the 123kW bow
thruster, and a Schilling Vectwin rudder system is
installed. The vessel is manned by only six officers and
two crew, with accommodation provided for an
additional four officers.
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length, oa .................................................................139.92m
Length, bp.................................................................134.00m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................26.00m
Depth, moulded ..........................................................13.60m
Width of double skin
side ..........................................................................1.20m
bottom ......................................................................4.55m
Draught..........................................................................6.49m
Gross .......................................................................15,128gt
Deadweight ............................................................12,588dwt
Speed, service, 85% MCR; 15% sea margin .......13.50knots
Cargo capacity
grain ....................................................................16,651m3
Bunkers
diesel oil...................................................................294m3
Water ballast................................................................6023m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................16.50tonnes.day
auxiliaries (during voyage) .......................1.50tonnes/day
Classification..................Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK), NS
(coasting service) MNS*, MO N, F
Percentage of high-tensile steel used in
construction...................................................... approx 16%
Main engine
Design ...............................................................Mitsubishi
Model .............................................................7UEC37LSII
Manufacturer ....................................Akasaka Diesels Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output ................................................4600kW/158rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer ........Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................4200mm
Speed...............................................................158rev/min
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..............................Yanmar/6N18AL-EV
Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
Output/speed.................................3 x 660kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type ......................Nishishiba/NTAKL-VC
Output ...........................................3 x 600kW/900rev/min
Boiler
Number ............................................................................1
Task ....................................................................Hot water
Type ............Heated by main engine jacket water system
Make .........................................................................Miura
Output .....................................................................349kW
Cargo handling equipment
Number ............................................................................1
Make .................................Mitsui Miike Machinery Co Ltd
Type ..................................Self-loading/unloading system
Performance................4000tonnes/h (loading/unloading)
Mooring equipment
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
4 x mooring winch
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Ballast control system
Make.................................................Nakakita Seisakusho
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Complement
Officers.............................................................................6
Crew.................................................................................2
Spare officers...................................................................4
Single rooms ..................................................................12
Special rudders
Make ....................................................................Schilling
Type ..........................................................Vectwin system
Bow thruster
Make.................................................Nakashima Propeller
Number ....................................1
Output...........................................................................123kW
Bridge control system
Make .................................................Akasaka Diesels Ltd
Type ...................................................................ARS-EIUT
One man operation .......................................................No
Fire detection system
Make .........................................................Nippon Hakuyo
Type ...........................................................................Zone
Fire extinguishing
Engineroom................................Kawasaki Safety Service
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Waste disposal plant
Incinerator
Make....................................................................Miura
Model ...........................................................BGW-20N
Sewage plant
Make............................................................Taiko Kikai
Type...................................................................SBT-15
Contract date......................................................14 July 2003
Launch/float-out date ..............................12 September 2003
Delivery date............................................19 December 2003
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