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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
AMANDA: Dutch-built 5800dwt multipurpose design
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2005 ANDROMEDA VOYAGER: DSME VLCC delivery

ARCADIA: new P&O flagship from Fincantieri's Marghera yard
ASPHALT SEMINOLE: Croatian-built asphalt tanker
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Compiler:
John Lingwood, MRINA ATLANTIS ALDABRA: Turkish-designed and -built coastal tanker 17
BASTØ III: double-ended Norwegian shuttle ferry 20
Editor:
Tim Knaggs BELUGA REVOLUTION: feeder multipurpose ship with heavy lifts 22
BENCHIJIGUA EXPRESS: world's first trimaran ferry 25
Assistant Editor: BIG GLORY: Kawasaki Handymax bulker with SEA-Arrow bow 28
Cheryl Saponia, BA Hons
BRITISH CORMORANT: Aframax tanker for ice-trading 32
Editorial Production Manager: CMA CGM EXCELLENT: 3398TEU box ship for liner charter 34
Sandy Defraine
COLOMBO EXPRESS: 8600TEU container liner 36
Group Advertisement Manager: D'ARTAGNAN: mega-size cutter/suction dredger 38
Debbi Bonner DOKTER WAGEMAKER: Dutch-built and -owned shuttle ferry 40
Advertisement Consultant: ELBE HIGHWAY: Stocznia Gdynia intermediate-size PCTC 42
John Labdon ENERGY ADVANCE: the largest LNG-carrier in service? 45
Advertisement Production Manager: E R TIANAN: Hyundai Samho's 8214TEU container carrier 47
Stephen Bell, PGDip EXCELSIOR: first LNG-RV for the Energy Bridge concept 49
FS PHILIPPINE: third ENVC tanker delivery to French owner 51
Marketing Manager:
Adelaide Proctor HAMMERODDE: ro-pax ferry for Baltic service 53
HATSU SHINE: 'green' container ship for Evergreen 56
Publisher:
Mark J Staunton-Lambert JEANNE-MARIE: DSME-built 78,600m3 LPG tanker 58
KOTA PEKARANG: 2824TEU container ship for Far-East charter 60
Published by: MAERSK DUNKERQUE: Samsung ro-pax for English Channel service 62
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
MAKHACHKALA 1: Caspian Sea freight-train ferry 65
Editorial & Advertisement Office: MOBY AKI: Fincantieri-built ro-pax for Italian domestic routes 68
10 Upper Belgrave Street
London SW1X 8BQ, UK MSC MAEVA: Hanjin crosses the 8000TEU barrier 71
Telephone: +44 20 7235 4622 MSC PAMELA: world's largest box-ship - 9200TEU 74
Telefax: +44 20 7245 6959
E-mail: [email protected] NORTH POINT: ice-strengthened product tanker 76
[email protected] OCEAN NEPTUNE: 49,700dwt product tanker from ShinA 79
OTTAMANA: Turkish-built/Italian-owned product tanker 81
P&O NEDLLOYD MONDRIAAN: first high-outptut RT-flex engine 83
PERSEVERANCE: STX-built ice-strengthened product tanker 86
PRIDE OF AMERICA: US-flag cruise liner 88
PU TUO DAO: Jiangnan-built ro-pax for domestic service 90
PULI: Turkish tanker with innovative propulsion system 94
ROSE G: ShinA-built 40,000dwt tanker for Italian owner 96
SCL BERN: heavy-lift feeder ship for Safmarine 98
SEIRYU MARU: dredger/oil recovery vessel serving Japanese waters 100
© 2006. The Royal Institution of Naval Architects SEYCHELLES PIONEER: continuing Lindenau’s Safety Tanker series 104
This publication is copyright under the Berne Convention.
SHANGHAI HIGWAY: Chinese-built 'green' car carrier 106
All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be SMYRIL: IZAR ro-pax delivery for Faeroe Island routes 108
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
without the prior permission of the copyright owner. STENA PARIS: continuing Stena's MAX series 110
Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts or
articles on condition that a full reference to the source is SUPER LINER OGASAWARA: first Japanese Techno-Superliner 112
shown.
UNIVERSAL QUEEN: Hyundai-built VLCC 115
Multiple copying of the contents without permission is
always illegal. VIKTOR TITOV: energy-saving Aframax tanker with bow loading 118
Printed in Wales by Pensord Press, Tram Road,
VOLCAN DE TIMANFAYA: night-ferry linking Canary Islands 120
Pontllfraith, Blackwood, Gwent NP12 2YA WAN HAI 501: Taiwan-built and -owned box-ship 123
ISBN 1 905040 18 0 WESTERN BALTIC: Swiss-owned product tanker 125
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SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2005

G ENERALLY speaking, information
which forms the basis of our Significant
Ships reviews comes from technical and
Tokyo to Singapore in only one-and-a-half
days with such a ship must remain on ice.
'Green' issues continue to be a feature of
worldwide, without which Significant Ships
could not appear, has already been made. It is
endorsed here, in its more usual place,
descriptive data supplied by those many many of the vessels included in Significant together with thanks to the various
shipbuilders and consultants around the Ships of 2005, and nowhere more photographers and others, who, either
world who kindly assist with the publication. prominently than in the specification for directly or through our major contributors,
The publisher's (and, especially the Hatsu Shine, owned - by Evergreen Lines! have supplied material for our use. As usual,
compiler's!) thanks to them for this The extent to which environmental a loosely-drawn lower limit of around 100m
assistance is usually squeezed into the last requirements also dominate cruise ships is length has been used to determine which
paragraphs of this introductory page, but, demonstrated by referral to two vessels of ships to include in Significant Ships. It is a
perhaps, the time has come for this valued this type completed during 2005: Arcadia limit which does get broken, but in the main
help to be acknowledged in a more and Pride of America. The latter is also of for details of smaller vessels we refer readers
prominent position. particular interest for flying the US flag, if to our companion publication Significant
There is, actually, a hidden motive for not being exactly American owned, and Small Ships of 2005.
offering a vote of thanks at this point, which which might even have been American built, John Lingwood, MRINA
is that it provides an 'introduction' to the if other circumstances had not prevailed. Sunderland
Introduction proper, by means of a link to Ferries, too, are required to be particularly January 2006
the opening line of the technical description environment-friendly, and 2005 produced a
which Samsung sent us for MSC Pamela. varied assortment in this category, ranging
This reads, '. . . Samsung continues to from those undertaking voyages involving Notes
replace (beat) its own world record every quite long hauls to short distance 'shuttles'. In the tables which form part of each ship description, all
year in building of large container vessels . . Perhaps the most unusual entry in this class dimensions, also deadweight and displacement tonnages,
.'. It is, of course, a statement which any one must be Makhachkala 1, a train ferry are metric, unless otherwise stated. Machinery powers
have been specified as 'bhp' or 'kW' in accordance with
of the half-dozen or so yards which builds designed to carry oil-tanker wagons between information received from the shipbuilder or owner.
these maritime juggernauts could have ports on the Caspian Sea, whilst, just to show Emergency alternators are not normally included in the
made, and probably will in the very near that Super Liner Ogasawara might yet have number of alternators. When a dash ( - ) has been included
future as maximum TEU capacities, which a future, Benchijigua Express, an innovative against an item, this generally denotes lack of information,
have progressed rapidly from 8000 in 2003, first, high-speed trimaran ro-pax, is another but where it is known that features have not been included,
8600 in 2004 and to MSC Pamela's 9200 in worthy entry. this is indicated by 'nil'. The number of sister ships
2005, reach out to 10,000 and beyond. Built in Australia, owned (nominally) in completed or on order does not include the ship presented.
At the time of writing (that point must be Norway, and operating in the Canary Islands Some ships shown as 'on order' may have been delivered
stressed!), MSC Pamela is claimed to be the under the Spanish flag, Benchijigua Express by the time this publication appears.
largest container ship in the world. What is illustrates how complex behind-the-scenes
interesting is, that to achieve that position, ownership and operating factors within the Further information on certain vessels included in
Significant Ships of 2005 can be found in the following
owner, charterer, and builder of the ship, shipping industry have become. Other editions of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
together with the classification society, examples of these complexities are an publication The Naval Architect:
collectively decided that continuing to increasing number of newbuildings which
increase TEU capacity by simply adding are listed as products of a particular shipyard, Benchijigua Express...................................September 2005
another container-bay into the ship's length but in reality have their hulls largely D'Artagnan.................................................. November 2005
was not the answer. Instead, a wider beam constructed elsewhere, perhaps at the other Dokter Wagemaker............................. May/September 2005
has been introduced, allowing more rows of side of the world. Hatsu Shine..................................................... January 2006
boxes to be accommodated on deck and in With world emphasis now directed Volcan de Timanfaya..................................... February 2006
the holds; thus, a new breed of large towards future fuel supplies, it is interesting (planned)
container vessel has become a reality. to note the increasing number of tankers Elbe Highway................................................ 2006 (planned)
A more radical change to container which include ice-strengthening of varying Ottomana..................................................... November 2005
carriage might conceivably be on the way as degrees in their specifications, as the Puli........................................................................ June 2005
Seychelles Pioneer............................................... June 2005
a result of developments arising from the movement of more oil from Russian oilfields Smyril........................................................... November 2005
Japanese Techno-Superliner project. This becomes a practical proposition. Alternative Super Liner
government-sponsored programme was fuels such as LPG and LNG look like being Ogasawara..................................October 2003/June 2005
launched in 1989, aimed at getting traffic off in greater demand in days to come, with
roads and on to ships, in order to reduce ships to transport these specialist products Shorter articles, or information amongst longer articles or
required, and examples of these are included features, on the following ships have also appeared in The
congestion. Super Liner Ogasawara, the in this review. Ships also require terminals, Naval Architect:
long-awaited full-scale prototype, is and for this reason the Daewoo-built, so-
described on a later page and, who knows, a called LNG-Regasification Vessel (LNG- Arcadia.................................................................. May 2005
successful cargo-carrying variant might yet RV) Excelsior is of particular interest, Asphalt Seminole....................................... September 2005
become a commercial possibility. presenting a simpler means of getting gas Bastø III................................................................ June 2005
Unfortunately, its potential is currently from shore to ship without building highly Beluga Revolution................................................. May 2005
frustrated by contractual matters, and the expensive permanent facilities. Moby Aki.................................................... September 2003
vessel remains moored at her builder, A short reference to the assistance given Shanghai Highway..................................... September 2005
Mitsui's, quay for the time being. So, hopes to The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Stena Paris...................................................... October 2003
of moving large numbers of containers from by shipbuilders, shipowners, and consultants Viktor Titov....................................................... January 2006

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AMANDA: ice-strengthened 5800dwt MPC

design from Niestern Sander
Shipbuilder: .......K Koninklijke Niestern Sander BV Rolls-Royce Kamewa CP propeller running at Main-engine driven alternator
(KNS), The Netherlands 189.9rev/min to produce a service speed at 85% MCR Number ............................................................................1
(hull built by Maritim Shipyard, Poland) of 13knots. A 420kW alternator is driven from the main Make/type ..........................................Newage HC 534 2E
Vessel's name: .......................................Amanda engine and two 145kW diesel-driven sets are also Output/speed.....................................420kW/1524rev/min
822
Hull number: ..................................................8 installed. Diesel-driven alternators
The main engine is fitted with an high- Number ............................................................................2
Owner/operator:....................IIntersee Schiffahrts temperature/low-temperature cooling water system Engine make/type...............................Caterpillar/C9 DITA
Gesellschaft GmbH & Co KG, Germany incorporating box-coolers. The high-temperature Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO
Designer:.........C Conoship/KNS, The Netherlands section includes a heat exchanger for heat recovery. Alternator make/type.............Leroy Somer/LSAM 46 2M5
Netherlands Antilles
Flag: ....................................N Both bunker and settling tanks have a dedicated hot Output/each set ......................................................145kW
Total number of sister water heating system which derives heat from the heat Crane
ships already completed:................................1 1 exchanger during sailing. In port, hot water comes from Number ............................................................................1
Total number of sister the auxiliary engine jackets. The hot water system also Make ......................................................Coops & Nieborg
4
ships still on order: ..........................................4 supplies heat to the air conditioning and central heating Type.........................................................Travelling gantry
plant. Tasks .................handling hatch covers, grain bulkheads
Performance...................................................25tonnes lift
Mooring equipment
Illustration shows sister ship Sofia TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Number ................................1 x mooring winch/windlass;
Length, oa .................................................................106.12m 1 x mooring winch
T HE combined experience accruing from more than

100 years of shipbuilding at Delfzijl in the
northern part of The Netherlands, by Royal Niestern,
Length, bp.................................................................100.05m
Breadth, moulded .......................................................14.40m
Depth, moulded ............................................................8.10m
Make ...........................................................................SEC
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Lifesaving equipment....................................Free-fall lifeboat
plus the technical and marketing expertise of the long- Width of double skin Hatch covers
established Conoship International group (to which side ..........................................................................1.35m Design ...................................................Coops & Nieborg
has now been added the abilities of overseas hull- Type ......................................................................Pontoon
bottom ......................................................................1.10m
Containers
builders), has produced another example of the feeder Draught..........................................................................6.14m
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
type of multi-purpose cargo ship for which Dutch Gross ..........................................................................3870gt Total TEU capacity.......................................................236
shipyards have become famous over recent years. Displacement .......................................................7662tonnes On deck..................................................................104
Amanda is the second of six ships building for Intersee, Lightweight ...........................................................1918tonnes In holds...................................................................132
based at Haren in neighbouring Germany. Deadweight ...............................................................5743dwt Homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes.....................230
Designated the KNS MP 5800 type, this double- Speed, service 85% MCR ..........................................13knots Tiers/rows
hulled, single-deck design features two holds, closed by Cargo capacity On deck...................................................................3/4
pontoon hatch covers handled by a Coops & Nieborg grain and bale .......................................................7647m3 In holds....................................................................3/4
25tonne gantry crane; this travels along the hatch Bunkers Ballast control system......Wolfard & Wessels/Bosch Rexroth
coaming. The crane is also used to position two heavy oil...................................................................255m3 Complement
Officers.............................................................................4
portable bulkheads provided for cargo separations in diesel oil.....................................................................89m3
Crew.................................................................................4
the holds, as well as materials for cargo stowage. When Water ballast................................................................2788m3 Bow thruster
not in use, the crane stows at the aft end of the upper Carrying containers: 14tonnes TEU ...............2200tonnes Make ...........................................................................Veth
deck against the poop, on which the main, three-tier Carrying containers: 24tonnes TEU .................910tonnes Number ............................................................................1
superstructure, fabricated and erected at Delfzijl, is Classification ..........................Bureau Veritas 1 Hull. General Output .....................................................................350kW
placed. Final fitting out has also been carried out at the Cargo/Container Ship, Ice Class Finnish/ Bridge control system
KNS shipyard. A forecastle and a breakwater complete Swedish 1A, Unrestricted Service, Mach, Make......................................Radio Holland-Eekels/AMW
the profile. +AUT-UMS, Sys-neq-1, Heavy Cargo 150kN/m2 One man operation ......................................................Yes
Explosion-proof mechanical ventilation, with ducts Main engine Fire detection system......................................................Noris
led to the bottom of the holds, provides six air- Design ........................................................................MaK Fire extinguishing systems
changes/hour, enabling dangerous cargoes to be Model ........................................................................9M25
Cargo holds.................................................................CO2
carried, and a fixed CO2 firefighting system is installed, Manufacturer ............................................Caterpillar MaK
Engineroom....................................................CO2/Flexifog
together with a sprinkler system in the forward covers Make ...........................................................................Ajax
Number ............................................................................1
of No 1 hatch. Container capacity is 236TEU, with 104 Radars
loaded on deck and 132 in the holds. Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Number ............................................................................2
The use of AH36 steel in order to reduce the Output ................................................2700kW/750rev/min Make .......................................................................Furuno
lightweight/increase deadweight is noted, and the Gearbox Models ...................................................XN 20AF, SN 36F
Make ......................................................................Flender Integrated bridge system.....................Radio Holland/Eekels
structure has been reinforced by having floors on every Waste disposal plant
frame, a centreline girder, and longitudinal framing on Model ................................................................GMCP710
Incinerator
bottom and tanktop, where a minimum thickness of Number ............................................................................1
Make .............................................................Detegasa
15mm has been applied. Ice class 1A and Output speed................................................189.9rev/min
Model .................................................................IRL 10
Swedish/Finnish ice rules are included, and local Propeller
Sewage plant
stiffening for pulling/pushing by an icebreaker Designer/manufacturer ...................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
provided. Number ............................................................................1 Model ...................................................................ST1A
The propulsion plant consists of a MaK 9M25 main Pitch................................................................Controllable Contract date ...........................................28 November 2003
engine with an output of 2700kW at 750rev/min. This Diameter ..............................................................3400mm Launch/float-out date ...................................11 January 2005
is coupled by way of a clutchless Flender gearbox to a Speed............................................................189.9rev/min Delivery date...................................................31 March 2005
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ANDROMEDA VOYAGER: DSME’s latest

version of the VLCC tanker
Shipbuilder: ...................D Daewoo Shipbuilding & tanks to form six L-shaped ballast tanks, and a pair of Diameter ..............................................................9900mm
Marine Engineering slop tanks is arranged aft of the cargo tanks. Speed............................................................73.40rev/min
Co Ltd (DSME), Korea Three cargo grades can be handled simultaneously Diesel-driven alternators
Vessel's name: ...................Andromeda Voyager with double-valve segregation, using three Shinko Number ............................................................................3
5500m3/h steam turbine-driven pumps. Cargo and Engine make/type .....................................Wärtsilä/8L20C
5261
Hull No: ........................................................5 ballast operations are controlled from a central console Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Owner/operator: ..............K Kristen Navigation Inc, Output/speed.....................................1200kW/900rev/min
made by Saab, and bridge control includes the facility
Greece Alternator make ....................................................Hyundai
for one man operation, featuring a Kongsberg Maritime Boilers
Designer:........................................D DSME, Korea C20 installation and a JRC integrated bridge system. Number ............................................................................2
Model test establishment The main engine was supplied by Hyundai Heavy Type .....................................................vertical, watertube
used:........................................S SSPA, Sweden Industries, and is a MAN B&W 6S90MC-C unit Make......................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Bahamas
Flag: .....................................................B developing 29,340kW at 76rev/min MCR. When Output ........................................................2 x 40,000kg/h
operating at 90% full power and allowing a sea margin Mooring equipment
Total number of sister
of 15%, a service speed of 16.20knots is achieved. Make ...................................................Oriental-Fukushima
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Electrical supply is from three Wärtsilä/Hyundai Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Total number of sister 1200kW diesel-alternator sets, and steam is generated Cargo tanks
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2 from two 40,000kg/h watertube boilers. Number ..........................................................................15
Grades of cargo carried..................................................3
Product range .....................................................Crude oil
T
Coated tanks..................2 x tar-free epoxy (200microns);
HE standardisation of modern ship types to suit TECHNICAL PARTICULARS 2 x anti-abrasive epoxy (300microns) in ballast tanks
perceived market requirements has resulted in a Length, oa .................................................................333.00m
Cargo pumps
great deal of commonality of design features, and Length, bp.................................................................320.00m
Number ............................................................................3
nowhere is this more evident than amongst the Type ................................................vertical steam turbine
Depth, moulded, to upper deck .................................30.50m
examples of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) which Width of double skin
Make........................................................................Shinko
are regularly reviewed in Significant Ships. Daewoo's side ..........................................................................3.40m
Capacity, each pump ...................................3 x 5500m3/h
latest version of this still popular class of vessel shows Cargo control system
bottom ......................................................................3.00m
Make ..........................................................................Saab
few variations from other, similar designs produced Gross .....................................................................160,808gt
Type....................................includes radar tank sounding
over the years and, relatively speaking, offers only Draught
Ballast control system
modest differences in technical particulars. design ....................................................................21.00m
Make .................................................................SF-Control
What the Okpo shipyard has included in this VLCC scantling ................................................................22.56m
Type ......................................................Electro-pneumatic
series, however, is a new hull and structural design Displacement
Complement
design ........................................................337,000tonnes
philosophy aimed at producing 'stronger safer ships', Officers...........................................................................11
scantling.....................................................364,900tonnes
complying with all the latest international safety and Lightweight (approx) .........................................44,000tonnes
Crew...............................................................................22
environmental regulations. Cargo tanks are located Deadweight (approx)
Supernumaries.................................................................1
within a double-hull configuration in which the side- design .............................................................292,600dwt
Suez crew ........................................................................6
tank width is 3.4m compared with the minimum scantling..........................................................320,500dwt
Bridge control system
Marpol 13F values of 2m. Structurally, cross-ties have Make .................................................Kongsberg Maritime
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......16.20knots
Type............................................................................C 20
been included to improve fatigue characteristics to the Cargo capacity.......................................................357,900m3
One man operation ..........................Yes, without notation
extent that the hull's fatigue life generally, is guaranteed Bunkers
Fire detection systyem
for 30 years, and longitudinal stiffeners' end heavy oil.................................................................8500m3
Make ..................................................................Consilium
connections in the cargo area for 40 years, in diesel oil...................................................................400m3
Type..........................................................................C-300
accordance with ABS Safehull Phase A requirements. Water ballast...........................................................102,100m3
Fire extinguishing systems
Mild steel content has been increased to 70% (high- Fuel consumption, main engine only..............105tonnes/day
Engineroom......................................high-expansion foam
tensile steel accounting for 30%) and the proportion of Classification ......American Bureau of Shipping +A1(E), RW,
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
T-bar longitudinals from 60% to 92%, to provide Crude Oil/Product Carrier, +AMS, +ACCU,
Radars
VEC, HM2+R, SH/ FL(30), SHCM, RES, ESP,
innovative fatigue strength in place of inverted angle Number ............................................................................2
With descriptive notes UWILD, SPM
stiffeners. Notably, a light coloured anti-abrasive epoxy Percentage of high-tensile
Make............................................................................JRC
paint of 300microns thickness has been applied in the steel used in construction .............................................30% Models.........................................JMA-9933 SA (S-band),
ballast tanks to allow easier detection of leaks and Main engine JMA-9923 &XA (X-band)
corrosion, and good access arrangements have been Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Integrated bridge system
fitted to longitudinal bulkheads in cargo and water Model ...............................................................6S90MC-C Make............................................................................JRC
ballast tanks. Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries Model..........................................JAN-701 CON (Conning
Andromeda Voyager is a flush-decked vessel without Number ............................................................................1 Display)/JAN-701 EOR (ECDIS)
forecastle, but having a sunken mooring deck aft, a Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Waste disposal plant
raked stem with bulbous bow, and a transom stern over Output/speed....................................29,340kW/76rev/min Incinerator
a semi-balanced rudder and open water sternframe. The Propeller Make .....................................................Teamtec Golar
double hull surrounds a cargo space divided by two Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Model...........................................................GS 1200C
longitudinal, and transverse bulkheads into five pairs of Designer/manufacturer .............................DSME/Hyundai Contract date ...............................................27 January 2001
side tanks and five centre tanks. The wing tanks within Number ............................................................................1 Launch/float-out date ...............................27 November 2004
the double hull are joined with centrally divided bottom Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Delivery date .....................................................January 2005

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ARCADIA: largest-ever cruise ship for the

British market?
Shipbuilder:.........................F Fincantieri CNI SpA, propulsion machinery control system. It also includes a Number/type.........................4 x AMG1600 UT 14LSE
(Marghera yard), Italy monitoring and alarm system for all tanks, air 2 x AMG1600 QP 14LSE
Vessel's name: ........................................Arcadia conditioning plant and pumps. Output .........................................................................-
Propulsion motors/pods
Passenger comfort is enhanced by a pair of
Hull number: ................................................66078 retractable fin stabilisers designed to reduce roll by
Designer ...................................................ABB Azipod
Owner/operator: ...C Carnival Corp/P & O Cruises, Number/type ...........................2 x 360deg azimuthing
85%, whilst manoeuvring is assisted by three bow Propulsion motor output, each unit ...........17.60MW/0
United Kingdom thrusters fitted with CP propellers. These units 160rev/min
Designer:.....................F Fincantieri CNI SpA, Italy incorporate 'bubble' noise reduction and are controlled Boilers
Model test establishment used: ....V Vienna Model from a joystick-system linked with the azimuthing pods. Make .................................................................................-
Basin, Austria/MARIN, Environmental issues are considered by having a Number ............................................................................8
The Netherlands vacuum system to collect black water, which is then Type......................................2 x oil fired; 6 x exhaust gas
Bahamas
Flag: .....................................................B treated by membrane bio-reactors. Solid waste, sludge, Output...............................................2 x 12tonnes/h; 6 x -
and food waste are dealt with in a plant which includes Mooring equipment
Total number of sister Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
shredders, compactors and water presses on their way
ships already completed:................................3 3 to two multi-chamber pyrolitic 1600kW incinerators. 5 x mooring winch
Total number of sister Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Noise and vibration problems have had special Type .......................................................................Electric
1
ships still on order: ..........................................1 attention, with limits of 45dB(A) applied in passenger Complement
suites; 50dB(A) in other cabins; and 55dB(A) in Officers.........................................................................184
passenger public spaces. Crew.............................................................................296
C RUISE liners have dominated the merchant ship

output from Fincantieri's four main shipbuilding
yards in recent times, with Carnival Corporation a TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Passengers
Total number of beds.................................................2556
Number of cabins ........................................................998
leading customer for these products. This owner has Length, oa .................................................................285.30m Percentage inboard.................................................85.8%
Length, bp.................................................................254.00m Bow thrusters
varied the design of its newbuildings to suit the Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.25m Make .......................................Fincantieri Military Division
requirements of the group's many subsidiaries, and Depth, moulded Number ............................................................................3
their principal spheres of operation. Based on to deck 7................................................................31.54m Output, each unit ....................................................900kW
Carnival's already active Vista-class design (see to deck 2 (upper deck) .........................................45.60m Bridge control system
Oosterdam, Significant Ships of 2003), Arcadia is claimed to to deck A (bulkhead deck)....................................10.80m Make........................................................SAM Electronics
be the largest cruise ship yet built specially for the Draught Type .......................................................Atlas Nacos 65-4
design ......................................................................7.80m
British market and is the new flagship for P&O. scantling ..................................................................8.00m
Fire detection system
The liner is laid out with 12 public decks providing Gross .......................................................................82,972gt
Make ..................................................................Consilium
accommodation for 2556 passengers in 998 cabins; Type.......................................................................NS/AC1
Displacement, design draught .........................43,582tonnes Fire extinguishing systems
85.8% of these are outboard, with 69% of these Lightweight ........................................................34,811tonnes
Make .......................................................................Marioff
arranged with a balcony. The central feature of the Deadweight
Type..........................................................................Hi-fog
entertainment facilities is the three-deck-high Globe design ...............................................................10,261dwt
Radars
cabaret theatre, whilst diners can enjoy their meal in the scantling...............................................................8771dwt
Number ............................................................................4
main Meridian restaurant or sample a link with TV chef Block coefficient, design draught..................................0.663
Make… ....................................................SAM Electronics
Gary Rhodes in the Arcadian Rhodes establishment. Speed, service 90% MCR ..........................................22knots
Bunkers Model ........................................………………Series 1029
Other British connections are with The Rising Sun pub, Intregrated bridge system
heavy oil.................................................................3297m3
and the Viceroy Room, a gentleman's club. Lounges, diesel oil...................................................................237m3 Make........................................................SAM Electronics
discos, casinos, and shops are all available, and the Water ballast (grey water)...........................................3350m3 Model ..............................................................Series 1029
extensive leisure areas include two pools (one with Range (19.50knots)....................................................18 days Waste disposal plant
retracting roof), a spa, and gymnasium. Classification ......................Lloyd's Register +100A1, +LMC, Incinerator
As a change from Vista sister Oosterdam, the diesel- UMS, Passenger Ship Unrestricted Service, UWS Make..............................................................Scanship
electric power plant dispenses with the gas-turbine Percentage of high-tensile Model .........................................................SE1600KW
component of the generating system, using only a steel used in construction .............................................36% Waste compactor
combination of four Wärtsilä 16-cylinder, and two 12- Anti-heeling system .............................1 tank forward and aft Make .............................................................Bramidan
cylinder ZAV40S diesel engines to drive the six ABB Stabilising equipment ...........................Fincantieri active fins
Model ...............................................................300PEF
Diesel-electric system
alternators; these supply current to both two ABB Main engines
Waste shredder/crusher
17.6MW, 360deg azimuthing pods which power the Design .............................................................Wärtsilä Make..............................................................S Andrea
ship, and to the vessel's total domestic electrical Number.......................................................................6 Model.....................................................................G15
requirements. Models ...................................................4 x 16ZAV40S Sewage plant
A service speed of 22knots is derived from the 2 x 12ZAV40S Make ................................................................Pieralisi
installation, with a maximum of 24knots possible. An Output..................................4 x 11,520kW/514rev/min Model ................................................................Baby 2
automation plant, supplied by CAE Valmarine, includes 2 x 8640kW/514rev/min Contract date................................................8 February 2000
automatic remote control of the generating plant and Main-engine-driven alternators Launch/float-out date ..............................................May 2004
auxiliary equipment, and is interfaced with an ABB Design ...................................................................ABB Delivery date...................................................28 March 2005

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Classification………………………… Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull,

+ Mach, Oil Tanker, Asphalt Carrier, Chemical Tanker,
IMO II, Unrestricted navigation, + AUT-UMS,
SYS-IBS, MON-SHAFT, In Water Survey
Percentage of high-tensile
steel used in construction .............................................30%
Main engine
Design...................................................................Wärtsilä
Model .........................................................................8L32
Manufacturer.........................................................Wärtsilä
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Output ................................................4000kW/750rev/min
Gearbox
Make .....................................................................Wärtsilä
Model..............................................................SCV 85-P53
Number ............................................................................1
Output speed ...................................................133rev/min
Propeller
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .......................Wärtsilä Propulsion
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................4200mm
Speed...............................................................133rev/min
Main-engine driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make...............................................................Uljanik-Tesu
Output/speed.......................................................1380kVA
Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................2
Engine make/type.......................................Wärtsilä /6L20
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output/speed each set......................1110kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type ......................................Uljanik-Tesu
Output/speed each set......................1380kVA/900revmin
Boilers
Number .......................................................2 x composite
Type .........................................................K/KD-2.0 +0.8/7
Make.................................................................TPK-NOVA
Output ...........................................................2 x 2800kg/h
Thermal oil boilers
ASPHALT SEMINOLE: new- Number ............................................................................2

Type......................................................................TH 1250
Make ..............................................S-MAN (Garion Naval)
Output ...............................................2 x 1,200,000kcal/.h
design asphalt carrier from Mooring equipment

Number .................................4 x mooring winch/windlass
Make......................................................................Hatlapa
Croatian shipyard
Type .......................................................................Electric
Lifesaving equipment
Number/type .....................1 x 19-person free-fall lifeboat
Make ...........................................................Ernst Hatecke
Cargo tanks
Shipbuilder: ............S Shipyard Kraljevica, Croatia carried in the double-hull wing and bottom tanks, with Number ......................................3 x tank blocks (8 tanks)
Vessel's name:.........................Asphalt Seminole bunkers carried in tanks forward and aft of the cargo Grades of cargo carried ................Non-heated or heated
Hull number ...................................................5 531 space. up to 250 C
o
Owner/operator:...........A Asphalt (Caribbean) Ltd, Two composite boilers are fitted to supply Coated tanks .................................................................No
Isle of Man/Sargeant Trading Ltd, Bahamas engineroom needs and for heating bunker fuel, with Cargo pumps
Designer: ................S Shipyard Kraljevica, Croatia two thermal oil heaters, each having an output of Number .........................................2 x W7T.3Z.120 cargo;
Flag: .........................................................IIreland 1,200,000kcal/h, satisfying the total heating load and 1 x W7T.3Z.67 slop tanks
Total number of sister giving
o
thermal-oil temperatureso for cargo heating of Type....................................Two-spindle screw, horizontal
ships already completed:..............................N Nil 290 C (supply), reducing to 260 C on return, with oil Make...........................................PG Marine (Bornemann)
Total number of sister circulation assisted by two 83m3/ho pumps. The heating Stainless steel ..................................Spindles and screws
ships still on order: ..........................................3 3 system is designed to maintain 250 C with sea
o
water and
o
Capacities..................................2 x 400m3/h; 1 x 150m3/h
ambient temperature conditions of 10 C and 0 C, Cargo control system
respectively.o In addition, cargo temperature can be Make ...................................................Ian Conrad Bergan
raised by 10 C in one tank in 24hours under the same Type .......................................................Cargo Radar 250
T HIS product of Croatia's oldest shipyard (and at

276 years arguably one of the oldest in the world)
has not had an easy entry into service. Contracted in
external conditions.
Asphalt Seminole is powered by a Wärtsilä 8L32 diesel
Make ...................................................Ian Conrad Bergan
Type ........................................................Bubbling system
2001 by the American company Sargeant Marine, for engine developing 4000kW at 750rev/min and flexibly
Complement
delivery the following year, the many difficulties coupled to a gearbox arranged to drive an Uljanik-Tesu
Officers.............................................................6 plus pilot
alternator producing 1380kVA. Wärtsilä also supplied
experienced by Kraljevica over recent times have the shaft line and CP propeller giving a service speed at Crew...............................................................................11
delayed completion for three years. Problems have also 85% MCR/15% sea margin of 13.40knots. Additional
Special rudder .................................Becker high-lift flap type
been accompanied by a change of nominal ownership electrical supply comes from two Wärtsilä/Uljanik-Tesu
Bow thruster
for Asphalt Seminole and the second ship in the series, as diesel alternator sets having an output of 1380kVA. The
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
noted above, and for the second pair which are joining bow thruster is a 360kW Brunvoll unit, and a Becker
Output .....................................................................360kW
the fleet of associate Asphalt Transporter Shipping. Bridge control system
hinged-flap rudder is fitted. Make .....................................................................Wärtsilä
These interesting vessels have been designed for
Type .........................................Lipstronic 7000 advanced
world-wide service transporting oil products in heated One man operation? .....................................................No
or unheated condition, but particularly cargoes TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Fire detection system
o
requiring to be carried at temperatures up to 250 C, Length, oa .................................................................108.50m Make ...........................................................Zenitel Marine
including asphalt, bitumen, coal tar, coaltar pitch, Length, bp...................................................................99.90m Type.....................................................................BMS-904
coaltar naptha solvent, and coal tar and wood creosotes. Breadth, moulded .......................................................18.60m Fire extinguishing systems
The hull is laid-out with a wide double skin featuring Depth, moulded
Cargo deck area.......................................................Foam
to main deck ..........................................................10.60m
large topside wing tanks, the line of which extends to upper deck ........................................................13.40m Make................................................Tyco Marine Systems
through the upper deck to form a trunk joining with a Draught Engineroom .................................................................CO2
long forecastle. At midships the trunk is carried to the design ......................................................................6.75m Make................................................Tyco Marine Systems
ship's side in way of the manifolds, positioned above a scantling ..................................................................8.34m Radars
pumproom containing 2 x 400m3/h and 1 x 150m3/h Gross ..........................................................................6292gt Number ............................................................................2
hydraulic cargo pumps, arranged to handle two grades Displacement .......................................................2890tonnes Make ...................................................................Raytheon
Lightweight ...........................................................3660tonnes Models .....................................Mk 2 S and X-band ARPA
of cargo simultaneously. Deadweight Integrated bridge system
Within the cargo space, three holds are formed, each design ..................................................................6494dwt Make/model .........................................Raytheon/SYS-IBS
fitted with an independent prismatic cargo tank-block scantling...............................................................9230dwt
Waste disposal plant
constructed of AH32 shipbuilding steel. No 1 block Block coefficient (scantling draught)...............................0.77
Incinerator
(forward) contains a single tank, with No 2 sub-divided Speed, service, 85% MCR, 15% sea margin .......13.40knots
into four tanks and No 3 forming three tanks. All eight Cargo capacity............................................................7749m3 Make/model....................................Teamtec/OG 120C
Bunkers Sewage plant
tanks can be used to carry heated or unheated products. heavy oil...................................................................687m3
Anti-rolling, pitching, and floating keys support the diesel oil.....................................................................54m3
Make ...........................................TV Turbinia Karlovac
blocks, and vertical 'sandwich' supports (Feroform Water ballast................................................................2620m3
Model .................................................Brodopur BP-15
F3637 and Epocast 36 epoxy resin) are also provided. Fuel consumption Contract date...................................................1 August 2001
Insulation of the blocks is by means of Rockwool main engine only .........................................19tonnes/day Launch/float-out date ........................................18 June 2004
mineral wool covered by aluminium foil. Water ballast is auxiliaries.........................................approx 11tonnes/day Delivery date ............................................16 November 2005

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ATLANTIS ALDABRA: 3500dwt Turkish

tanker for charter market
Shipbuilder: .............C Celiktrans Shipyard, Turkey exhaust-gas economiser, with heat transfer effected by Main engine
Vessel's name: ...........................Atlantis Aldabra thermal oil supplied at 260oC. Stainless steel coils are Design/manufacturer. ...............................Caterpillar MaK
Model ........................................................................6M25
Hull number: ..................................................0 068 fitted in all cargo and slop tanks, laid out for 160oC Number ............................................................................1
Owner/operator:...............A Armona Denizcilik AS, supply and 110oC return, with supply temperature Output/speed.....................................1850kW/750rev/min
Turkey adjustable between 60oC and 200oC. Gearbox
The machinery installation is centred on a complete Make ..................................................................ZF Marine
Designer: ............................D Delta Marine, Turkey Model...............................................................W33100NR
Flag: ...................................................IIsle of Man propulsion package supplied by ZF Marine, featuring a Number .................................1, with power take-off shaft,
Total number of sister Caterpillar MaK 6M25 main engine developing 1850kW also power intake for APS
ships already completed:..............................2 2 at 750rev/min, connected through a reduction gearbox Output speed ...................................................166rev/min
and shafting to a high-skew, CP propeller running at Propeller
Total number of sister Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
ships still on order: ........................................1 1 166rev/min and operated by means of an electronic Manufacturer .....................................................ZF Marine
system, included as part of the ZF package. An A van Number and type ..................................................KH 960
Kaick reversible shaft-driven alternator is provided, Pitch................................................................Controllable
supplying 680kW into the electrical system; however, Diameter ..............................................................3500mm
Speed...............................................................166rev/min
the main interest in this machine is its function in a Main-engine driven alternator
Illustration shows sister ship Atlantis Armona. 'power take home', or Alternative Propulsion System Manufacturer ..................................................A van Kaick
(APS) mode. Number ............................................................................1
T URKISH shipbuilders have had a very successful

time of late, marketing specialised tankers,
generally of the smaller sizes. Some of these have
Three Caterpillar/Leroy Somer 320kW diesel-
alternator sets are also installed and, in case of main
Output/speed
pto ..................................................................750kVA/-
pti..................................................680kW/1800rev/min
engine failure, these can be used to feed electrical power Diesel-driven alternators
featured elsewhere in this, and in earlier editions of into the shaft-alternator so that it can be used to drive Engine manufacturer.........................................Caterpillar
Significant Ships, and a number have been built to the the propeller through the gearbox. Measured-mile trials Alternator manufacturer ................................Leroy Somer
designs of local consultancy Delta Marine, with Atlantis confirmed that the specified speed of 7knots could be
Number ............................................................................3
Output, each set ................................320kW/1800rev/min
Aldabra a recent example of this combination and achieved under these emergency conditions, whilst Boilers
specifically aimed at the international period charter during trials using the full main propulsion system a Number/type ....................................................2 x oil-fired
market. The vessel is the third in a series of four (the speed of 13.70knots was recorded at 100% MCR. This
1 x exhaust-gas economiser
first two were built by Gelibolu Shipyard), owned in Output..........................................2 x 1200kW; 1 x 500kW
compares favourably with anticipated service Medium ..........................................................thermal fluid
Turkey but now operating on a five-year 'bare-boat' performances of around 12.50knots loaded and Mooring equipment
charter to London owner F T Everard in the British 13.30knots in ballast, assuming Beaufort 2-3 scale Manufacturer......................................................GÜrdesan
coastal oil distribution as Summity. weather conditions. A 350kW Schottel FP bow thruster
Number ............................................................................6
Built to carry IMO Class II chemicals and oil Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
is fitted, and the rudder is of the hinged flap type. Cargo tanks
products, and conforming with all relevant regulations, Number............................................................10 + 1 slop
including those of the major oil trading companies, the Product range..................................IMO Type II products
tanker is single-decked, with a poop and forecastle TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Coating ......................................Sigma Phenguard epoxy
linked by a fore and aft gangway. A double skin Cargo pumps
Length, oa ...................................................................92.86m Number............................................................10 + 1 slop
surrounds a cargo space divided by a centreline and Length, bp...................................................................86.65m Type........................................................electric deepwell
transverse, troughed bulkheads, to form 10 cargo tanks Breadth, moulded .......................................................14.10m Make ......................................................................Marflex
and a slop tank coated with a phenolic epoxy Depth, moulded ............................................................7.20m Capacities..................................10 x 125m3/h; 1 x 60m3/h
composition. Each cargo tank is served by an Draught Nitrogen generator ........................................................Unitor
Complement
electrically driven, deepwell cargo pump handling design ......................................................................5.50m
Officers… .........................................................................8
125m3/h (60m3/h for the slop tank), giving an overall scantling ..................................................................5.60m Crew...............................................................................11
Gross ..........................................................................2177gt
discharge rate of 750m3/h; one 15m3 cylindrical residue Deadweight...................................................approx 3500dwt
Bow thruster
tank is positioned on deck, connected by a 'super Make .....................................................................Schottel
Speed Type.................................................Hydraulic, fixed pitch
stripping' pipe to the cargo pump wells. loaded service .....................................approx 12.50knots Number ............................................................................1
Tank cleaning and washing systems, a nitrogen APS mode..............................................approx 7.00knots Output .....................................................................350kW
generator and a tank dryer are fitted, with tank gauging Cargo capacity............................................................4185m3 Fire detection system
and monitoring carried out using Saab radar equipment. Bunkers Make.........................................................................Unitor
Fire extinguishing system
A separate cargo control room is provided with heavy oil...................................................................188m3
Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
controls duplicated on the spacious bridge. Loading, diesel oil.....................................................................41m3
Water ballast................................................................1432m3 Engineroom .................................................................CO2
damage stability and other calculations are performed Fuel consumption ..................…………….……7.7tonnes/day Incinerator
by Onboard NAPA software. Classification ...............Bureau Veritas I + Hull, + Machinery, Make/type ..............................................Detegasa 116kW
Hoses are handled by a 3tonne/14.5m outreach crane Chemical Tanker, Oil Tanker, ESP, Contract date .........................................................................-
installed at the midship manifold position. Heat Unrestricted Navigation, + AUT-UMS, Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
production is by means of two oil-fired boilers and an Ice Class 1C, AVM-APS Delivery date ................................................September 2005

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BASTØ III: double-ended shuttle ferry

for Norwegian owner
Shipbuilder: ..................G Gdansk Shiprepair Yard turning around. Lifesaving equipment includes two Model .......................................................TCH125H50V57
Remontowa SA, Poland Viking marine evacuation systems, one on each side of Number........................................2 (one for each engine)
Vessel's name:........................................Bastø III the vessel: each vertical chute able to evacuate 354 Propellers
Hull number: ................................................1 1141 persons into three main and one spare liferaft. Material .......................................................Stainless steel
Owner/operator: ..........B Bastø Fosen AS, Norway A very special - and somewhat complex - propulsion Designer/manufacturer .........................................Wärtsilä
Number .........................................2 (one bow, one stern)
Designer: ......................G Gdansk Shiprepair Yard package for this ferry has been supplied by the Wärtsilä Pitch .......................................Controllable and feathering
Remontowa SA, Poland group, the object of which is to provide a high degree Diameter ..............................................................3400mm
Model test establishment used:............M Marintek, of redundancy. Thus, two machinery rooms are Speed...............................................................192rev/min
Norway arranged, one forward and one aft of a pumproom and Special adaptations ......one LH rotating; one RH rotating
Norway
Flag: .........................................................N engine control room, positioned amidships. Propulsion Number ............................................3 (one x emergency)
Total number of sister machinery consists of a Wärtsilä Vasa 6R32LNE diesel Engine make/type .......................Diesel Power/Mitsubishi
ships already completed:..............................N Nil engine developing 2460kW at 750rev/min, in each S6A3-MPTK
Total number of sister engineroom, connected through a Wärtsilä Type of fuel used ........................................Marine gas oil
Output/speed each set......................400kW/1500rev/min
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil TCH125H50V57 gearbox to a stainless steel feathering Alterrnator make/type........Newage Stamford/HCM534F2
CP propeller - one at the bow and one at the stern. An Output each set.....................................................500kVA
intermediate shaft with the necessary clutch and Boilers
N ORWAY'S geography often dictates that land- couplings connects the two main engines if required, to Number........................................……1 x hot water boiler
Type ...........................................................................1131
based travel between what appears to be nearby allow the ship to be operated in either sailing direction Make ...........................................................................Pyro
communities on a map can, in fact, entail extremely in a single-screw mode. Thus, either engine can drive Output .....................................................................581kW
long journeys by road or rail. However, a shorter and either propeller or both can drive one. This Mooring equipment
more direct link can often be found by using one of the arrangement has resulted in the award of a DNV RPS Number..............................................2 x anchor windlass
3 x mooring winches
many double-ended shuttle ferries which run across notation. 1 x capstan
lakes and fjords, and now form a vital part of Norway's Two 400kW diesel alternator sets (one serving as Make .....................................................................Towimor
transport infrastructure. Bastø III, although larger than standby in accordance with class) satisfy electrical Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
some other vessels of this type - some of which have requirements, with a similar sized set available for Special lifesaving equipment
Type ..................................................MES, vertical chutes
featured in the Significant Ships series - has been built harbour/emergency duties. A Becker 10m2 flap rudder Number....................................................2 x 354 persons
specifically for this role and will operate between is fitted at each end of the ship, controlled by Tenfjord Make ..........................................................Viking VEC 3.3
Horten and Moss, situated on opposite sides of steering gears. Because of weather conditions on her Hatch (ramp) covers
Oslofjord, cutting a road journey of some 130km to regular route, Bastø III has been constructed to Ice Class Type..........................................Flush, over vehicle ramps
main deck ..............................2 x 2710mm x 2720mm
little more than 12! C rules for the hull, and Ice Class 1B for propellers, shelter deck ...........................2 x 2220mm x 2700mm
The design of Bastø III offers a quick turnround at rudders, and rudder stocks. Make ...............................................................Remontowa
each terminal by virtue of its double-ended Vehicles
arrangement, featuring loading/unloading, and Number of vehicle decks ................................................2
Total vehicles: option 1
machinery/propulsion systems, duplicated at bow and TECHNICAL PARTICULARS cars ...................................................86 on main deck
stern. Two cargo spaces are provided: that above No 2 Length, oa .................................................................115.80m
trucks..............................................18 on shelter deck
Length, bp.................................................................100.20m
(main deck) is totally enclosed and can accommodate Breadth, maximum (over fenders) ..........................…19.59m
Total vehicles: option 2
86 private cars, whilst that between No 3 (shelter) deck Breadth, moulded .......................................................19.00m Cars...................................................86 on main deck
126 on shelter deck
and No 5 deck is open at each end. Depth, moulded
Doors/ramps
Between these decks, No 4 deck exists only at the to main deck (No 2).................................................6.10m
to shelter (upper) deck (No 3).................................8.95m Number........................Visor & access ramp and internal
ship's side, within a double skin used for storerooms to wheelhouse top .................................................27.70m .............................................ramp at each end of ship
and accesses, consequently this cargo space is 'double Draught Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
design ......................................................................4.85m Designer ......................................................................TTS
height' and can carry 18 trucks, 19m long x 2.8m, and Complement
scantling ..................................................................5.25m
up to 50tonnes weight. Alternatively, up to 126 cars Gross ..........................................................................7311gt Officers.............................................................................4
could be loaded in this space. Displacement .......................................................4502tonnes Crew...............................................................................11
Fixed lashing points are provided throughout for Lightweight ...........................................................3105tonnes Passengers
Deadweight Total..............................................................................550
trucks, with cars secured by portable devices. Vehicles design ..................................................................1398dwt Special rudders
enter the vessel over bow and stern ramps through visor scantling...............................................................2068dwt Number .........................................2 (one bow; one stern)
doors, and are moved between the two spaces by way of Block coefficient at 4.85m draught..............................0.4524 Type.........................................................Becker flap type
Speed, service 80% MCR .....................................16.80knots Bridge control system
internal ramps at each end of the ship. All access Bunkers Make........................................................SAM Electronics
equipment is supplied by TTS and is operated diesel oil (marine gas oil) ........................................224m3 Type (integrated bridge)...............................NACOS 35-4
hydraulically by 55kW power packs at bow and stern. Water ballast .......................................................................nil One man operation ......................................................Yes
Accommodation for crew and passengers is arranged Fuel consumption (during a 20h working day) Fire detection system
main engines only..........................................14.30tonnes Make........................................................................Zenitel
on decks 6 and 7, in a superstructure built over No 5 auxiliaries .........................................................1.30tonnes Type ......................................................................SM A4E
deck which forms a bridge over most of the midship Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1, Fire extinguishing system
portion of the ferry. Deck 6 has lounges and eating .....................................................R4, Ice C (propeller, Vehicle spaces, cabins, public spaces................Solberg
......rudder, rudder stock Ice 1B), Car Ferry A, Clean,
facilities for 550 passengers whilst deck 7 is allocated to ............................................EO, RPS, In-Water Survey
Radars
Number ............................................................................3
cabins and lounges for the 11 crew. Decks 8 and 9 Main engines Make........................................................SAM Electronics
occupy a midships tower providing cabins for the four Design...................................................................Wärtsilä
Models.......................................................S-band/X-band
Model.........................................................Vasa 6R32LNE
officers, stores, air conditioning equipment and a crew Manufacturer.........................................................Wärtsilä Sewage plant
entertainment room. Number .......................................2, (one forward, one aft) Make ..........................................................DVZ, Germany
Model..................................................SKA 100 Biomaster
The tower is topped off on No 10 deck by a Type of fuel .................................................Marine gas oil
Contract date......................................................11 July 2003
Output of each engine.......................2460kW/750rev/min
wheelhouse with 360deg view and duplicate controls Gearboxes Launch/float-out date .........................................16 July 2004
allowing the vessel to sail in either direction without Make .....................................................................Wärtsilä Delivery date ..............................................23 February 2005

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BELUGA REVOLUTION: Volharding's

heavy cargo carrier variant
Shipbuilder: ....V Volharding Shipyards Foxhol BV, whaleback breakwater, which also covers the forecastle Diesel-driven alternators
The Netherlands (hull built by Daewoo and forward mooring equipment. The navigating bridge Number ............................................................................3
is located on top of a six-tier deckhouse, right aft above Engine make/type................................Scania/ DI-14 78M
Mangalia Heavy Industries Type of fuel .............................................................Gas oil
(DMHI), Romania) the propeller, with the space between it and the fifth tier
Output, each set .....................................................371kW
Vessel's name: .......................Beluga Revolution forming a cofferdam containing technical equipment. Alternator make/type........................Stamford/HCM 534C
Hull number: ..................................................5549 Complement is eight officers and four crew members, Output, each set .....................................................350kW
and accommodation is also available for eight Boilers
Owner/operator: ...........B Beluga Shipping GmbH,
passengers and four Suez/repair crew. Number ............................................................................2
Germany The machinery space is positioned forward of the Type...................1 x exhaust gas EXV 451-3157-1300DD
Designer: ........V Volharding Shipyards Foxhol BV, deckhouse with deck space above available for 1 x thermal oil HO-4TFO-008
The Netherlands container stowage. It is noteworthy that both the Type Make..................................................Wiesloch/Weishaupt
Model test establishment 750TEU design and this heavy-lift derivative (and a new Output, each...........................................................700kW
900TEU version) use the same Caterpillar MaK 8M43 Cargo cranes
used: .......................................H HSVA, Germany
Number ............................................................................2
Germany
Flag: ......................................................G main engine, which develops 7200kW at 500rev/min Make .......................Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik (NMF)
Total number of sister and is connected by a flexible coupling and a reduction Type ...........................................................................DK II
ships already completed:..............................N Nil gearbox to a CP propeller. Electrical requirements are Duties....................250tonnes/12m: 35tonnes/30m radius
served by three diesel-alternator sets each producing Mooring equipment
Total number of sister 350kW. Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass:
ships still on order: ..........................................44 1 x mooring winch:
1 x stern anchor mooring winch
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Make ...........................................................................SEC
B ELUGA REVOLUTION has been built to a

design derived from that of the builder's Type
750TEU series container vessel (B G Ireland, presented
Length, oa .................................................................134.65m
Length, bp.................................................................125.60m
Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Hatch covers
Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
Manufacturer .............................Varna Shipyard, Bulgaria
in Significant Ships of 2003), with the main outward Depth, moulded, to main deck. ....................................9.30m
Type
differences being the elimination of the extended Draught
design ......................................................................7.00m Upper deck ......................High stowing/Lift off panels
forecastle and poop fitted to that earlier vessel, and the scantling ..................................................................7.95m Tween deck ............................................Lift-off panels
addition to this Beluga series of two 250tonne swl jib Deadweight Containers
cranes, built into the structure on the port side and scantling (excluding tweendeck covers) .........10,700dwt Cell guides ....................................................................No
positioned to allow a substantial combined lift of Gross ..........................................................................8963gt Total TEU capacity.......................................................569
On deck.......................................................………305
500tonnes. Internally, the arrangement of the cargo Speed, service 7.00m draught, 96% MCR ...........18.00knots
In holds...................................................................264
space has also been altered to suit the carriage of Cargo capacity, bale................................................16,600m3
Tiers/rows
'project cargoes', the stock-in-trade of the vessel's Bunkers
On deck...................................................................5/5
heavy oil...................................................................615m3
Bremen-based owner. These changes involve replacing diesel oil...................................................................112m3
In holds....................................................................4/6
the basis three-hold configuration with a long No 2 Water ballast................................................................6000m3
Complement
hold featuring a 58.125m x 16.90m clear hatch opening, Classification ...........................Germanischer Lloyd +100A5,
Officers.............................................................................8
and smaller No 1 hold accessed through a 25.50m x Crew.................................................................................4
Multi-purpose Ship Equipped for the
Suez/repair crew..............................................................4
16.90/13.00m opening. Carriage of Containers, Strengthened for
Passengers ......................................................................8
Weathertight MacGregor covers close the main deck Heavy Cargoes, SOLAS II-2
Special rudder ......................................................hinged flap
hatches, with both openings served by a combination of Reg 54 (Dangerous Goods), + MC AUT
Bow thruster
high-stowing hydraulically operated folding sections Heel control system ...................Non-automatic with 700m3/h
Make ...........................................................Wärtsilä (Lips)
and lift-away panels, utilising Omega sealing systems. Framo pump
Number ...................................................................1 x CP
Non-weathertight lift-away panels, handled by the Main engine
Output .....................................................................650kW
Design ......................................................Caterpillar MaK
cranes, form a tweendeck adjustable for height above Model ........................................................................8M43
One-man operation ...........................................................Yes
the tanktop, and also serve as hatch covers suitable for Manufacturer ............................................Caterpillar MaK
uniformly distributed loadings up to 3tonnes/m2. Number ............................................................................1
Make........................................................................Eekels
Main deck loadings are 4tonnes/m2 within the area Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
served by the cranes (defined on the accompanying Output ................................................7200kW/500rev/min
Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
general arrangement plan), and 3.5tonnes elsewhere, Gearbox
Make ...........................................................Kidde Deugra
with special areas designated for extra high line, and Radar
Make ......................................................................Flender
Number ............................................................................2
point loads. Container stack loads are 40tonnes (TEU) Model................................................................GUCP 900
Make .............................................................Racal Decca
and 60tonnes (FEU). In a container vessel mode, Beluga Number ............................................................................1
Models.............................................CA 251/6; CA 253/12
Revolution can accommodate 305TEU in five tiers on Output speed ...................................................140rev/min
Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
deck, and 264 in the holds, four tiers high. One Propeller
Waste disposal system
tweendeck hatch panel can be used in No 2 hold to Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer...............................Wärtsilä (Lips) Sewage plant
form a divisional bulkhead. Make ......................................................................Jets
Number ............................................................................1
A double-skin hull encloses the cargo space and is Pitch................................................................Controllable Model .............................................................KSA-S15
utilised for water ballast tanks, with the space between Diameter ..............................................................4600mm Contract date .........................................................................-
the cargo holds laid out as heavy fuel tanks. The fore Speed...............................................................140rev/min Launch/float-out date ...........................................6 July 2004
deck is given protection from the weather by a Special adaptations.............................................5 blades Delivery date...................................................14 March 2005

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BENCHIJIGUA EXPRESS: world's first

trimaran ro-pax ferry
Shipbuilder:........................AAustal Ships, Australia complete analysis, both before and after installation, was Depth, moulded to main deck .........................................8.20m
Vessel's name:......................Benchijigua Express made by that company because of the long distances Draught .............................................................................4.00m
Gross ..............................................................................9200gt
260
Hull number: .....................................................2 between bearings; the design is expected to accommodate
Deadweight...................................................................1000dwt
Owner/operator:......L Lineas Fred Olsen SA, Spain misalignment very well. Speed, at 500dwt; 32.80MW engine power............40.40knots
(Canary Islands) Four MTU 12V 2000 M40 gensets, each rated at Bunkers, MDO .......................................................145,000litres
Austal Ships, Australia
Designer:............................A 540kW, are also installed in the foremost engineroom with Classification ....................................Germanischer Lloyd +A5,
Total number of sister a fifth, emergency set, positioned on the observation HSC-B, OC3, High Speed Passenger/Ro-Ro Type,
ships already completed: ................................N Nil deck. The machinery installation is completed by two + MC, AUT, also High-Speed Craft Code 2000
450kW Rolls-Royce Ulstein Aquamaster UL601, Roll stabilisation .....................................Two Seascape roll fins
Total number of sister retractable and azimuthing thrusters arranged in tandem
ships still on order:...........................................N Nil (2/3 aft) T-foil (forward) Interceptors (stern)
under the bow of the central hull. These are powered Heel control ..............................................Water ballast transfer
from the main generator sets and the entrances are Main engines
covered by hull fairing plates to reduce resistance when Design............................................................................MTU
O SLO-based Fred Olsen's link with the Canary

Islands dates from pioneering involvement with the
shipment of fresh fruit from the Spanish territories to
the thrusters are retracted.
A Rolls-Royce integrated control system links the
outboard steering and reversing water jets with the bow
Model.............................................................20V 8000 M70
Manufacturer .................................................................MTU
Number................................................................................4
Northern Europe, early in the 20th century. In more thrusters to aid manoeuvring in port, and a Marine Link Type of fuel used..........................................................MDO
recent times these interests have expanded to include monitoring, alarm and control system, developed by Output, each engine ..........................8200kW/1150rev/min
operating ferries within the island group, and in particular Austal, oversees all ship functions and is controlled from (to be uprated to 9100kW in 2006)
to the use of high-speed vessels on these services. This the chief engineer's desk. This forms part of a three- Gearboxes
has led to an association with Austal, and to the building position control centre which affords a total forward and Make..............................................................................Renk
of the world's first trimaran ro-pax ferry, Benchijigua aft view (the other two desks in the trio are occupied by
Number/type.............................2 x ASL 65: 1 x ASL 2 x 80
Express, now providing a regular link between the islands the master, centre, and chief officer).
Vehicle access is over the stern at main deck level from Waterjets
of Tenerife, La Gomera, and La Palma.
The adverse effect of rough seas on passenger comfort dedicated shore-based linkspans controlled from the ship. Designer/manufacturer......................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
when using earlier types of fast ferry was a major This deck, and a hoistable mezzanine deck, provide 450 Number/type ...................2 x 125 SII steerable; 1 x 180 BII
influence on the development of this bold and lane metres for trucks and space for 123 cars, alternatively, Diesel-driven alternators
revolutionary design, which aims to provide a solution to 341 cars can be loaded. An active ballast heel control Number................................................................................4
the stability and layout issues typical of long slim system ensures a level deck is retained during Engine make.................................................MTU 12V 2000
monohulls. The hull form, which is somewhat similar to loading/unloading operations, with ballasting also Type of fuel used..........................................................MDO
the UK Royal Navy's experimental trimaran Triton, was employed to maintain a working draught of 4m. All Alternator make/type ...................................MTU/HCM634J
optimised using Shipflow, the numerical analysis tool ballast water is discharged before sailing. Mooring equipment
from Flowtech, and to achieve a speed of 40knots, Passenger accommodation is situated on the upper deck Number................................4 x capstan; 1 x anchor winch
aluminium is employed throughout. Austal emphasises within three lounge areas featuring individual seating Make ...........................................................................Hypac
that its new creation is not a demonstrator; it is a real ship, arrangements, colour schemes and facilities. Access from Type .......................................................................Hydraulic
ordered under a commercial contract. the vehicle spaces, and for foot passengers entering the Special lifesaving equipment
An advanced ride control system from Seastate is ferry, is by staircases and lifts, and amenities include bars, Make ............................................Liferaft Systems Australia
included. This comprises a T-foil forward, two rolls fins cafes, and food preparation areas, children's play areas and
a shop. Passenger entertainment is provided by a large- Number/type ............................6 x sloping-chute MES with
at the aft 2/3 position, and interceptors at the stern. 6 x 100-person liferafts
Following sea trials, an additional rudder was fitted to screen TV monitor and a state-of-the-art sound system.
enhance steering performance in extreme weather Above the main passenger deck is an observation lounge Additional liferafts.......................................10 x 100-person
conditions. available to VIP 'gold class' passengers, with executive Vehicles
Two enginerooms are arranged aft of midships in the seating for 134. Number of decks..........................................1 x main deck:
slender main hull. The aftermost of these spaces contains An interesting feature of the design is the replacement 1 x mezzanine deck (4 panels)
two MTU 20V 8000 M70 main engines, positioned either of a conventional painting scheme by a pure vinyl self- Total truck lanes ...........................................................450m
side of the centreline. Each develops 8200kW (but to be adhesive film supplied by Orca Marine. An expected Total cars (no trucks on board) ......................................341
uprated to 9100kW in 2006), and is linked via a Renk ASL lifespan of 10-12 years is claimed for this product, which Ballast control system ......................................................Austal
65 reduction gearbox to a Rolls-Royce Kamewa 125 SII is said to offer substantial savings in application and Passengers
steerable reversing waterjet. maintenance costs. Total ...............................................................................1350
Particular care has been taken to reduce noise and
A third, central, waterjet of Rolls-Royce Kamewa 180 vibration levels in the accommodation areas, and the
Bow thrusters
BII design, forms a triangular configuration in the Make.................................Rolls-Royce Ulstein Aquamaster
adoption of common rail technology and multi-stage Number.......................................2 x azimuthing retractable
transom with the other pair, and is driven by two more turbocharging for the main engines ensures passengers
Output ..................................................................2 x 450kW
MTU 20V 8000 main engines (also to be uprated) wishing to enjoy the open decks are not inconvenienced
by exhaust gases. Radars
arranged in a stepped fashion in the foremost engine Number................................................................................2
room, with their combined output linked through a Renk Make.................................................................Racal Decca
ASL 2 x 80, twin-input/single-output gearbox by means TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Models .......................1 x S-band ARPA: 1 x X-band ARPA
of a shaft passing between the aft pair of engines, to the Length, oa.....................................................................126.70m Contract date.............................................................June 2003
centre jet. All drive shafts on this ferry were Length, waterline ..........................................................114.80m Launch/float-out date.................................25 September 2004
manufactured by Vulkan from composite material, and a Breadth, moulded...........................................................30.40m Delivery date ...........................................................2 May 2005

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With shipyards in Foxhol, Eemshaven and Harlingen, and 300 employees, Volharding Shipyards can react quickly to customer re-
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in Harlingen and also a newbuilding cooperation with Romanian, Ukrainian, Chinese and Turkish yards.
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BIG GLORY: Kawasaki adopts SEA-Arrow

bow for bulker
Shipbuilder:...........K Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, also installation of fire detection and extinguishing Designer/manufacturer...............Nakashima Propeller Co
Japan systems, and main machinery, where the company's Number ............................................................................1
Vessel's name:......................................Big Glory engineering division is a market leader with both diesel Pitch ...........................................................................fixed
1557
Hull No: ........................................................1 and turbine propulsion machinery. Diameter ..............................................................6100mm
Here, it has supplied a MAN B&W 6S50MC-C main Speed...............................................................110rev/min
Owner/operator: ............W White Reefer Line Corp, diesel engine for the subject vessel. This develops Special adaptations .......................Rudder Bulb with Fins
Panama 8200kW (MCR) or 6970kW (NCR) to drive a FP Diesel-driven alternators
Designer: ...K Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, Japan propeller, running in an open-water sternframe at Number ............................................................................3
Panama
Flag .......................................................P 110rev/min, for a service speed of 14.6knots at 85% Engine make/type..............................Yanmar/6N18AL-UV
Total number of sister full power. The division is also responsible for the Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
research and development of numerous energy-saving Output/speed of each set....................550kW/900rev/min
ships already completed:................................4 4 Alternator make/type .......................Taiyo Electric/FE-41C
Total number of sister features, such as the patented Rudder Bulb with Fins Boilers
ships still on order: ........................................1 10 system fitted to Big Glory. Electrical supply is derived Number/type .............1 x composite oil fired/exhaust gas
from three Yanmar/Taiyo 480kW diesel-alternator sets, Make ......................................................Osaka Boiler Mfg
and a composite boiler has a steam output of Output ................................................1000kg/h each side
1000kg/h. Complement is eight officers and 13 crew, Cargo cranes
K AWASAKI has developed the design of this

Handymax bulk carrier from that of earlier,
smaller-series vessels in its portfolio, and enhanced it
with provision for four supernumaries. Number ............................................................................4
Make.................................Kawasaki Precision Machinery
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
by incorporating the company's patented SEA-Arrow Performance ....................................30tonnes/26m radius
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Mooring equipment
('Sharp Entrance Angle Bow as an Arrow') fore-end Length, overall...........................................................189.90m Number ............................................................................4
configuration which, it is claimed, produces a ship's Length, bp.................................................................185.00m Make.................................Kawasaki Precision Machinery
propulsive performance higher than that for a Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.26m Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
conventional ship under average full load and ballast Depth, moulded to upper deck ..................................17.80m Hatch covers
Draught
conditions, with a required horsepower lower by 6% in Designer/manufacturer ......................MacGregor-Kayaba
design ....................................................................11.10m Type.................Steel, double-skin, end folding, hydraulic
the full load condition. scantling ................................................................12.50m Complement
The concept was conceived particularly for vessels Gross .......................................................................30,777gt Officers.............................................................................8
with a full hull and blunt bow waterline such as LPG Deadweight Crew...............................................................................13
carriers (Crystal Marine, presented in Significant Ships of design ...............................................................47,965dwt Spare................................................................................4
2003); however, the similar characteristics of bulk scantling............................................................55,809dwt Stern appendages ..............................Rudder Bulb with Fins
carriers has now led to its first use with that type of Speed, service at 85% MCR.................................14.60knots Bridge control system
vessel. With SEA-Arrow, the bulbous bow has been Cargo capacity Make...................................................................Nabtesco
'slimmed down' underwater and incorporated into the grain ....................................................................69,450m3 Type… .................................................................M-800 III
main hull. The load waterline now extends to the bulb's Bunkers One man operation .......................................................No
forward extremity, and a vertical stem line has been heavy oil.................................................................1980m3 Fire detection system
Make.................Kawasaki Safety Service Industries/Tyco
introduced from that point to the upper deck (with a diesel oil...................................................................170m3
Type .........................................................................T1000
4.90m outward extension at the bow chock) making a Water ballast
smoother bow waterline and providing a profile total .....................................................................16,600m3
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
reminiscent of ships of yesteryear. excluding No 3 floodable hold ...........................13,500m3
Fuel consumption Make .........................Kawasaki Safety Service Industries
Big Glory is a single deck, five-hold, single-skin vessel Radars
main engine only ......................................29.9tonnes/day
with forecastle. Top and bottom wing tanks are Number ............................................................................2
Classification ......................Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull, + Mach,
arranged throughout the cargo space, with the latter Bulk Carrier ESP, Unrestricted Navigation, Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
joined with a centrally divided double bottom to Nonhomload (Nos 2 and 4 holds may be empty), Models ..............................JMA-9932-SA: JMA-9922-6XA
provide common ballast tanks. The vessel can sail with +AUT-UMS
Nos 2 and 4 holds empty, and No 3 hold can be flooded Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Percentage of high-tensile Waste disposal system
to provide extra ballast. MacGregor-Kayaba double- steel used in construction .................................approx 70%
skin, hydraulically operated end-folding hatch covers are Main engine
Incinerator
fitted, and the holds are served by an outfit of four Design.........................................………………MAN B&W Make....................................................................Miura
Kawasaki 30tonnes swl, centreline-mounted, deck Model ...............................................................6S50MC-C Model ...........................................................BGW-30N
cranes with a working radius of 26m. Manufacturer..........................Kawasaki Heavy Industries Sewage plant
The extent of Kawasaki's activities in the total Number ............................................................................1 Make .........................................Sasakura Engineering
shipbuilding process is well illustrated with Big Glory by Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Model ..................................................................SD2A
the group's involvement (including Kawasaki Heavy Output ................................................8200kW/110rev/min Contract date ....................................................20 June 2003
Industries) in aspects of hydrodynamic research, Propeller Launch/float out date...............................18 December 2004
construction, crane and deck machinery manufacture, Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Delivery date ..............................................25 February 2005

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BRITISH CORMORANT: Samsung delivers

ice-strengthened Aframax tanker
Shipbuilder: ..S Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea The hull form features a bulbous bow, above which Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Vessel's name:.........................British Cormorant an attractive stem line is achieved. The design does not Model ...............................................................7S60MC-C
Hull number: ................................................1 1482 include a forecastle, but some protection against the Manufacturer.....................................................................-
Owner/operator: .......................B BP Shipping, UK elements is provided by incorporating a straight-line Number ............................................................................1

sheer and bulwark into the main hull forward of the Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO
Designer: ......S Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea cargo space in lieu. At the aft end, the open-water Output .............................................15,820kW/105rev/min
Model test establishment sternframe includes an ice knife, and a semi-spade Propeller
used: .......S Samsung Ship Model Basin, Korea Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
rudder is fitted. Designer/Manufacturer .............................SHI/Nakashima
Flag: ...................................................IIsle of Man The machinery installation is centred upon a MAN Number ............................................................................1
Total number of sister B&W 7S60MC-C main engine developing 15,820kW at Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
ships already completed:..............................N Nil 105rev/min. The propeller is an FP type and drives the Diameter ..............................................................8200mm
Total number of sister ship at 15.40knots when running at 90% MCR with a Speed...............................................................105rev/min
ships still on order: ..........................................5 5 15% sea margin. Electrical requirements are served by Diesel-driven alternators
three diesel-alternator sets each with an output of Number ............................................................................3
910kW, and two Aalborg Mission boilers together with Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W 6L23/30H
an economiser satisfy steam needs. An integrated Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO
R EADERS of Significant Ships of 2004 may recall our

review in that issue of British Liberty, part of a 12-
ship products tanker contract, and noted that owner
navigation system supports various bridge operations
including route planning and manoeuvring for collision
avoidance and grounding.
Output/speed, each set.......................960kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type .....................HHI/HFJ6 564-84K-SB
BP had decided to modify the last three vessels of the Economiser
series to include Class 1A ice strengthening. This was in Manufacturer.......................................................KangRim
Type..........................................EMI5DD75A2 (watertube)
recognition of the fact that future Russian oil exports TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Boilers
were poised to increase. Length, oa .................................................................251.51m Number ............................................................................2
With that in mind, this new BP series of six Aframax- Length, bp.................................................................239.00m Type .................................................................Mission OL
size vessels from Samsung's Koje Island shipyard is Breadth, moulded .......................................................43.80m Make .....................................................................Aalborg
being constructed with the requirements of that Lloyd's Depth, moulded ..........................................................21.30m Output ........................................................2 x 25tonnes/h
Register notation, together with the latest Finnish- Width. of double skin Mooring equipment
Swedish Ice rules, as well as FMA Rules and Guidelines, side ..........................................................................2.35m Number ............................................................................6
already in place for hull strengthening and the bottom ......................................................................2.40m Make/type..................................................Pusnes/electric
propulsion system. A finite-element analysis has been Draught Lifesaving equipment
carried out for the different loading conditions design ....................................................................13.60m Number/type .....................1 x 42-person free-fall lifeboat
recommended by the class, whilst the hull structure scantling ................................................................15.00m Make ................................................Umoe Schat-Harding
Gross .......................................................................63,462gt
design incorporates a fatigue life of 40 years, and is in Cargo tanks
Displacement ..................................................134,502tonnes
accordance with the requirements of both the Lightweight ........................................................20,720tonnes
Number .............................................12 plus 2 slop tanks
American Bureau of Shipping's Safehull analysis Deadweight
Product range…...............................Crude oil and fuel oil
software, and Lloyd's Register ShipRight (SDA, FDA design ...............................................................99,943dwt
Cargo pumps
and FMA) systems. Number ............................................................................3
scantling..........................................................113,782dwt Type......................................................................KV450-3
Some 45% of the structural steel weight of the vessel Block coefficient, 13.60m draught...............................0.8239
is made up of higher tensile material. Interesting Make........................................................................Shinko
inclusions are a vortex generator, together with local Capacity, each pump .........................................2800m3/h
Cargo capacity.......................................................127,553m3
reinforcement of the hull, deckhouse and casing, to Cargo and ballast control systems .........................Hydraulic
Bunkers
Complement
reduce vibration, and the use of a higher paint heavy oil.................................................................3800m3
Officers...........................................................................15
specification to improve service lifetime. diesel oil...................................................................160m3
Crew...............................................................................17
The double-skin hull has a centrally-divided double- Water ballast.............................................................45,373m3
Suez crew ........................................................................6
bottom tank joined with side spaces to form combined Percentage of segregated ballast .................................100%
Stern appendage ......................................................Ice knife
water ballast tanks, and surrounding a cargo space Fuel consumption
divided by a centreline, and transverse bulkheads into main engine only ....................................57.20tonnes/day
Classification .............................Lloyd's Register of Shipping Make ...........................................................Sperry Marine
six pairs of tanks. Two slop tanks are provided at the aft +100A1, Double Hull Tanker, ESP, Type ....................................Voyage management system
end of the engineroom, and a discharge rate of ShipRight (SDA, FDA, CM), One man operation ......................................................Yes
8400m3/h is achieved using three 2800m3/h pumps, ShipRight (ES+1.0 Deck within .4L amidships, Fire detection system .................................Addressable type
arranged to handle three grades of oil simultaneously HCM, SERS, SEA (HSS-4), PCWBT (date)), Fire extinguishing system
through a two-valve segregation system. Loading rate is +LMC, UMS, CCS, COW, SCM, SBT (Protective Cargo deck.......................................Foam and sea water
10,200m3/h. All cargo tanks are fitted with radar-type Location), *IWS, Pt Ht, NAV1, IBS Make.........................................................................Unitor
level gauges, and fixed gas warning devices monitor Percentage of high-tensile Contract date ...........................................21 November 2002
hydrocarbon gas levels in tanks, pumproom and ballast steel used in construction .............................................45% Launch/float-out date...............................25 December 2004
spaces, all remotely operated. Main engine Delivery date......................................................26 April 2005

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CMA CGM EXCELLENT: 3398TEU

German-owned box-ship for charter
Shipbuilder:................H Hanjin Heavy Industries & provides comfortable accommodation for a crew of 25, Diesel-driven alternators
Construction Co Ltd, Korea plus six 'Suez' crew, with measures included to reduce Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type............................MAN B&W/8L23/30H
Vessel's name:....................CMA CGM Excellent noise and vibration induced by the machinery Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO
(launched as Tim-S) installation. The latter is based on a Doosan (formerly Output/speed of each set..................1280kW/900rev/min
N-148
Hull number:...............................................N HSD) MAN B&W 8K80MC-C main engine with an Alternator make/type .............Hyundai/HFC6 509-84K-SB
MCR of 28,880kW when running at 104rev/min. Output/speed of each set..................1200kW/900rev/min
Owner/operator:.........................R Reederei Rudolf Boilers
Schepers KG, Germany/ Service power is 25,992kW developed at an engine Number ............................................................................1
CMA CGM SA, France speed of 100.4rev/min. The propeller is of fixed-pitch Type ..................................................................Composite
Designer: ...................H Hanjin Heavy Industries & design, and the service speed is 22.66knots, allowing a Make ...................................................................KangRim
15% sea margin. Four Hyundai alternator sets are Output ........................................................3000/2500kg/h
Construction Co Ltd, Korea Mooring equipment
Model test establishment used:....K KRISO, Korea installed, driven by MAN B&W diesel engines and Number ............................................................................7
Antigua & Barbuda
Flag: .....................................A producing 1200kW each, and a 1500kW bow thruster is Make .....................................................................Towimor
Total number of sister supplied. Type .......................................................................Electric
ships already completed:................................1 1 Number.........................................2 x 26-person lifeboats
Total number of sister Make ............................................................Behai (China)
3
ships still on order: ..........................................3 TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Hatch covers
Length, oa .................................................................222.50m Design .............................................................MacGregor
Length, bp.................................................................212.00m Manufacturer ...................................................Shipbuilder
Type ..................................................Open web pontoons
O
VER recent years, many major container lines Depth, moulded ..........................................................19.30m Containers
have demonstrated a preference for chartering Width of double skin Length,.........................................................20ft, 40ft, 45ft
tonnage rather than building expensive ships to their side ..........................................................................2.03m
Height.......................................................................8ft 6in
own account. It is a practice which has, no doubt, been Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
bottom ......................................................................1.80m Total TEU capacity.....................................................3398
fuelled by a market requiring ever larger-capacity Draught On deck................................................................1999
vessels to sustain its services, and which has been design ....................................................................10.80m In holds.................................................................1399
regularly documented in this annual review. scantling ................................................................12.00m Reefer plugs .........................................................300FEU
The arrangements made have not been confined only Gross .......................................................................35,600gt Tiers/rows (maximum)
to big container ships. They need smaller vessels to Displacement ....................................................57,100tonnes On deck.................................................................6/13
support them, and so the demand for medium and Lightweight ........................................................13,000tonnes In holds..................................................................7/11
small feeders has also expanded. A significant number Deadweight Cargo control system
Make..................................................................Norcontrol
of German owners, particularly, have perceived, and design ...............................................................36,900dwt
Type ...........................................................Datachief C-20
exploited this expanding niche in the container- scantling............................................................44,100dwt Ballast control system
transport market, with an equally significant number of Block coefficient (12.00m draught) ..............................0.677 Make ..................................................................Seil-Seres
shipbuilders waiting in the wings to satisfy their needs Speed, service (90% MCR, 15% sea margin)......22.66knots Type..................................................……………Hydraulic
for ships of all sizes. Bunkers Complement
Hanjin has a number of designs available for this heavy oil ................................................................3540m3 Officers...........................................................................11
purpose, with Tim-S, now operating under the charter- diesel oil...................................................................210m3 Crew...............................................................................14
name of CMA CGM Excellent, an example of a vessel Water ballast.............................................................13,320m3 Suez crew ........................................................................6
loading 3398TEU. Although conforming to the Panama Bow thruster
Water ballast carried in loaded condition.........11,200tonnes
Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
Canal beam restriction of 32.20m, this HHIC design Classification ..........................................Germanischer Lloyd Number ............................................................................1
does not match the canal's maximum length parameter +100A5 Container Ship, SOLAS Output ...................................................................1500kW
(a feature of its MSC Linzie: Significant Ships of 2003), Class II Reg 19, +MC, AUT, IW Fire extinguishing system
otherwise the configuration follows the now accepted Percentage of high-tensile Cargo holds/engineroom ..................................Fixed CO2
lay-out of this type of vessel by having its machinery, steel used in construction ..........................................75.6% Make .............................................................................NK
and accommodation superstructure, situated just aft of Heel control system ........500m3/h pump controlled by ship's Radars
the ¾L mark, with five holds forward and one aft of alarm and monitoring system Number ............................................................................2
this position. The aft hold is much restricted, but the Make .......................................................................Furuno
Main engine Models........................FAR-2837S-36AF; FAR-2827-24AF
deck-space above is almost rectangular and offers Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Integrated bridge system
substantial stowage for all box sizes. Model ...............................................................8K80MC-C Make .......................................................................Furuno
Below decks, 1399TEU can be loaded, with 1999TEU Manufacturer.................................Doosan Engine Co Ltd Model .................................................................FEA-2107
carried on deck where 300FEU reefer sockets are fitted. Number ............................................................................1 Waste disposal plant
Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO Incinerator
Cell guides for 40ft containers are provided in every Output .............................................28,880kW/104rev/min Make ..........................................................G & C Tech
hold except No 1 bay forward, and 20ft units can also Propeller Model.............................................................GC 501R
be fitted into these guides. Lashing bridges are not Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Sewage plant
installed. Protection for deck cargo is afforded by a Designer/manufacturer ..........................HHIC/Nakashima Make...............................................................Jonghap
forecastle on which a breakwater is erected. Number ............................................................................1 Model...................................................BIO AEROB-18
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Contract date ..........................................23 September 2003
The superstructure has seven levels, topped by a Diameter ..............................................................7700mm Launch/float-out date ..............................13 September 2005
comprehensively equipped navigating bridge, and Speed...............................................................104rev/min Delivery date................................................20 October 2005

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CMA CGM EXCELLENT

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COLOMBO EXPRESS: introducing

Hyundai's 8600TEU carrier
Shipbuilder:...H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, when working cargo, with water transfer effected by a Diesel-driven alternators
Korea 1000m3/h pump. The hull is constructed on the Number........................................…………………………4
Engine make........................................................Daihatsu
Vessel's name: ........................Colombo Express 'girderless' principle - claimed to allow maximum
Type ........................2 x 8DK-36, 1 x 8DK-28, 1 x 6DK-28
Hull number: ................................................1 1595 container stowage in the holds, and the outside shell is Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Owner/operator: ....H Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, coated with tin-free self-polishing antifouling paint with Output/speed..............................2 x 4206kW/600rev/min,
Germany a five-year life. 1 x 2419kW/720rev/min,
Designer:.......H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, The main engine is a MAN B&W 12K98ME unit, 1 x 1838kW/720rev/min
Korea built by the shipbuilder's engineering affiliate, and Alternator make ....................................................Hyundai
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai Type........................2 x HSJ7 940-38E, 1 x HSJ 803-18E,
developing 68,640kW MCR at 94rev/min. When
Maritime Research Institute, Korea 1 x HSJ7 717-18E
operating at 90% of this rating, with the power take-off Output/speed..............................2 x 4000kW/600rev/min,
Germany
Flag: ......................................................G disengaged and allowing a 20% sea margin, service 1 x 2300kW/720rev/min,
Total number of sister speed is 25.2knots. The power take-off shaft connects 1 1750kW/720rev/min
ships already completed:..............................N Nil with a SAM, main engine-driven alternator, producing Boiler
Total number of sister 4500kW. Two 4000kW and one 2300kW diesel- Number/type ...............................................1 x composite
ships still on order: ..........................................7 7 alternator sets are also fitted. A 2500kW Kawasaki bow Make ...........................................................................VKK
Output ..........................................7tonnes/h each section
thruster is installed, and the rudder has an optimum
Mooring equipment
section profile. The six-bladed propeller is tip-raked to
T
Number ..................................................................10 sets
WO years ago, Significant Ships of 2003 introduced reduce possible cavitation. Make/type.................................................Hatlapa/electric
readers to the first 8000-plus TEU container ship. Lifesaving equipment
By 2004, maximum capacities had moved forward, with Make.....................................................................Hatecke
loadings closing in on the 8500 mark. Now, in 2005 this TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Type..........................................................Free-fall lifeboat
new Hyundai series registers a TEU capacity of 8606. Length, oa .................................................................335.00m Hatch covers
What is interesting about these escalations is that they Length, bp.................................................................319.00m Design .............................................................MacGregor
have been reached mainly by simple modifications to Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.80m Manufacturer ........................…Hyundai Heavy Industries
existing designs _ Colombo Express, for example, uses Depth, moulded Type.................................................... Lift-away pontoons
Containers
upper deck ............................................................24.50m
virtually the same hull form and general arrangement as Width of double skin Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
CMA CGM Hugo (Significant Ships of 2004), which has a side ..........................................................................2.23m Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
TEU capacity of 8238, yet space has now been found bottom ......................................................................2.00m Total TEU capacity.....................................................8606
for an additional 368 box-slots, mostly accommodated Draught on deck ................................................................4719
on deck, where a maximum of eight tiers can now be design ....................................................................13.00m in holds .................................................................3887
carried, one more than with the similar 2004 design. scantling ................................................................14.61m Homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ........................6430
Deadweight Reefer plugs ................................................................730
The layout of large post-Panamax container ships has
design ...............................................................84,500dwt Tiers/rows, maximum
more or less settled into a nine-hold configuration, with On deck ......................................................................8/17
scantling..........................................................103,800dwt
the disposition of these holds, forward and aft of the Speed, service, 90%MCR, 20% sea margin, In holds .......................................................................9/15
machinery space, the main point of difference between PTO disengaged .................................................25.20knots Complement
builders' designs. Hyundai apparently favours a seven- Bunkers Officers...........................................................................14
forward/two-aft arrangement, dimensioned to suit 30 x heavy oil..............................................................10,600m3 Crew...............................................................................16
TEU bays forward, and 10 x TEU bays in the restricted diesel oil............................................…………….....500m3 Suez crew ........................................................................6
Bow thruster
space aft, respectively. Colombo Express can carry 20ft, Water ballast.............................................................24,800m3
Fuel consumption Make...................................................................Kawasaki
40ft, and 45ft units, with fixed cell guides provided for Number ............................................................................1
main engine only ..................................248.80tonnes/day
the first two sizes. Athwartship lashing bridges for the Classification......................Germanischer Lloyd +100 A5, E, Output ...................................................................2500kW
40ft and 45ft containers are arranged together with the Container Ship,+ MC, AUT, IW, NAV-OC, Bridge control system
necessary fittings, so that boxes carried on hatch covers SOLAS II-2, Reg 19 Make........................................................SAM Electronics
or stools on the upper deck can be securely lashed up to Percentage of high-tensile Type ............................................................GEAMOT 40M
5/6 tiers. steel used in construction .................................approx 60% One man operation ......................................................Yes
Heel control equipment .............................anti-heeling pump Fire detection system
Holds 1 to 4 are available for dangerous goods of Make ..................................................................Consilium
Main engine
SOLAS classes 2 to 8, and are served by mechanical Type .....................................................................CS 3004
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
ventilation supplying two air changes hourly. Reefer Model .................................................................12K98ME Fire extinguishing systems
plugs for 730FEU are arranged on deck, and all holds Manufacturer ......................Hyundai Heavy Industries Co
Cargohold/engineroom ...............................................CO2
Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
are fitted with pontoon-type covers made up of three Number ............................................................................1 Radars
panels of maximum weight just under 40tonnes each, to Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Number ............................................................................3
allow for handling by shore cranes. A feature of the Output (MCR)....................................68,640kW/94rev/min Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Propeller
MacGregor 'lift-away' cover is the inclusion of support Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Models .......................X-band: ARPA-28-8X, ARPA-28-5X
S-band: ARPA-3A-14S
technology utilising vertical bearing pads designed to Designer/manufacturer ......Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Integrated bridge system ..................................................Yes
transfer the weight of the covers, and any containers Number ............................................................................1
Make........................................................SAM Electronics
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
carried, to the ship's side, whilst allowing for relative Diameter ..............................................................9100mm
Model ....................................................................NACOS
movement between cover and coaming caused by hull Blades ..............................................................................6 Waste disposal plant
Sewage plant...........................................Hamworthy KSE
flexing in a seaway. Special adaptations .........................................Raked tips
Main-engine driven alternator Model .......................................................................ST 2A
Colombo Express has a double-skin hull with side and Number ............................................................................1 Contract date.....................................................25 April 2003
bottom tanks designated for fuel and water ballast. Two Make/type .................SAM Electronics/thyristor converter Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
of the latter compartments are used as heeling tanks Output/speed..................................4500kW/64-95rev/min Delivery date...................................................30 March 2005

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D'ARTAGNAN: self-propelled, mega cutter

suction dredger
Shipbuilder:................IIHC Holland Dredgers BV move forward the same distance that the main leg had Breadth, moulded .......................................................25.20m
(IHC Holland Merwede), The Netherlands previously been moved, to suit that new position and Depth, moulded ............................................................8.20m
Vessel's name:...................................D'Artagnan commence dredging a new arc. Draught..........................................................................6.25m
CO 1241
Hull number:..........................................C Vosta's design for the spud carriage is completely new, Dredging depth................................................6.00m/35.00m
Owner/operator: ...D Dredging, Environmental and and features an innovative 'buffer' system using wires Sailing speed.........................................................12.50knots
and hydraulic cylinders, which can absorb the effects of Propulsion/alternator engines
Maritime Engineering NV (DEME), Belgium/ swell and adverse sea conditions, and reduce load peaks Design......................................……………………Wärtsilä
Société de Dragage International on the spuds. This arrangement allows D'Artagnan to Model .......................................................................12V32
SA (SDI), France continue working in adverse sea conditions for longer Number ............................................................................2
Designer: ........................IIHC Holland Merwede, periods than with some other dredgers. Total output, ................................2 x 6000kW/750rev/min
The Netherlands The vessel can dredge in temperatures between -10oC Propulsion power............................................2 x 3700kW
Total number of sister ships and +40oC at depths between 6m and 35m, and Gearboxes
Nil
already in service .........................................N discharge to distances varying from 6m (into a barge Design .....................................................................Jahnel
alongside) to 10,000m over the stern, through a Number ............................................................................2
Total number of sister ships still on order .......N Nil 1000mm diameter floating pipeline fitted with special Propellers
high-pressure ball joints (another Vosta product). Design ........................................................Wärtsilä (Lips)
Different soil-types, as well as rocks, can be dredged by Number ............................................................................2
T HE advantages attributed to the cutter suction type

of dredger (CSD) include its ability to operate in
shallow water and to work with an assortment of
changing the cutter and suction mouths using a specially
designed deck crane arranged to travel the full length of
the vessel.
Type............................................................4D920/VL80-C
Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................3150mm
Three dredge pumps are installed: two on board of Alternators
difficult seabed materials, such as clay and rock, whilst
6000kW each, and a third submerged unit of 3400kW Number ............................................................................2
producing a uniformly dredged bottom level. This is Manufacturer........................................................Siemens
achieved by using special cutting heads attached to the fitted to the cutter/suction ladder. The two main pumps
Dredging equipment
retractable cutter/dredge ladder, which loosen the sea- have variable-speed Wärtsilä 12V32 prime movers (2 x
Make ............................................................................IHC
bed soil in front of the suction inlet, so that the spoil 6000kW or 2 x 5400kW), and this manufacturer has also
Cutter/dredge ladder .......................................................1
can be more easily dredged and removed. The 'third supplied the two constant-speed propulsion and Cutter and heads
generation' cutting system designed for D'Artagnan by alternator-drive engines of 6000kW each (also of the Designer/manufacturer...............................Vosta LMG
12V32 type, and the Wartsilä twin propeller installation.
Dutch dredging specialist Vosta LMG, is supplied with For the dredge pumps, Wärtsilä created flexible
Floating delivery pipe
11 cutter heads of various types, with the most operating modes with the two engine outputs - 5400kW
Number.......................................................................1
powerful, fitted with seven blades capable of absorbing Diameter .........................................................1000mm
with 20% constant torque or 6000kW with 5% constant High-pressure ball joints ............................Vosta LMG
up to 8000hp, suitable for rock cutting. torque - without the need for any engine alterations. Length...................................................up to 10,000m
When working, the vessel is moored by means of two The owner, DEME, was the first to introduce the Dredge pumps
250tonne modular anchor platforms, and two 'spud Wärtsilä Vasa 32-type engine onto the dredging market. Number.......................................................................3
legs' which, in D'Artagnan are installed aft, with the Each propeller absorbs 3700kW for a sailing speed of Capacity ..........................................2 x 6000kW, fixed
cutter ladder forward; however, these positions are almost 12.5knots. The link between main engine and 1 x 3400kW, submerged
reversed in some CSDs to suit owners' preference. The propeller is made through Jahnel gearboxes. A Manufacturer ..........................................................IHC
anchoring system has been especially developed by retractable azimuthing thruster is fitted forward to assist Dredge pump engines ....................................Wärtsilä
Vosta because normal dredging anchors are unsuitable, manoeuvrability. D'Artagnan is believed to be the first Type....................................................................12V32
given the size of the vessel and the hard rock worked ship to include IHC Lagersmit's new Jetwater Supreme Number.......................................................................2
with. high-pressure seal for the cutter ladder and the jet-water Output .........2 x 6000kW or 5400kW (variable speed)
The dredging procedure is commenced by first systems. Spud carriage
lowering the main spud leg into the soil to secure the A complement of 43 is housed in a superstructure Designer .....................................................Vosta LMG
vessel. Mooring wires are laid out to the anchors and mounted about midships, topped by a bridge with Anchor modular platforms
when these are hauled in by winches, the vessel rotates combined navigation/dredging control console. Number.......................................................................2
around the fixed leg, causing the cutter ladder to dredge Sophisticated dredging, automation and cutter control Capacity ................................................2 x 250tonnes
a circular arc. To change the dredging location, the has been incorporated with relevant information Designer .....................................................Vosta LMG
second, auxiliary leg is lowered to retain the mooring available on screen to the dredge master at the touch of Complement ........................................................................43
position, and the main leg raised and moved forward a button. Bow thruster
through a 'moonpool' arrangement in the hull, using a Number ............................................................................1
special spud carriage travelling on the upper deck, Manufacturer ...............................................................-
designed by Vosta and built by IHC, then lowered into TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Contract date ................................................December 2003
the soil again at the new dredging position. The Length, oa .................................................................123.80m Launch/float-out date ........................................22 April 2005
auxiliary leg can now be raised and the dredger freed to Length, bp.................................................................104.40m Completion date......................................28 September 2005

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DOKTER WAGEMAKER: sophisticated

ro-ro shuttle provides Dutch island link
Shipbuilder:.........D Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, supplied by TTS. Passenger entry is forward and aft at Bunkers
The Netherlands (hull built by the upper car deck, and bicycle deck levels. From these diesel oil.................................................................1350m3
Damen Shipyards Galatz, Romania) decks, passengers make their way upwards to the saloon Water ballast................................................................1000m3
and panorama decks; these provide the main Classification .......................Lloyd's Register + 100A1, Ferry,
Vessel's name:......................Dokter Wagemaker Extended protected water service, ice
Hull number: ............................................5 557051 accommodation areas, featuring a modern interior look
conditions according to RIZA code R,
designed by Dutch styling architect Bas Zonneveld, the + LMC, UMS, IFP, PSMR, PCAC2.2
TESO
Owner: ........................................................T standard of which gives rise to the 'luxury cruise liner'
(Texel's Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming NV), Diesel-electric system
accolade. Central to the saloon deck is a galley and two Main engines
The Netherlands buffets, with grouped seating for the 1750 passengers Design..........................................................Caterpillar
Designer: ................B Bureau voor Scheepsbouw, spread out symmetrically towards each end of the Number.......................................................................4
The Netherlands vessel. Model....................................................................3608
Model test establishment used: ..............M MARIN, The panorama deck is laid out around a midships Manufacturer................................................Caterpillar
The Netherlands atrium lounge and buffet, providing a space which can Output, each engine ..................2860kW/1000rev/min
The Netherlands
Flag: ..........................................T be used as a function room for celebrations and Type of fuel used .................................................MDO
presentations. Four Viking vertical marine escape chutes Alternators
Total number of sister are positioned at fore and aft muster stations on the Design/manufacturer ................................A van Kaick
ships already completed:..............................N Nil saloon deck, with each connected to 2 x 100-person and Number.......................................................................4
Total number of sister Output, each set ............................................3077kVA
1 x 50-person open liferafts. Wheelhouses are provided Thrusters
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil at both ends of the ship with each offering maximum Designer/manufacturer .............................Rolls-Royce
visibility through large windows, and equipped with Number.......................................................................4
four radars, an integrated bridge system, and bridge Pitch.....................................................................Fixed
A LTHOUGH designed to operate on the relatively

short shuttle service between Den Helder on the
northern Dutch mainland, and the offshore island of
control suitable for one-man operation.
The extensively automated diesel-electric propulsion
system offers a high degree of redundancy and
Propeller diameter..........................................2300mm
Output, each unit ............................................1800kW
Bollard pull, transverse .................................80tonnes
Texel, Dokter Wagemaker has been described as 'a comprises four A van Kaick 3077kVA alternator sets, Bollard pull, longitudinal..............................100tonnes
sophisticated vessel which is a hybrid between a ferry each with Caterpillar 2860kW/1000rev/min prime Mooring equipment ..........................................................SEC
and a luxury cruise liner'. Built by Damen as part of her movers. These are split between the two enginerooms, Special lifesaving equipment
owner's current fleet renewal/expansion programme, with associated equipment duplicated in the fore and aft Type ...................................................MES vertical chutes
compartments already described. Two generators would Make.........................................................................Viking
she will replace an existing vessel on this busy route. In Number ..........................................4 x MES VMEC 13-1.5
normally satisfy economic operation, with three serving
common with many Damen newbuildings, hull maximum speed conditions by supplying the four Rolls-
Vehicles
construction and much pre-outfitting was carried out Royce FP ducted and azimuthing thrusters, each rated
Number of decks .............................................................2
in Romania by Damen Shipyards Galatz (Galati), with Total lane length......................................................1408m
at 1800kW. Primary electric current is generated at 6kV Doors/ramps
another Group company, Dutch-based Schelde Naval for the thrusters, and transformed to 400V for the Number ............................................................................4
Shipbuilding, executing the contract, overseeing auxiliary network. Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
production, and completing fitting out. Choice of this type of thruster was dictated by the Designer ......................................................................TTS
The double-ended hull is symmetrical below the main large bollard pull required to counteract high wind- Ballast control system
deck and features skegs at either end to provide stability. loads in the docking areas. The complex electrical Make......................................................Bakker Sliedrecht
Propulsion and steering is effected by four ducted system applied to the installation was supplied under a Type ........................................................................BIMAC
azimuth thrusters placed forward and aft, port and turnkey contract by Bakker Sliedrecht; this company Passengers......................................................................1750
starboard. Below the lower vehicle deck, reading from also fitted on Dokter Wagemaker what is understood to Stern appendages ...................................Skegs, fore and aft
aft, transverse bulkheads form an aft peak, thruster be the first BIMAC (Bakker Integrated Modular Alarm Bridge control system
room, engineroom, switchboard room, and auxiliary Monitoring and Control) system in service. Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
engineroom, with these positions repeated in reverse, Installer .......................................………Bakker Sliedrecht
forward of a midship compartment designated for One man operation ......................................................Yes
accommodation purposes. Fire detection system
The totally enclosed lower vehicle deck is used mainly TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Make......................................................Bakker Sliedrecht
Length, oa ....................................……………………130.40m Radars
for the transport of heavy vehicles, with private cars Length, bp.................................................................127.24m Number ............................................................................4
carried in the side passageways. Above this space there Breadth, moulded .......................................................22.70m Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
is an intermediate deck laid out to carry bicycles, Depth, moulded to main deck ......................................7.18m Models ............................................................Manta 2300
mopeds, and other small wheeled items, with crew Draught Integrated bridge system ..........Bakker Sliedrecht/Alphatron
accommodation fitted at the port side. The upper design ......................................................................4.05m Waste disposal systems
vehicle deck is also totally enclosed and serves private scantling ..................................................................4.40m Make...................................................................Deerberg
cars and vans. Deadweight Contract date ..........................................................May 2003
Vehicle access is to each deck, and at each end of the scantling...............................................................1840dwt Launch/float-out date....................................December 2004
ship, by means of hydraulically operated equipment Speed, service.......................................................15.70knots Delivery date ................................................September 2005

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ELBE HIGHWAY: 'small-size' car carrier

from Stocznia Gdynia
Shipbuilder: ...........S Stocznia Gdynia SA, Poland sea margin of 15%. The lines of both the underwater Output/speed.....................................9170kW/129rev/min
Vessel's name: .............................Elbe Highway and above-water hull and superstructures have been Propeller
Material ..........................................Nickel-aluminium alloy
Hull number: ............................................8 8245/1 carefully designed to minimise water and air resistance, Designer/manufacturer............CTO/Alstom Power Elblag
Owner/operator .....................E Elbe Maritime Ltd, and to provide good seakeeping and course stability. Number ............................................................................1
Isle of Man/Jahre Wallem AS, Norway Among features introduced to ensure these Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Designer:...............S Stocznia Gdynia SA, Poland capabilities are an elongated duck-tail with rudder fin, Diameter ..............................................................5840mm
and an aerodynamic bow form combined with blocked Speed...............................................................129rev/min
Model test establishment used:......CTO, Poland Diesel-driven alternators
Bahamas
Flag: ....................................................B fan houses and a wheelhouse top spoiler. During the Number ............................................................................3
Total number of sister design process, the ship was extensively model tested at Engine make/type..................MAN B&W Holeby 7L23/30
ships already completed: ............................N Nil the CTO model tank in Gdansk and at that Output/speed, each set.....................1120kW/900rev/min
Total number of sister organisation's lake model-testing facility. Alternator make/type ...Dozamel (Poland)/GDB-138LL/04
The superstructure provides luxury accommodation Output/speed, each set....................1325kVA/900rev/min
ships still on order: .........................................33 Boilers
for a complement of 25 officers and crew, and includes Number/type..................................1 x MH02R02 oil fired;
A N example of the smaller-capacity car carriers

running alongside the giant vessels occupied
mainly on the Far-East/Europe distribution routes,
a full-width, totally enclosed wheelhouse featuring a full
range of navigation and communications equipment,
contained in ergonomically arranged consoles designed
1 x EB053LP exhaust gas
Make ......................................................KangRim (Korea)
Output....................................1 x 1500kg/h; 1 x 1000kg/h
Mooring equipment
Elbe Highway has been built to the specific requirements by the shipyard. A particular feature of the vessel's Number...............2 x mooring winch/windlass; 4 x drums
of charterer KESS, (the abbreviated form for K-line outfit is a CCTV surveillance system giving protection Make .....................................................................Towimor
European Sea Highway Services GmbH, of Bremen). against unauthorised access. Type .......................................................................Electric
She is intended primarily for operation on this Lifesaving equipment
company's short-sea services within the Baltic and Number.........................................2 x 25-person lifeboats
Make .......................................................Jiangyin Norsafe
North Sea areas, for which purpose DNV ICE-1A TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Vehicles
notation has been included in the specification; Length, oa .................................................................148.00m Number of decks ..........................6 x fixed; 2 x hoistable
however, with the possibility of work further afield Length, bp.................................................................134.00m Total cars..................................................2137 type-RT43
materialising, facilities for a cruising range of up to Depth, moulded
Doors/ramps
13,000 nautical miles have been provided. Number/type .......2 x external ramp/doors; 1 x moveable
to main deck (deck No 4)......................................11.80m watertight ramp/cover; 1 x moveable non-watertight
Despite their limited size, this new series of four to upper deck ........................................................25.20m ramp/cover; 1 x moveable gas-tight ramp/cover;
vessels has all the features of a modern car carrier of to mooring deck.....................................................17.77m 2 x fixed ramps; 2 x hoistable decks
the larger PCTC type. Of the eight cargo levels, none Width of double skin Designer ......................................................................TTS
has a clear height of less than 2m, whilst the two 'high side ..................................................................2.60/1.30m Ballast control system
bottom ......................................................................2.45m Make .............................................…….………Totem Plus
and heavy' decks - numbers 2 and 4, which are suitable Type ....................................Included in integrated alarm,
Draught
for a uniform loading of 2tonnes/m2, have a clear design ......................................................................7.20m monitoring and control system
height of 4.80m, measured to the underside of the scantling ..................................................................7.90m Complement
stowed, hoistable decks, and reduced to 2.00/2.40m Gross .......................................................................23,500gt Officers...........................................................................11
when these decks (Nos 3 and 5) are in position. Vehicle Deadweight Crew...............................................................................12
Supernumaries.................................................................1
access is at deck 4 over two hydraulically operated stern design ..................................................................5800dwt
Suez/repair crew..............................................................4
ramps of 70tonnes capacity each, one of them, a scantling...............................................................7800dwt Special rudder ..........operational angle increased to 65deg;
Speed, service...........................19.00knots, design draught,
quarter ramp 27.50m long is able to serve a wide range 90% MCR, 15% sea margin
extended transom with fin
of pier heights, whilst the other, a straight aft ramp Bunkers
Thrusters
20.00m long, is suitable normal ro-ro berths. Make ...............................................................ABB Marine
heavy oil.................................................................1400m3 Number ..................................................1 x bow/1 x stern
Internally, a combination of fixed and moveable diesel oil...................................................................180m3 Output...........................................1 x 1000kW/1 x 660kW
ramps, arranged with moveable watertight, non- Water ballast................................................................3850m3
watertight and gas-tight covers depending on their Classification ..............Det Norske Veritas +1A1, Car Carrier,
MCDK, ICE-1A, EO, NAUT-OC, TMON, CLEAN Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
position, enable efficient cargo handling to all decks Percentage of high-tensile Type ......................................................................NSAC-1
from either of the stern ramps. This system has been steel used in construction .............................................29% Fire extinguishing systems
designed by TTS Ship Equipment AB to suit a vehicle Heel control equipment .........................................Totem Plus Engineroom ........................................CO2 and watermist
Make .........................................................SEMCO Marine
capacity of 2130 RT43-size cars. Main engine
Vehicle spaces ......................................low-pressure CO2
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Elbe Highway is fitted with a MAN B&W slow-speed Model ...............................................................7S46MC-C Make .........................................................SEMCO Marine
7S46MC-C main engine, built by H Cegielski and Manufacturer ...................................................H Cegielski Contract date ....................................................October 2003
developing 9170kW at 129rev/min to drive a FP Number ............................................................................1 Launch/float-out date .........................................17 July 2005
propeller. Service speed is 19knots at 90% MCR, with a Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO Delivery date ...........................................20 September 2005

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ELBE HIGHWAY

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ENERGY ADVANCE: probably the largest

LNG carrier in service
Shipbuilder:...........K Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, which drives a single, FP propeller through another Number ............................................................................1
Japan Kawasaki product, a UA420/80-S gearbox, at Output speed .....................................................80rev/min
Vessel's name:..........................Energy Advance 80rev/min. Two sets of 2780kW steam-turbine-driven Propeller
1521 alternators satisfy electrical needs, supplemented by the Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze

Hull number: ................................................1 output from a single 2780kW Yanmar/Nishishiba Manufacturer ..............................Nakashima Propeller Co
Owner/operator: ....................T Tokyo LNG Tanker diesel-powered set. Steam is generated in two boilers Number ............................................................................1
Co Ltd/Mitsui OSK, Line, Japan fitted with economisers and steam air heaters, and Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................9500mm
Designer: ...K Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, Japan capable of burning both heavy fuel oil and boil-off gas. Speed.................................................................80rev/min
Flag: ..........................................................JJapan A 2000kW bow thruster is fitted to enhance Turbine-driven alternators
Total number of sister manoeuvrability. Number ............................................................................2
ships already completed:................................3 3 Energy Advance is a single-deck vessel without Turbine make ........................................................Shikano
forecastle, but with a sunken mooring deck aft, covered Output each set ...............................2780kW/1800rev/min
Total number of sister by a helicopter landing area. A feature of the design is Diesel-driven alternators
ships still on order: ..........................................6 6 the adoption in its construction of yet another Number ............................................................................1
Kawasaki patent, the 'Apple-Slot', the name defining the Engine make..........................................................Yanmar
shape of the hole used within the structure at the Type of fuel used.....................................Marine diesel oil
K AWASAKI has a long-held reputation as a 'market

leader' in the construction of both LPG and LNG
tankers, and Energy Advance is an example of this
connections between webs and longitudinals (discussed
in The Naval Architect, November 1999, page 41).
This arrangement is understood to reduce the
Output ................................................2940kW/720rev/min
Alternator make.................................................Nishishiba
Output ................................................2780kW/720rev/min
number of structural members by 25% and to improve Boilers
builder's latest series of the latter type. She is claimed Number ............................................................................2
to be the largest in the world, with a capacity some fatigue strength on transverse members, whilst
Type ..................................................................water tube
10,000m3 more than that of the trade's generally providing a more uniform distribution of stress forces
Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
accepted 135,000m3 norm. Most LNG terminals than with conventional 'round hole' slots. Also of note Output ........................................................2 x 59tonnes/h
present dimensional restrictions to the vessels using is the use of steel grades which satisfy the requirements Mooring equipment
of the US Coast Guard (including Alaska) and those of
them, but Kawasaki's designers have managed to ClassNK for ice strengthening.
Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
incorporate modest increases to length, beam, and 8 x mooring winch
depth into this new class: sufficient to gain the added Make.................................Kawasaki Precision Machinery
Type ........................................................electro-hydraulic
volume, yet still leave the vessels acceptable at ports TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Cargo tanks
throughout the world. Despite these increases, Energy Length, oa .................................................................289.53m Number ............................................................................4
Advance achieves a service speed equal to other designs, Length, bp.................................................................277.00m Cargo pumps
due to the adoption of a large diameter propeller, and Breadth, moulded .......................................................49.00m Number ............................................................................8
new bow and stern forms, notably the Kawasaki Depth moulded, to upper deck ..................................27.00m Type .................................Electric submerged centrifugal
'Rudder Bulb with Fins' system. Draught Make.........................................................................Ebara
The design uses the Moss cargo containment system, design ....................................................................11.40m Capacity........................................................8 x 1500m3/h
with four independent spherical tanks installed within a scantling ...............................................................12.40m Cargo control system (integrated with propulsion
Gross .....................................................................119,233gt
double-skin hull. Deep bottom wing tanks provide machinery control)
Deadweight,
support under the tanks and are used for water ballast. design ..............................................................71,586dwt
Make ....................................Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp
Insulation of the cargo tanks is by means of the Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................19.50knots
Complement ........................................................................43
Kawasaki Panel System, with that part of the tanks Bow thruster
Cargo capacity Make ......................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
extending above the upper deck especially well clad. o
liquid volume, -163 C, 98.5% full .....................145,410m3
The system is suitable for cargoes carried at -163 C and
o Number… ........................................................................1
Bunkers
Output ...................................................................2000kW
at maximum pressures of 25kPaG, as well as satisfying heavy oil.................................................................5949m3
Stern appendage ..............Kawasaki 'Rudder Bulb with Fins'
a low daily boil-off rate of 0.10% of cargo volume. Gas diesel oil...............................................……………..211m3
generated in this way is heated and delivered to the Water ballast.............................................................59,253m3
Make...............................Thorn/Kawasaki Safety services
boilers as fuel, supplementing the consumption of Fuel consumption, main engine only..............165tonnes/day
Type...............................................................Addressable
heavy fuel oil. Classification .........................ClassNK NS* (Tanker, liquefied
Cargo is loaded by shore pumps, with vapour gases,o max pressure 25kPaG, max temperature
Hold space .............................................Inert gas system
generated during the operation returned to shore. -163 C, Type 2G), Class ID Ice Strengthening,
Make.....................................................Smit Gas Systems
Discharge is effected by two stainless steel, 1500m3/h Design temperature TDb for hull structures,
MNS* (M0.B), PMM, BRS1 Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Ebara electric, submerged pumps in each tank, together Make ...............................................Nippon Dry Chemical
Main engine
capable of completing the unloading task in around Radars
Design.........................................Kawasaki steam turbine
12hours. Control and monitoring are by means of an Model.....................................................................UA-400 Number ............................................................................2
integrated system, newly developed by Kawasaki, which Manufacturer..........................Kawasaki Heavy Industries Make .......................................................................Furuno
allows the crew to oversee the operation of both cargo Number ............................................................................1 Models..1 x FAR-2835 S-band; 1 x FAR-2825-AF X-band
and propulsion machinery. Output… ............................................................26,900kW Integrated bridge system ...................................................Nil
The latter is centred on a steam turbine installation, as Gearbox Contract date ..................................................29 March 2002
favoured for this class of vessel, utilising the well tried Maker .....................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries Launch/float-out date ........................................30 June 2004
Kawasaki UA-400 unit which develops 26,900kW and Model..............................................................UA420/80-S Delivery date...................................................30 March 2005

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ENERGY ADVANCE

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E R TIANAN: Hyundai Samho delivers

8214TEU container liner
Shipbuilder: ....................H Hyundai Samho Heavy secured up to seven tiers high. The double hull Engine make/type ..............................Hyundai-MAN B&W
Industries Co Ltd, Korea introduces side and bottom tanks assigned to carry fuel 2 x 9L27/38; 3 x 7L27/38
and water ballast, with two of the side compartments Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Vessel's name: ...................................E R Tianan Output/speed..........2 x 2944kW; 3 x 2310kW/720rev/min
Hull number: ................................................S S257 used as anti-heeling tanks, served by two sets of Alternator make/type ............................................Hyundai
Owner/operator:.............................E E R Schiffahrt 900m3/h pumps. 2 x HSJ7 807-10P; 3 x HSJ7 803-10P
The Hyundai-MAN B&W 12K98MC Mk6 main Output/speed..........2 x 2800kW; 3 x 2200kW/720rev/min
GmbH & Co KG, Germany/ engine develops 68,640kW MCR at 94rev/min, and at Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co, China 89% of this rating gives a service speed of 25.30knots. Manufacturer.........................................................Aalborg
Designer: .......H Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Five Hyundai alternator sets are fitted: two of 2800kW Type..................................................Mission XV-2V(AQ-2)
Co Ltd, Korea and three of 2200kW output, reflecting the high intake On main engine?..........................................................Yes
Model test establishment used: ..............Hyundai of reefer boxes, and the requirements of a Brunvoll Boiler
Maritime Research Institute 2500kW bow thruster. Number ............................................................................1
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
(HMRI), Korea Output .................................................................5500kg/h
Liberia
Flag: .........................................................L Hatch covers
Total number of sister TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Design..............................................MacGregor (Finland)
Length, overall...........................................................334.07m
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Manufacturer............................................Hyundai Samho
Length, bp.................................................................319.00m
Total number of sister Type ......................................................................Pontoon
Containers
ships still on order: ..........................................8 8 Depth, moulded
Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
to upper deck ........................................................24.60m
to main deck ..........................................................20.14m Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
Width of double skin Total TEU capacity.....................................................8214
H YUNDAI Samho is an offshoot of the giant

Hyundai Group and was formed to take over
Samho shipyard on Korea's west coast, when the
side ..........................................................................2.23m
bottom ......................................................................2.00m
Draught
on deck ......................................................................4379
in holds ......................................................................3835
Homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes..............................6170
Reefer plugs......................................................................700
original occupier, Halla, suffered a financial collapse a design ....................................................................13.00m
scantling ................................................................14.50m Tiers/rows (maximum)
few years ago. The varied portfolio now includes the on deck .......................................................................7/17
Displacement ..................................................135,445tonnes
8241TEU container ship E R Tianan, another example Lightweight ........................................................33,875tonnes in holds .......................................................................9/15
of a vessel ordered by a German owner for charter to Deadweight Ballast control system
liner operators, in this case Chinese state-owned design ...............................................................87,734dwt Make ........................................................................Damcos
COSCO. scantling..........................................................101,570dwt Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
The design follows that of similar vessels built by Gross .......................................................................91,649gt Complement
parent company Hyundai, at Ulsan, but is of particular Block coefficient (scantling draught)...............................0.67 Officers...........................................................................15
interest due to the fitting of a Becker twisted leading- Speed, service, 89% MCR ....................................25.30knots Crew...............................................................................16
edge flap-type spade rudder (TLFKSR), claimed to be Bunkers Suez crew ........................................................................6
advantageous as a means of avoiding the rudder- heavy oil..............................................................12,700m3 Special rudder................Becker twisted-edge spade rudder
induced cavitation erosion that can damage conventional diesel oil...................................................................630m3 Bow thruster
Water ballast.............................................................25,200m3 Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
semi-spade rudders on fast vessels. With this new design, Water ballast carried in loaded condition................17,915m3
the leading edge of the rudder flap is constructed in two Number ............................................................................1
Fuel consumption Output… ...............................................................2500kW
sections, with one offset to produce a 'twist'. The main engine only ....................................251.3tonnes/day Bridge control system
arrangement is also understood to reduce the weight of auxiliaries ..................................................10.2tonnes/day Make ........................................Hyundai Heavy Industries
the rudder, increase manoeuvrability, and improve Classification .........Germanischer Lloyd + 100A5, Container One man operation ......................................................Yes
propulsion efficiency. Ship, + MC, AUT, SOLAS II-2 Reg. 19, IW, Fire detection system
Today, large container ships tend to conform to a BWM-F, NAV-OC, Environmental Passport Make....................................................................Saracom
standard layout, with the main variation between designs Percentage of high-tensile Type .........................................................................T2000
on offer from shipbuilders participating in this market steel used in construction .............................................60% Fire extinguishing systems
being the disposition of the holds. In this regard, the Heel control.....................2 x side tanks: 2 x 900m3/h pumps No 1 cargo hold .......High-pressure CO2/sea water spray
Hyundai companies favour having seven holds forward Main engine Other holds/engineroom .....................High-pressure CO2
of the machinery space and two, restricted, Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
compartments aft, dimensioned to suit 30 x 20ft bays Model .........................................................12K98MC Mk6
Radars
and 8 x 20ft bays, respectively. Manufacturer................Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1 Number ............................................................................2
Construction is on the girderless principle, allowing Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Make .......................................................................Furuno
maximum below-decks stowage equating to 3835TEU. On Output/speed Models ............................................FAR-2837S/FAR-2827
deck and hatch covers, seven tiers/17 rows accommodate MCR.............................................68,640kW/94rev/min Waste disposal plant
4379TEU, with 700 electrical sockets arranged to service NCR ..........................................61,090kW/90.4rev/min Incinerator
refrigerated containers. Holds 1 to 7 are fitted with Propeller make ................................Hyundai Marine Machinery
mechanical ventilation, providing two air changes hourly to Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze model ....................................................Maxi 600S WS
suit dangerous cargoes of SOLAS classes 1.4 to 9. Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries Sewage plant
Cell guides suitable for 40ft units are fitted in the Number ............................................................................1 make .....................................................................DVZ
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
holds, and these can also accommodate seven tiers of Diameter ..............................................................9100mm
model .......................................................DVZ-SKA-30
TEU containers. Athwartship lashing bridges are Speed.................................................................94rev/min Contract date......................................................28 July 2003
provided for the larger-sized boxes, allowing those Diesel-driven alternators Launch/float-out date ................................9 September 2005
stowed on hatch covers and upper deck stools to be Number ............................................................................5 Delivery date ............................................28 November 2005

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E R TIANAN

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EXCELSIOR: first re-gasifying LNG carrier

for the Energy Bridge concept
Shipbuilder: ...................D Daewoo Shipbuilding & three each, port and starboard, above No 1 tank. The Fuel consumption, main engine only..............170tonnes/day
Marine Engineering Co Ltd, normal re-gasification capacity is 500mmscfd (500 Classification ......................Bureau Veritas 1 + Hull, + Mach,
(DSME), Korea million standard cubic feet per day), ensuring that a full Liquefied Gas Carrier, Ship type 2G
o
(Membrane tank, 0.25bar. -163 C, 500kg/m3),
Vessel's name: ......................................Excelsior 138,000m3 cargo can be converted to high-pressure Unrestricted Navigation, + VeriSTAR-Hull,
Hull number: ................................................2 2208 natural gas in five-to-six days. + AUT-UMS, +SYS-NEQ-1, SPM/STL, IWS
Owner/operator: ...................E Exmar NV, Belgium Discharge is effected either through P&S deck Steam turbine
Designer:........................................D DSME, Korea manifolds or, more particularly, in line with the Energy Design....................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Model test establishment Bridge concept, via a submerged turret mooring and Model.....................................................................UA-360
used:..........................................S SSPA, Sweden offloading (STL) system, employing a turret installed at Number ............................................................................1
Belgium
Flag: .......................................................B the bow. A buoy is moored to the sea bed at the Type of fuel used .............................HFO and boil-off gas
Total number of sister terminal and this is pulled into, and secured to, the Output/speed....................................26,650kW/88rev/min
ships already completed:..............................N Nil turret's mating cone in the ship's bottom. A swivel in Propeller
the turret allows the ship to weathervane without the Designer/manufacturer.....................................................-
Total number of sister Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2 aid of propulsion, and a quick-release feature is Number ............................................................................1
installed. During normal LNG transfer, the re-gas plant Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
is depressurised, inerted, and segregated from the Speed.................................................................88rev/min
E NERGY BRIDGE is the name given to an

innovative concept introduced by Exmar,
Excellerate Energy, and DSME, which allows a tanker,
normal cargo piping.
Accurate manoeuvring and positioning at the STL
mooring buoy is a necessary component of the
Steam turbine-driven alternators
Manufacturer.....................................................................-
Number ............................................................................3
having loaded an LNG cargo in the conventional way, operation, and a differential GPS system has been Output, each set ...................................................3600kW
to regasify the cargo on board and discharge the high- installed which can place the mating cone within some Diesel-driven alternator
pressure gas, at an offshore buoy or floating terminal. 2m of the buoy. Assisting this manoeuvre is an acoustic Manufacturer, diesel engine .............................................-
Gas is then fed directly into the consumer grid system position-reference system (APRS), using acoustic Manufacturer, alternator ...................................................-
transceivers and transponders to monitor the buoy Number ............................................................................1
through a dedicated mooring arrangement and sub-sea Output ...................................................................3700kW
pipeline, thereby by-passing the need for a costly shore position. Two 1500kW bow thrusters, and one 2000kW
Boilers
terminal which would normally carry out this process. stern unit, are also installed. Number ............................................................................2
The so-called 'LNG re-gasification (re-gas) vessel A Kawasaki 26,650kW steam turbine propulsion unit Manufacturer.....................................................................-
(LNG RV)' has been developed by DSME from its is fitted, supplied by two boilers burning fuel oil or boil- Type ....................................vertical, two-drum water tube
standard 138,000m3 capacity LNG tanker design (Berge off gas. Three 3600kW steam turbine-driven generators Output ........................................................2 x 68,000kg/h
Everett, Significant Ships of 2003), to which has been and a 3700kW diesel set (all slightly larger than on Berge Mooring equipment
added regas facilities and an internal turret for sub-sea Everett) satisfy electrical requirements. Number ................................................9 x mooring winch
pipe connection and weather-vane mooring. That basis Number/type .....2 x 40-person lifeboats, totally enclosed
vessel featured a double hull containing four prismatic
cargo tanks separated by cofferdams. They extended TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Cargo tanks
Length, overall...........................................................277.00m Number ............................................................................4
through the upper deck to form a trunk, and were Length, bp.................................................................266.00m Grades of cargo carried ............................................LNG
constructed in accordance with the conventional GTT Breadth, moulded .......................................................43.40m Cargo pumps
NO96 membrane containment system. Depth moulded Manufacturer.....................................................................-
This has been retained, but, because the LNG RV will Number ............................................................................8
to upper deck ........................................................26.00m
Type .................................Submerged electric centrifugal
be operating under partially filled tank conditions to sunken mooring deck, aft..................................21.26m
Shaft ............................................................stainless steel
involving cargo sloshing, especially when moored to a Width of double skin Capacity, each pump .........................................1700m3/h
buoy, it, and the supporting structure, has been side .........................................................................2.21m Complement
significantly reinforced in the new ship. Cargo handling bottom ......................................................................3.20m Officers...........................................................................19
in the LNG mode also remains as before, using eight Draught Crew...............................................................................15
design ...................................................................11.50m
submerged 1700m3/h electric pumps mounted in pump scantling ..................................…………………….13.20m
Suez crew ........................................................................6
tower masts in the four tanks and capable of Gross .......................................................................93,800gt
Bow thrusters
discharging a full liquid cargo in 12 hours: high- and Number ............................................................................2
Deadweight Output, each.........................................................1500kW
low-duty compressors, main and forcing vaporisers, and design ...............................................................68,130dwt Stern thruster
boil off/warm up heaters are also included in the scantling............................................................76,130dwt Number ............................................................................1
system. Speed, service, 90% MCR, 21% sea margin .......19.10knots Output ...................................................................2000kW
For the LNG RV role, additional equipment has been Cargo capacity.......................................................138,000m3 Radars ...................................................................................2
Bunkers
provided, with three 620m3/h feed pumps in tanks 2, 3 heavy oil.................................................................5700m3 Contract date ..................................................13 March 2002
and 4 supplying a re-gas process, comprising six sets of diesel oil...................................................................350m3 Launch/float-out date ...............................15 November 2003
205m3/h high-pressure pumps and vaporisers, arranged Water ballast.............................................................51,000m3 Delivery date ................................................14 January 2005

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FS PHILIPPINE: third tanker to French

owner from ENVC
Shipbuilder: ..............E Estaleiros Navais de Viana through the shaft-alternator power take-in to drive the Number ............................................................................1
do Castelo SA (ENVC), Portugal ship at a minimum 7knots, has also not been fitted. Output speed ...................................................150rev/min
Vessel's name:................................FS Philippine The Caterpillar MaK 7M43 main engine has been Propeller
retained and develops 6300kW MCR at 500rev/min. A Make .................................................................................-
Hull number: ..................................................2 227 Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Scana Volda gearbox reduces this speed to 150rev/min
Owner/operator:.......F Fouquet Sacop SA, France at the four-bladed, left hand-turning, CP propeller, and
Number ............................................................................1
Designer: ..................E Estaleiros Navais de Viana Pitch................................................................Controllable
produces a service speed at 90% MCR of 14knots. Diameter ..............................................................5100mm
do Castelo SA, Portugal Without the shaft alternator to satisfy sea requirements, Speed...............................................................150rev/min
Model test establishment used: ...S SVA Potsdam, the electrical supply is now solely obtained from three Diesel-driven alternators
Germany Yanmar/Taiyo 750kW diesel sets. An Air Products Number ............................................................................3
France
Flag: .........................................................F exhaust-gas scrubbing system is installed, and a 900kW Engine make/type ...........................Yanmar/6N 21 AL-UV
Total number of sister Rolls-Royce TT1850 bow thruster fitted. The Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
ships already completed:................................2 2 installation is automated and can be controlled locally, Output/speed, each set.....................800kW/1000rev/min
or from the engine control room, wheelhouse or bridge Alternator make/type ..............Taiyo Electric/FE 45E-6A.C
Total number of sister wings. Output/speed, each set.....................750kW/1000rev/min
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil Exhaust-gas scrubbing
Manufacturer..................................................Air Products
Type ....................................................................MPG-900
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Boilers
T HIS is the third unit in a mini-series of generally

similar oil and chemical products tankers built by
ENVC for the French, Fouquet Sacop group. The
Length, oa .................................................................140.00m
Length, bp.................................................................134.00m
Number ............................................................................2
Type .....................Vertical cylindrical thermal-fluid heater
Make ...................................................Wiesloch/25-VO-25
design features a double hull forming common side Depth, moulded ..........................................................12.40m Mooring equipment
Width of double skin Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
and bottom water-ballast tanks, divided into port and 2 x mooring winch
side .........................................................................1.38m
starboard compartments by the centre girder, and bottom ......................................................................1.55m Make/type ..........................Rolls-Royce Rauma MV 120H
surrounding a cargo space containing five pairs of Draught Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
tanks. Whereas in earlier vessels in the class these, and design ......................................................................8.30m Lifesaving equipment
associated pipes, fittings and pumps were constructed scantling .................................................................9.60m Type...................................1 x 25-person free-fall lifeboat
of stainless steel, normal ship-steel has been used for Gross .......................................................................11,118gt Make.....................................................................Hatecke
Cargo tanks
FS Philippine. With all stiffening arranged outside of the Displacement ....................................................24,417tonnes
Number............................................................10 + 2 slop
tanks, and corrugated bulkheads adopted, a plain Lightweight ...........................................................5300tonnes
Deadweight Stainless steel…............................................................No
internal surface is presented, protected by three coats design ...............................................................15,651dwt Cargo pumps
of phenolic epoxy. Similarly coated are two cylindrical scantling ...........................................................19,100dwt Make/type ............................Framo/hydraulic submerged
slop tanks mounted on deck. Speed, service............................................................14knots Number............................................................10 + 2 slop
Cargoes carried include fuel oil, gasoline and naptha, Cargo capacity Type........................10 x SD150-5 cargo; 2 x SD100 slop
together with products in the IMO II range such as Capacities ...............................10 x 300m3/h; 2 x 100m3/h
liquid volume ......................................................19,444m3
Cargo/ballast control systems
benzene, methylic alcohol, also vegetable and animal Bunkers
Make ........................................................................Framo
oils, with temperatures maintained during transport by heavy oil ................................................................1063m3
Complement
using the cargo pumps to circulate the products diesel oil...................................................................125m3
Total................................................................................19
through Wiesloch cylindrical deck-mounted heaters. Water ballast................................................................7119m3
Special rudder...........................................................flap type
Cargo is handled by means of a Framo hydraulic, Fuel consumption
Bow thruster
submerged, 300m3/h pump in each tank, with two main engine only .........................................27tonnes/day
Classification.................Bureau Veritas 1 3/3 E, + Oil Tanker, Make/type.........................................Rolls-Royce/TT 1850
similar 100m3/h pumps serving the slop tanks. Loading Output .....................................................................900kW
Chemical Tanker (IMO Class II),
and discharge is through manifolds at midships, and all Fire detection system ..............................………………Unitor
Unrestricted Navigation, MACH-UMS,
cargo and slop tank valves are fitted with a + AUT-PORT, Ice Class 1C Fire extinguishing system
pressure/vacuum valve and a flame-arresting device. A Main engine Cargo deck........................................foam and sea water
vapour collector for shore return is also fitted. For Design ......................................................Caterpillar MaK Engineroom .................................................................CO2
cleaning purposes, each tank is provided with two fixed Model .......................................………………………7M43 Make.........................................................................Unitor
appliances capable of using hot or cold sea or fresh Manufacturer............................…………..Caterpillar MaK Radars
water. Number ............................................................................1 Number ............................................................................2
The machinery installation adopted for FS Philippine is Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Make ..........................................Kelvin Hughes 2300 KFT
based on that of the earlier sisters; however, the shaft- Output/speed.....................................6300kW/500rev/min Models .......................................................S and X bands
driven alternator previously fitted has been dispensed Gearbox Contract date ..................................................................2003
with. This means that the emergency system which used Make ..............................................................Scana Volda Launch/float-out date ......................................................2005
power from the diesel-driven alternators, directed back Model..................................................ACG950/PF 700/cc Delivery date ...................................................................2005

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HAMMERODDE: handy-sized ro-pax ferry

Shipbuilder: ...........................M Merwede Shipyard lounges, including areas specifically designated for Model ........................................................................9M32
(IHC Holland Merwede Shipbuilding Group), passengers who are non-smokers, have allergies, or are Manufacturer ..............................................................MaK
Number… ........................................................................2
The Netherlands accompanied by pets. The interiors were re-arranged Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Vessel's name:...............................Hammerodde and upgraded by Merwede to suit the Danish routes, Output ..........................................2 x 4320kW/600rev.min
Hull number: ..................................................7702 with the assistance of the Steen Friis consultancy, which Gearboxes
Owner/operator: ...B Bornholmstrafikken, Denmark carried out the interior design work. Passenger comfort Make........................................................................Jahnel
is enhanced by installing a pair of Fincantieri folding- Number ............................................................................2
Designer:..M Merwede Shipyard, The Netherlands Output speed..............................................161.30rev/min
Denmark
Flag: ......................................................D type stabilisers, each 4.2m2 in area and capable of Propellers
Total number of sister reducing roll to 90% at a wave slope of 3.5deg, and Designer .............................................Wärtsilä Propulsion
ship's speed above 18knots. Number… ........................................................................2
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Lifesaving equipment includes two partially enclosed Manufacturer.......................................Wärtsilä Propulsion
Total number of sister 150-person motor lifeboats and seven 35-person Pitch................................................................Controllable
ships still on order: ..........................................11 Diameter ..............................................................4000mm
liferafts. The accommodation block is topped by a full- Speed..........................................................161.30rev/min
(Dueodde, delivered 27 April 2005) width wheelhouse with overhanging wings, providing Main-engine driven alternators
virtually 360deg vision. Navigational equipment Number ............................................................................2
includes two radars; two DGPS, one GPS and, an Make..............................................................Leroy Somer
D ESPITE involvement in a necessary restructuring ECDIS system. An alarm annunciator is also installed Output ........................................2 x 1160kW/1500rev/min
of Group shipbuilding interests during the year, here, along with a workstation duplicating the position Diesel-driven alternators
Merwede was able to simultaneously complete two in the engine control room. Number ............................................................................3
handy-sized ro-pax ferries for service on routes linking The twin-screw propulsion installation is centred on Engine make/type ..............................MAN B&W 6L16/24
two MaK 9M32 non-reversible main engines, Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, with mainland positioned in a 'three-quarter aft' engineroom, with each Alternator make/type ........................................................-
Denmark, Sweden, and occasionally Germany, in only developing 4320kW at 600rev/min and driving the CP Output ...............................................................3 x 515kW
11 months from contract signing, This remarkable feat propellers at 161.30rev/min through Jahnel reduction
Mooring equipment
was made easier due to the shipyard having access to a Number/type .........................2 x mooring winch/windlass
gearboxes. A take-off shaft, which includes Vulkan 4 x mooring winch
successful ferry design concept, introduced in 1992 by super-elastic couplings, is led from each gearbox to Make ..........................................................................Bröhl
former sister yard Van der Giessen-de Noord, which drive a 1160kW/1500rev/min alternator, and three Reefer plugs on vehicle decks ..............................................-
utilised a standard hull form capable of modification to 515kW diesel alternator sets are also installed. Vehicles
suit particular owners' needs, by increasing or A central cooling system serves the installation, and Number of vehicle decks.............................2 (Nos 3 & 5)
decreasing mid-body length. More than a dozen heating is maintained by an oil-fired thermal oil boiler in Total lane lengths
variants of the design have been built, the particular port, and by two exhaust-gas economisers at sea, No 3 deck............................................................644m
basis adopted for the subject vessel being Ben-My-Chree supplemented automatically, if required, by the thermal- No 5 deck............................................................604m
(Significant Ships of 1998). oil boiler. Two bow thrusters are fitted, powered by the Total cars......................................................................380
For the ro-ro mode, Hammerodde is laid out with diesel-alternator sets, and manoeuvrability is enhanced Total freight units............................................................92
by having two in-line high-lift flap rudders. Doors/ramps
vehicle lanes totalling approximately 1248m and 3.10m Number .............1 x stern door/ramp: 1 x hoistable ramp
wide, available for 92 trucks and 280 cars on decks 3 1 x pilot door; 1 x bunker door
and 5, the latter space being partially enclosed under an Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
accommodation block which extends aft for more than TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Complement
half the vessel's length and is open at the aft end. Length, oa .................................................................124.90m Number ..........................................................................28
Permissable axle load is 15tonnes at 1.36m spacing, or a Length, bp.................................................................114.95m Cabins............................................................................23
single axle loading of 26.30tonnes (solid rubber tyres). Depth, moulded
Passengers
Vehicle access is to deck 3 by way of a stern to main deck (No 3).................................................8.60m
Number ........................................................................400
ramp/door, 11.50m/8.50m wide x 12m long, including to upper deck (No 5) .............................................14.30m Number of cabins ..........................................................60
flaps, and offering 5.20m clear height, which is Draught Special rudders ..........................2 x in-line, high-lift flap type
watertight in the closed position. Internally, a hoistable design .....................................………………………5.30m Bow thrusters
Make ...................................................Wärtsilä Propulsion
ramp links with deck 5 and forms a watertight closure in scantling ..................................................................5.60m
Deadweight Number ............................................................................2
that deck when raised. Reefer sockets are fitted Output ...............................................................2 x 900kW
design ..................................................................2883dwt
throughout deck 3, and also on deck 5 within the scantling...............................................................3437dwt Fire extinguishing systems
enclosed area. Gross ......................................................................13,906grt Machinery spaces.......................................................CO2
As a passenger ferry, Hammerodde has three decks of Speed, trial (90% MCR) ........................................18.80knots Vehicle spaces, cabins, public spaces ..............Sprinkler
superstructure dedicated to provide 20 single, 36 Bunkers Radars
double, and 4 four-berth cabins, each with private toilet heavy oil...................................................................346m3 Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
facilities, also 256 reclining seats, serving the 400 diesel oil.....................................................................95m3 Number/type ...............................2 x ARPA Nucleus 6000
passengers currently carried, and a complement of 28. Water ballast................................................................1224m3 Satellite navigation systems
Anticipating future demand, however, the owner has Classification .............................Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Make............................................................................JVC
+100A1, Ro-Ro Passenger Ship,
prepared an arrangement which will allow an increase in Ice Class 1C, LMC, UMS, NAV1 Number/type.......................................2 x DGPS: 1 x GPS
passenger capacity up to 700 persons. Roll stabilisation equipment ................Fincantieri folding fins Contract date .........................................................................-
Deck 7 provides cafeteria facilities, together with a Main engines Launch date ...........................................................................-
children's playground, shop, reception area, and five Design ........................................................................MaK Delivery date......................................................20 April 2005

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HATSU SHINE: a 'green' ship for

Evergreen's UK-flag operations
Shipbuilder:.......M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Another 'green' feature is the choice of electric drive Number ............................................................................1
(Kobe yard), Japan for the deck machinery to eliminate possible oil leakage Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO
Output/speed..................................54,900kW/100rev/min
Vessel's name: .................................Hatsu Shine from hydraulic alternatives. Propeller
S1265
Hull number: ..............................................S The propelling machinery comprises a Sulzer Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
10RTA96C main engine, constructed by the shipbuilder Designer/manufacturer .........Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Owner/operator: ...............M MCC Leasing (No 24) and developing 54,900kW MCR at 100rev/min. The FP Number ............................................................................1
Ltd/Hatsu Marine Ltd, United Kingdom propeller, also a Mitsubishi product, is fitted with a Hub Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Designer:..........M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Vortex Free Cap, and drives the ship at a service speed Speed...............................................................100rev/min
Special adaptations ........................Hub Vortex-Free Cap
Japan of 25.30knots. The four diesel-driven alternator sets are Diesel-driven alternators
United Kingdom
Flag: ..........................................U positioned in pairs, port and starboard, and have an Number ............................................................................4
Total number of sister output of 2900kW each, with the number of sets Engine make/type ..........................................MAN B&W/-
ships already completed:..............................N Nil operational selected in relation to the demands of the Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO
Total number of sister 839 reefer boxes carried. Output, each set ...................................................3090kW
In terms of structural design, Hatsu Shine and her Alternator make/type ........................................................-
9
ships still on order: ..........................................9 three sisters conform with Lloyd's Register's ShipRight Output, each set ...................................................2900kW
notations (with six later sisters for Evergreen classed Mooring equipment
with ABS and having equivalent qualifications) and a Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
H ATSU SHINE is the first of 10 new 'S-class'

container liners building for the Taiwan-based
Evergreen Group, the first four of which will be
fatigue life of over 30 years. The single deck is without
a forecastle, with cargo protection provided by a slight
sheer forward, and a breakwater in front of No 1 hatch.
6 x mooring winch
Make .....................................................................................-
operated by Hatsu Marine Ltd, the UK-flag subsidiary. A sunken mooring deck is arranged aft with container Number/type.................................2 x 27-person lifeboats
In essence, these vessels present the now standard large stowage above. Hatch covers
container-ship configuration, varied, perhaps, by All holds can load dangerous cargoes, with the more Design/manufacturer.............Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
having only six cargo holds forward of the machinery extreme varieties carried in Nos 1 and 2. High-type Type ....................................................................Pontoons
space and superstructure, and two aft; however, the lashing bridges are fitted on deck allowing 17 rows/8 Containers
design becomes significant when the 'green ship' tiers to be accommodated there, with 15 rows/9 tiers in Lengths........................................................20ft, 40ft, 45ft
the holds. Total TEU capacity is 7024, with 4000 carried Height...........................................................8ft 6in; 9ft 6in
approach of builder and owner is considered. on deck and 3024 below. Five-panel pontoon hatch Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
Notably, the double-hull layout extends over the covers close most of the cargo holds. Total TEU capacity.....................................................7024
entire ship, and fuel tanks are either arranged on deck ................................................................4000
transversely between the holds, or under the narrow in holds .................................................................3024
compartments forward and aft, but above the tanktop,
to minimise grounding spills. Larger holding tanks than TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Reefer plugs ................................................................839
Length, oa .................................................................300.00m Tiers/rows, maximum
usual are provided for bilge and grey waters, and a large on deck .......................................................................8/17
Length, bp.................................................................285.00m
capacity oily-water separator ensures compliance with Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.80m in holds .......................................................................9/15
MARPOL requirements. An 'air-space' sterntube seal is Depth, moulded ..........................................................24.20m Complement
fitted to avoid leaks from the propeller shaft, and special Draught, moulded, design/scantling ..........................14.20m Officers.............................................................................8
rooms are provided to store galley and other waste prior Gross .......................................................................75,246gt Crew...............................................................................10
to incineration, in line with an EP notation. Deadweight ............................................................78,693dwt Spare................................................................................9
Features of the 'green' characteristics for the Speed, service.......................................................25.30knots Special rudder ..................................................Reaction type
machinery installation are the low NOx emissions from Bunkers Bow thrusters.........................................................................2
both main and auxiliary engines, and an ability to switch heavy oil.................................................................8848m3 Fire extinguishing system
to low-sulphur fuel, with a dedicated tank fitted for this diesel oil...................................................................587m3 Cargo holds.................................................................CO2
purpose. The problem of exhaust emissions in port is Water ballast.............................................................27,349m3
Engineroom...........................................Total flooding CO2
Fuel consumption
dealt with by adopting a so-called 'cold ironing' main engine only ..................................210.50tonnes/day Make .................................................................................-
arrangement. Also known as the AMP (Alternative Classification .................Lloyd's Register+ 100A1, Container Radars
Marine Programme), this system is in use in Los Ship, ShipRight (SDA, FDA, CM), Number ............................................................................3
Angeles and other US west coast ports, and allows the *IWS, L1, EP, + LMC, UMS Models.....................1 x ARPA X-band: 1 x ARPA S-band
ship's alternators to be completely shut down, with port Heel control system...................................Automatic transfer 1 x X-band
Main engine
demands satisfied by bringing a 6.6kV electrical supply Design......................................................................Sulzer
Integrated bridge system ..................................................Yes
on board by cable and converting it to the ship's 440volt Model ................................................................10RTA96C Contract date......................................................23 July 2003
supply (a special reel is fitted on deck for this purpose). Manufacturer .........................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch/float-out date......................................23 March 2005

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JEANNE-MARIE: 78,600m3 LPG tanker

from Daewoo
Shipbuilder: .......................D Daewoo Shipbuilding the two, using Hamworthy KSE 500m3/h vertical Number ............................................................................1
& Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME), Korea deepwell, stainless-steel pumps in each tank (eight in Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO
Output .............................................15,995kW/115rev/min
Vessel's name:...............................Jeanne-Marie total). Other products can be carried providing their Propeller
Hull number: ................................................2 2304 toxicity, aggressiveness, pressure, temperature and Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Owner/operator.................G Geogas Shipping SA, specific gravity are within the limits of the design. For Designer/manufacturer .............................DSME/Hyundai
Switzerland maintaining the condition of the cargo, a re-liquefaction Number........................................…………………………1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Designer:........................................D DSME, Korea plant is installed in a deckhouse on the upper deck.
Diameter ..............................................................7000mm
Model test establishment The main engine selected for Jeanne-Marie is a Sulzer Speed...............................................................115rev/min
used:........................................S SSPA, Sweden 7RTA62U-B unit manufactured by HSD (now Doosan) Diesel-driven alternators
France
Flag: .........................................................F and developing 15,995kW MCR at 115rev/min. This Number ............................................................................3
gives a service speed of 17.60knots at 90% of that Engine make........................STX Engine Co Ltd (licence)
Total number of sister Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO
ships already completed:................................1 1 rating with a 15% sea margin allowed, driving a FP Output/speed of each set..................1255kW/900rev/min
Total number of sister propeller. Electrical requirements are served by three Alternator make........................Hyundai Heavy Industries
ships still on order: ..........................................1 1 STX/Hyundai diesel-alternator sets, each producing Output/speed, each set.....................1180kW/900rev/min
1180kW, and steam is provided from a vertical Exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment
Manufacturer.......................................................KangRim
watertube boiler with an output of 2500kg/h, Type ......................................................Forced circulation
A LTHOUGH less well publicised than the LNG

sector, the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry
still commands its share of global fuel supply, and
manufactured by KangRim, the company that also
made the ship's exhaust-gas scrubbing equipment.
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
Type .....................................................vertical water tube
Make ...................................................................KangRim
requires significant numbers of vessels to transport the Output .................................................................2500kg/h
product. As discussed in Significant Ships of 2004 (see TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Mooring equipment
Polar Viking), the design and construction of these Length, oa .................................................................224.50m Make ........................................................................Kocks
Length, bp.................................................................213.00m Type.....................................................................hydraulic
specialist tankers has changed little in the 40 years since Breadth, moulded .......................................................36.00m Lifesaving equipment
the first such carrier was delivered, and a standard Depth, moulded ..........................................................22.30m Type ..............................................2 x 36-person lifeboats
configuration has developed which is still evident in Draught Cargo tanks
Jeanne-Marie. This comprises a single-deck ship without design ....................................................................11.25m Number ............................................................................8
scantling ................................................................11.70m Grades of cargo carried.............................................LPG
a forecastle, but having a sunken mooring deck aft. The Gross .......................................................................46,632gt Coated tanks .................................................................No
machinery room is positioned right aft, and above this Displacement ....................................................70,770tonnes Cargo pumps
is a substantial accommodation block, separated from Lightweight ........................................................17,562tonnes Number ............................................................................8
the machinery casing and funnel. Deadweight Type........................................................Vertical deepwell
design ...............................................................50,195dwt Make ........................................................Hamworthy KSE
The hull is of single-skin construction and arranged scantling............................................................53,208dwt Stainless steel........................................ASTM A743 CF 8
with top and bottom wing tanks: the latter being joined Block coefficient, at design draught............................0.7638 Complement
with a double bottom space divided by a centreline duct Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......17.60knots Officers...........................................................................16
keel, to form port and starboard L-shaped water ballast Cargo capacity.........................................................78,614m3 Crew...............................................................................14
Bunkers Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
tanks. Enclosed within this structure, the cargo space is heavy oil.................................................................3894m3 Bridge control system
arranged with four holds, into each of which an diesel oil...................................................................336m3 Type .......................................................Integrated bridge
independent, externally insulated, self-supporting, Water ballast.............................................................24,137m3 One man operation ......................................................Yes
prismatic cargo tank is installed. These have a centre Fuel consumption Fire extinguishing systems
main engine only ........................................59 tonnes/day Cargo spaces .................................................Dry powder
division to provide P&S compartments capable of
Classification ....Bureau Veritas I +HULL + MACH, Liquefied Engineroom .................................................................CO2
carrying gas at a maximum vapour pressure of 0.25bar, Gas Carrier/LPG, unrestricted navigation, Radars
a lowest temperature of -48oC, and specific gravity of + VeriSTAR-Hull, + AUT-UMS, SYS-NEQ-1, Number/type................................1 x X-Band: 1 x S-Band
0.61. No internal coatings are applied to the tanks. MON-SHAFT, INWATER SURVEY Make ........................................................Japan Radio Co
Main engine Models ..............................JMA-9923-9XA: JMA-9933-SA
Jeanne-Marie's cargo systems are designed to handle
Design......................................................................Sulzer Contract date..............................................19 February 2003
two refrigerated cargoes simultaneously, drawn from a Model ..............................................................7RTA62U-B Launch/float-out date...............................................July 2004
range which includes propane, butane, and mixtures of Manufacturer ......................................HSD (now Doosan) Delivery date .....................................................January 2005

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KOTA PEKARANG: HMD-built 2824TEU

box-ship for Far East services
Shipbuilder: .....H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd, containers carried on the fore deck. A requirement for Speed...............................................................104rev/min
Korea the maximum number of containers homogeneously Diesel-driven alternators
loaded to 14tonnes has been considered, and a Number ............................................................................4
Vessel's name: .............................Kota Pekarang Engine make/type .............Hyundai-MAN B&W/8L28/32H
Hull number: ................................................0 0369 complement of 2029TEU can be accommodated, with
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Owner/operator: .................E E R Schiffahrt GmbH stability monitored by computer. Output, each set ...................................................1680kW
A double-hull space surrounds the cargo holds and is Alternator make ....................................................Hyundai
& Co KG, Germany/Pacific divided into separate side and bottom tanks allocated to Output, each set ...................................................1600kW
International Lines, Singapore the carriage of water ballast and fuel. The bottom tanks Boiler
Designer: ..........H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea are further divided into P&S spaces by a duct keel. Number ............................................................................1
Model test establishment Compartments above the side tanks are designated as Type .....................................................Mission composite
used: ......HHyundai Maritime Research Institute, voids and carry the overflow lines for fuel oil tanks and Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Korea the reefer power distributors. Output ...........................................3 tonnes/h/2.5tonnes/h
Liberia
Flag: .........................................................L The main engine is of MAN B&W 7K80MC-C Mooring equipment
design, built by the nearby Hyundai Heavy Industries Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Total number of sister factory. Its MCR rating is 25,270kW at 104rev/min, and 4 x mooring winch
ships already completed:................................4 4 at 90% full power a service speed of 23.18knots is Make ........................................................................Kocks
Total number of sister attained, allowing 10% sea margin. Electrical Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
ships still on order: ..........................................8 8 consumption is met by four Hyundai 1600kW diesel- Hatch covers
Designer/manufacturer....................................MacGregor
driven alternator sets, and an Aalborg composite boiler Type.....................................................Lift-away pontoons
has a steam output of 3tonnes/h/2.5tonnes/h. A Containers
S INCE its introduction in 2002 as the first container Brunvoll 1100kW bow thruster assists manoeuvring. Lengths ....................................................20/40/45/48/49ft
ship to be produced at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Heights.........................................................8ft 6in; 9ft 6in
(HMD), following its conversion from being a world- Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
leading shiprepair and conversion specialist into a TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Total TEU capacity.....................................................2824
Length, oa .................................................................222.17m on deck ................................................................1798
newbuilding facility, this HMD 2824TEU design has in holds .................................................................1026
Length, bp.................................................................210.00m
proved particularly popular with German owners Breadth, moulded .......................................................30.00m homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................2029
specialising in building ships for charter to the major Depth, moulded ..........................................................16.80m Reefer plugs ................................................................586
container-liner companies. The Rickmers Group is Width of double skin Tiers/rows (maximum)
especially prominent in this field, and the E R Tianan, side ..........................................................................2.14m on deck .................................................................7/12
featured elsewhere in this review, carrying 8241TEU, bottom ......................................................................2.18m in holds ......................................................……….6/10
demonstrates the wide spread of the owner's Draught Ballast control system .............................................................
design ....................................................................10.10m Make/type ......................................Pleiger Far East/piano
involvement in this trade. Complement
scantling ................................................................12.22m
Kota Pekarang is currently chartered by Singapore- Gross .......................................................................28,297gt Officers...........................................................................11
based Pacific International Lines (PPI), and mainly Deadweight Crew...............................................................................14
operates in South East Asian waters where this size of design ...............................................................28,840dwt Spare................................................................................1
vessel is much in demand. HMD's basis design has been scantling............................................................39,270dwt
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
upgraded to suit Rickmers/PPI requirements, with Bow thruster
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 10% sea margin .......23.18knots Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
hatch coaming heights increased to suit loading of 9ft Bunkers Number ............................................................................1
6in high containers in any tier throughout the holds, heavy oil.................................................................3300m3 Output ...................................................................1100kW
with appropriate strengthening of the hull structure diesel oil..............................................……………...230m3 Bridge control system
also incorporated. In this way a maximum mix of 4 x Water ballast.............................................................11,300m3 Make ........................................Hyundai Heavy Industries
8ft 6in boxes and 2 x 9ft 6in size can be carried in 10 carried in loaded condition ...................................8300m3 One man operation .......................................................No
athwartship rows below decks, with 12 rows stowed on Fuel consumption Fire detection system
Make ......................................................Consilium Marine
the upper deck and hatch covers. A full range of main engine only ....................................92.02tonnes/day
Type… .......................................................................EN54
container lengths from 20ft to 49ft can be carried, auxiliaries (4 alternators running) ................24tonnes/day
Classification ..........................Germanischer Lloyd + 100A5, Fire extinguishing systems
including 586 refrigerated units. Cargo holds...............................................CO2; sea water
Container Ship,SOLAS Ch. II-2, RSD, + MC, AUT, IW
Dangerous goods of classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1, 6.1, 8 and Percentage of high-tensile
Engineroom .................................................................CO2
9 (excluding goods containing hydrogen mixture) can steel used in construction .............................................35%
Make .............................................................................NK
be accommodated in closed containers in holds 1 and 2, Radars
Heel control system ......................................2 tanks, 1 pump Number ............................................................................2
and, with the addition of class 5.2 materials, on all hatch Main engine Make .......................................................................Furuno
covers except those above the engineroom. In Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Models ...........................................FAR-2837S, FAR-2827
accordance with SOLAS regulation Ch II-2 Reg. 19, Model ...............................................................7K80MC-C Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
closed containers carrying class 2, 3, 4, 5.1, 6.1, 8 and 9 Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries Waste disposal system
goods, again excluding those containing hydrogen Number ............................................................................1 Incinerator
mixtures, may be loaded into holds 3 to 6. Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Make .................................Hyundai Marine Machinery
The cargo holds are arranged forward of the Output ............................................25,570kW/104rev/min Model ................................................Maxi 150SL-1WS
Sewage plant
machinery space, positioned almost aft, and closed by Propeller
Make...............................................................Jonghap
weathertight pontoon covers. No 1 hold is accessed Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries Model ...........................................JMC-B10AEROB-12
through an extended forecastle, and additional stowage Number ............................................................................1 Contract date ...........................................10 December 2003
for TEU/FEU is arranged on deck aft of the Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Launch/float-out date ...............................24 November 2004
superstructure. A breakwater affords protection to Diameter ..............................................................7200mm Delivery date ................................................3 February 2005

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MAERSK DUNKERQUE: new-generation

ro-pax ferry from Samsung
Shipbuilder: ..............S Samsung Heavy Industries input/output signals are processed. Pitch................................................................Controllable
Co Ltd, Korea Vehicles are accommodated on three fixed decks: Nos Diameter ..............................................................5400mm
3, 4 and 5, providing 2900 lane metres for 120 trailers Speed...............................................................135rev/min
Vessel's name: ......................Maersk Dunkerque Main-engine driven alternators
1523
Hull number: ................................................1 and 200 cars. Clear heights on decks 3 and 4 are 4.9m, Number ............................................................................2
Owner/operator:..........................N Norfolk Line BV with 2.4m available on deck 5 for cars. Freight and Make .................................................................Nishishiba
(A P Möller group), tourist traffic is loaded on to separate decks over the Output, each set ...................................................3800kW
The Netherlands bow and stern using MacGregor access equipment Diesel-driven alternators
Designer:..................S Samsung Heavy Industries consisting of a bow door, behind which a side-hinged Number ............................................................................3
Co Ltd, Korea watertight door is fitted at main deck level. A top- Engine make/type ..........Doosan-MAN B&W/6L32/40-CD
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Model test establishments used: ........S Samsung, hinged folding front door serves the open upper deck Output/speed, each set.....................2880kW/720rev/min
Korea/M MARIN, The Netherlands garage and a sliding watertight door is arranged aft. A Alternator make/type.........................................Nishishiba
United Kingdom
Flag: ..........................................U hoistable, tilting ramp links the main and upper vehicle Output, each set ...................................................2280kW
Total number of sister decks, and is gastight when closed. Boilers
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Fixed ramps with side-hingeing doors give access Number ............................................................................2
Total number of sister from deck 4 to deck 5, where a visor-type bulwark Type.......................................................................Oil-fired
arrangement can be raised hydraulically to provide the Make .....................................................................Aalborg
2
ships still on order: ..........................................2 Output ...........................................................2 x 3000kg/h
specified clear height and allow access to the terminal Mooring equipment
linkspan. Forward and aft electro-hydraulic power Number ....................................................................8 sets
S AMSUNG'S great efforts to break into the

European ferry market have now borne more fruit -
since the company delivered Prometheus to Minoan
packs, plus an emergency unit, operate the access
equipment.
The hull form, developed using Samsung's own
Make ............................................................Hydralift-BLM
Type .......................................................................Electric
Lines in 2001 (Significant Ships of 2001) - with the model basin facilities and verified by MARIN, has Lifeboats
Number/type ........................................2 x 150-person
winning in 2003 of this contract to build three vessels proved to be satisfactory for a service speed of 26knots, Make ...............................................................Fassmer
for the A P Möller Group's Dover-Dunkirk 'tourist' understood to be the fastest of any ferry on the English Marine evacuation system
service. This is an unusual operation in that it is Channel routes (beating the 2001-built Seafrance Rodin Number ................................................2 x 400-person
dedicated to the needs of the motorist, and does not by 1knot). Make ...................................................................Viking
accept coaches or foot passengers, only tourist and Type........................................................Vertical chute
freight vehicles. Vehicles
No cabins are provided, but the requirements of TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Number of vehicle decks.....................................3 x fixed
travellers on the two-hour journey are served by public Length, oa .................................................................186.60m Total lane length......................................................2900m
Length, bp.................................................................172.00m Total cars......................................................................200
rooms on decks 6 and 7, designed by Danish specialist Total freight units..............................................120 trailers
Breadth, moulded .......................…………………...…28.40m
Steen Friis, and outfitted by Korean company Kesson. Depth, moulded Doors and ramps
These comprise lounges, cinema, shop, and a 402-seat to main deck ............................................................9.70m Number ..............1 x bow shell door; 1 x bow inner door;
'free-flow' restaurant. On the deck above, a 135-seat to upper deck ........................................................15.70m 1 x bow bulwark door;
bistro and lounge, VIP lounge, and business centre are Draught 1 x bow front
also available for passengers travelling by car, whilst design ......................................................................6.75m door; 1 x internal tiltable ramp; 1 x
truck drivers are accommodated on a separate deck, and scantling ..................................................................6.90m stern door; 2 x rampway doors
Gross .......................................................................36,000gt
have their own restaurant and lounges, together with a Deadweight
Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
sleeping room equipped with reclining seats and a TV design ..................................................................6740dwt
Bow thrusters
lounge. Crew accommodation is arranged on deck 7, Make...................................................................Kawasaki
scantling...............................................................6160dwt Number ............................................................................3
and seven lifts provide separate traffic flows for the Speed, service at 100% MCR, 15% sea margin ..26.00knots
Output, each ........................................................1800kW
above three categories, and for service requirements. Bunkers
Stern thrusters
Environmental issues have been to the fore in heavy oil.................................................................1650m3
Make...................................................................Kawasaki
preparing the design, and equipment included satifies diesel oil...................................................................220m3
Water ballast................................................................1520m3 Number ............................................................................1
Lloyd's Register's EP notation. No visible smoke Classification ....Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1, RoRo Output ...................................................................1800kW
emissions are allowed, and low noise and vibration Cargo & Passenger ship, IWS, EP (BGPR), Bridge control system..................................................Furuno
impact is a feature. An environment-friendly waste +LMC, UMS, CCS, ICC, NAV1, IBS, Fire detection system ..............................................Consilium
system is fitted and extra protection to avoid oil leaks IFP, PSMR, PCAC2.2, Descriptive notes, Fire extinguishing systems
included. Redundancy of propulsion and control ShipRight (FDA, SDA, CM), SERS, SCM, L1 Engineroom .................................................................CO2
systems has been considered to PSMR and ICC Heel control equipment ................................................Framo Make.........................................................................Unitor
Roll stabilisation equipment Vehicle spaces....................................................Drencher
requirements, with main engines, alternators, and Make.....................................Northrop Grumman (Sperry)
steering gear installed in separate compartments. Make..............................................................................Iljn
Type ..........................................................Retractable fins Cabins/public spaces.......................................Water mist
For the propulsion machinery, this means having port Number.....................................................................1 pair Make ....................................................................Softonex
and starboard enginerooms just aft of midships, each Main engines
Radars
containing two MAN B&W 8L48/60B main engines Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Number ............................................................................2
each developing 9600kW and driving a CP propeller Model..................................................................8L48/60B
Make .......................................................................Furuno
through a Renk twin-input/single-output gearbox. Two Manufacturer ....................................................MAN B&W
Number ............................................................................4 Models..............................................FAR-2837SW/2827W
main engine-driven 3800kW alternators are installed Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Waste disposal plant
and, in a separate compartment, there are three 2280kW Output, each engine.............................................9600kW Sewage treatment plant
diesel alternator sets. Gearboxes Make ......................................Hamann Wassertechnik
An integrated automation system from Kongsberg Make ..........................................................................Renk Model.........................................................HL-CONT 7
Maritime provides complex monitoring and control of Model .........................................................NDSHQL-3400
Grey water treatment
all machinery, as well as fire and safety equipment; an Number ............................................................................2
Output speed ...................................................135rev/min Make ......................................Hamann Wassertechnik
emergency shutdown system is specially tailored to the Propellers Model.......................................................HL-CONT 15
ship. Eleven workstations for this plant are fitted in the Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Contract date.....................................................29 April 2003
wheelhouse, engine control room, ship's office, and Designer/manufacturer...................................Rolls-Royce Launch/float-out date...............................29 December 2004
chief engineer's day room. More than 2000 Number ............................................................................2 Delivery date ................................................September 2005

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MAKHACHKALA I: train ferry for Caspian

Sea oil transport
Shipbuilder:..................U Uljanik Shipyard, Croatia two small shunting engines carried on board (Uniloks, Number ............................................................................2
Vessel's name: .............................Makhachkala I similar to those used in the 1970s-built Railship series Pitch................................................................Controllable
Diameter ..............................................................2749mm
Hull number: ..................................................4 459 for the Baltic), and towed aft. Unloading reverses the Speed...............................................................250rev/min
Owner: .......................M Makhachkalinsky Morskoy procedure, with the on-board shunters pushing the Main-engine driven alternators
Torgoviy Port, Russian Federation tanktop wagons to the lift, and shore locos pulling them Number ............................................................................2
Designer: .....................U Uljanik Shipyard, Croatia ashore. A total of five hydraulically operated Make/type .....................................Uljanik Tesu/S3 904-24
Model test establishment used: ...........B Brodarski buffers/damping cylinders with autocouplers are fitted Output/speed, each............................840kVA/250rev/min
Institut, Croatia Diesel-driven alternators
at the forward ends of the tracks, which are configured Number ............................................................................2
Russia
Flag: ..........................................................R to the Russian/Finnish 1524mm standard gauge. Engine make/type.............................MAN-DEMP/DE2842
Total number of sister The propulsion machinery is installed at the aft end of Type of fuel ................................................................MDO
ships already completed:..............................N Nil the hull and comprises two MAN B&W 5S26MC two- Output/speed, each...........................399kW/1500rev/min
Total number of sister stroke main engines each developing 2000kW MCR at Alternator make/type ..................Uljanik Tesu/1FC6 404-4
ships still on order: ..........................................3 3 250rev/min. At 80% of this rating a service speed of Output/speed, each..........................460kVA/1500rev/min
Cargo lift
13.80knots can be obtained. Each engine also drives a Number ............................................................................1
shaft alternator with an output of 840kVA, with the
T
Make................................................................MacGregor
RAIN ferries are something of a rarity nowadays in port side unit arranged with a clutch, allowing the Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
annual reviews of newbuildings, however, propeller to be dis-engaged to permit the alternator to Performance...................................................176tonne lift
Makhachkala I, along with three sisters (one delivered provide electricity only whilst in port. As an alternative, Stern door
later in 2005, with the second pair scheduled for 2006 electrical supply can be drawn from two diesel-driven Number ............................................................................1
completion), is of special interest, having been 460kVA alternators. A 500kW bow thruster is fitted and
Make................................................................MacGregor
designed to transport crude oil, oil products and a 1000m3/h pump operates an anti-heeling system.
Type..............................electric winch-operated guillotine
propane, loaded into railway wagons, around the Mooring equipment
Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
Caspian Sea, as part of a fleet modernisation 2 x mooring winch
programme, especially between ports in Kazakhstan to TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Make ...............................Rolls-Royce (Rauma Brattvaag)
Baku in Azerbaijan or Makhachkala in Dagestan. Length, oa .................................................................154.50m Type ..............................................…………………electric
Despite the advent of international pipelines in this Length, bp.................................................................147.00m Buffers
part of the world, sea transport was considered the Breadth, moulded .......................................................17.50m Number ............................................................................5
most economic option for the routes being served, Depth, moulded Type.....................................................................hydraulic
Make.........................................................Rarie, Germany
where there are no available pipelines. to main deck ............................................................7.50m
Shunting locomotives
Somewhat unusually, the configuration of the design to upper deck ........................................................13.35m
Width of double skin Number ............................................................................2
owes as much to the restrictions imposed by the locks sides.........................................................................3.50m Maximum tonnage pull ...................................1500tonnes
and bridges which have to be negotiated on the delivery bottom ......................................................................1.80m Make.............................................Unilokomotive (Ireland)
voyage from Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia to the Caspian Draught Wagons
Sea, as to the requirements of its intended trading design ......................................................................4.50m Number of wagon decks .................................................2
schedule, and any equipment exceeding an air draught scantling ..................................................................4.69m Total wagons
for oil products .............................52 x 93tonnes each
of 17.20m was made dismountable for this purpose. A Lightweight......................................................3951tonnes
for propane...................................52 x 58tonnes each
typically long 'Russian' profile is presented, having an Deadweight
design ..................................................................5518dwt for oil products ...........................14 x 176tonnes each
overall length of 154.50m and a beam of 17.50m. The scantling...............................................................5991dwt Ballast control system
hull is double-skinned below the main deck level and Block coefficient ............................………………………..0.81 Type ......................................................................Danfoss
above this there is an upper deck surmounted by a long Speed, service, 80% MCR ...................................13.80knots Number...............................................2 x 120m3/h pumps
low deckhouse containing accommodation for 12 Bunkers Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
passengers and 20 crew, extending aft from the heavy oil...................................................................186m3
Crew...............................................................................10
navigating bridge. diesel oil.....................................................................26m3
Water ballast (including heeling tanks) ......................1771m3 Passengers
Railway wagons are carried on the tanktop, where two Fuel consumption Total................................................................................12
full length rail tracks are laid out, and on the main deck, main engines only........................................17tonnes/day Bow thruster
which has four tracks over the forward and midships Classification .............Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Make ...................................................Wärtsilä Propulsion
Number ............................................................................1
area, reducing to two at the aft end. Access is on to the KM 2 A2 Ro-Ro ship ( 1 within areas
* Output .....................................................................500kW
main deck at the stern, over a shore linkspan and lengthwise fr.-4 - fr.147 and fr.177-fr.198)
through a 10.40m x 4.80m guillotine-type stern door steel used in construction .............................................15% Make ........................................................Schottel Lyngsø
supplied by MacGregor. Heel control system ..................1 x 1000m3/h Danfoss pump
The main deck side tracks, as well as those on the Make ...........................................................Zenitel Marine
Main engines
tanktop, are arranged to carry wagons weighing Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Wagon spaces..............................................Portable CO2
93tonnes, with the main deck centre rails suitable for Model ...................................................................5S26MC
Make .........................................................Pastor (Croatia)
Manufacturer ....................................Uljanik Strojogradnja
176tonne wagons. The loading procedure is for shore Number ............................................................................2 Radars
locomotives to push two parallel trains on to the main Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Number .....................................................................Litton
deck centre tracks, at the fore end of which is a Output of each engine.......................2000kW/250rev/min Models..............................ARPA 343/12/B; ARPA 342/8/B
Incinerator
MacGregor hydraulically-operated cargo lift with a Clutch (port side engine only)
Make..............................................................Tibo, Croatia
Number ............................................................................1
lifting capacity of 176tonnes. Propellers Contract date.....................................................11 April 2003
This can accommodate two trucks in parallel and Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Launch/float-out date...............................29 December 2004
lower them to the tanktop where they are connected to Designer/manufacturer .........................................Schottel Delivery date ......................................................20 July 2005

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MOBY AKI: new ro-pax ferry for

Tyrrhenian Sea services
Shipbuilder: .................F Fincantieri CNI SpA, Italy tiltable ramp links the main and upper decks, and a fixed Output, each engine.......................12,600kW/500rev/min
Vessel's name:......................................Moby Aki ramp with cover serves the lower deck. Trailer capacity Gearboxes
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Hull number: ................................................6 6116 is 117, using 1950m lane metres, and about 665 cars can Number ..................................2 x twin-input/single-output
Owner/operator: ..................M Moby Lines Srl, Italy be carried. Output speed ...................................................154rev/min
Designer:.....................F Fincantieri CNI SpA, Italy Electrical connections for 30 reefer trailers are Propellers
provided and an anti-heeling system with a reversible Material .......................................................Stainless steel
Model test establishment used: ....V Vienna Model Designer/manufacturer........................................Kamewa
Basin, Austria pump is fitted. Mechanical ventilation fans provide 10 Number ............................................................................2
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly air changes/hour at sea, and 20/hour in port. Pitch................................................................Controllable
Total number of sister Four Wärtsilä 12V46C main engines (in a different Diameter ..............................................................5400mm
Speed...............................................................154rev/min
ships already in service: ...............................N Nil arrangement to those on the Daewoo-built ferries) Main-engine driven alternators
Total number of sister provide propulsion power, each producing 12,600kW Number ............................................................................2
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil MCR when running at 500rev/min. These are Make ......................................................FKI Marelli Motori
connected in pairs through Renk twin-input/single- Output/speed, each set...................1600kW/1500rev/min
output gearboxes which reduce engine speed to Number ............................................................................3
M OBY is a relative newcomer to the Tyrrhenian

Sea ferry links where it operates alongside the
old-established Tirrenia shipping line, running between
154rev/min at the two CP propellers. Service speed is
27.70knots at 73.9% MCR allowing a 15% sea margin.
Each gearbox also drives a 1600kW/1500rev/min
Engine make/type...................................Wärtsilä 6R32LN
Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO
Output/speed, each set.....................2460kW/750rev/min
Alternator make............................................Marelli Motori
Civitavecchia, the port of Italian capital Rome, and Marelli alternator, with additional electric supply Output/speed, each set.....................2360kW/750rev/min
Olbia, on the north east corner of Sardinia, as well on available from three 2360kW Wärtsilä/Marelli diesel Mooring equipment
several other routes. Last year, Tirrenia introduced sets. Main and auxiliary engines in the installation are all Make ......................................................Rauma-Brattvaag
Type .......................................................................Electric
another Fincantieri product, Nuraghes (Significant Ships of equipped to run on the same grade of heavy fuel oil Lifesaving equipment
2004) into its schedules, with Moby now following suit (IFO 380), and this is also used in the auxiliary boiler Number/type .........................4 x 385-person MES chutes
with Moby Aki, designed to carry 2080 passengers and which, with two exhaust-gas economisers, satisfies Doors, ramps
generally similar in exterior profile and layout to the steam consumption. Manoeuvring is enhanced by Number ...........................................2 x stern door/ramps,
1 x bow door/ramp,
Daewoo-built twins Moby Wonder and Moby Freedom, having two spade-type rudders positioned either side of 1 x tiltable ramp, 1 x fixed ramp
completed in 2001. a central skeg, each of which is operated by a rotary- Make ............................................................Navalimpianti
Passenger amenities include nine two-berth cabins, vane steering gear aft, and two Kamewa 1500kW Complement
with 1216 (plus 24 disabled) passengers in four-berth thrusters at the bow. Officers...........................................................................14
Crew.............................................................................125
rooms. An 'owner's' room is also provided, and all 320 Passengers
cabins have private toilets. Aircraft-type seats are Total............................................................................2080
available for 191 passengers in a Pullman room at the TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Cabins..........................................................................320
Length, oa .................................................................175.00m Special rudders.........................................2 x spade rudders
aft end of deck 6. Lifesaving equipment available for Bow thrusters
Length, bp.................................................................162.85m
this complement includes four MES vertical chutes Breadth, moulded .......................................................27.60m Make ....................................................................Kamewa
each catering for 385 persons, as well as 4 x 150-person Depth, moulded Number ............................................................................2
semi-enclosed lifeboats and two rescue boats. to main deck (No 3).................................................9.80m Output, each.........................................................1500kW
to upper deck (No 6) .............................................15.40m Bridge control system
Passenger cabins are arranged on decks 6 and 7, with Make ..................................................Consilium-Selesmar
Draught
a show lounge extending over the forward parts of design ......................................................................7.00m One man operation .......................................................No
these decks and deck 8, the main leisure deck. This scantling ..................................................................7.20m Fire detection system
features a cafeteria, restaurants, reception area, fast food Gross .......................................................................36,000gt Make...........................................................................Tyco
Deadweight, design ..................................................5500dwt Fire extinguishing systems
outlets, childrens' and video games areas, and shops. A Speed, service (73.9% MCR, 15% sea margin)...27.70knots Engineroom .................................................................CO2
sports bar with atrium occupies the aft end of this deck Bunkers Vehicle spaces....................................................Drencher
and deck 9 above, where the swimming pool and sun heavy oil.................................................................1300m3 Cabins/public spaces .........................................Sprinkler
deck are located. diesel oil...................................................................180m3 Make.....................................................................Minimax
Water ballast................................................................2400m3 Radars
Foot passengers enter aft, on the port side of the Classification ..............................Registro Italiano Navale C * Number ............................................................................3
main deck (No 3) via a designated ramp, and use a two- Ro-Ro Passenger Ship, AUT-UMS, Ice Class 1B Make ..................................................................Consilium
section passenger escalator to reach reception. Officers and American Bureau of Shipping + A1 (E), Integrated bridge system
Make ..................................................Consilium-Selesmar
are accommodated on deck 9 with other crew cabins on Vehicle Passenger Ferry, + AMS, + ACCU,
Waste disposal system
Ice Class BO
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Three fixed decks, Nos 1, 3, and 4 (upper deck) are Main engines Make .............................................................Deerberg
available for vehicles, with a hoistable deck (No 5) Design...................................................................Wärtsilä Sewage plant
Model ....................................................................12V46C Make ......................................................................ISIR
arranged forward between decks 4 and 6. Access to the Manufacturer.........................................................Wärtsilä Contract date...........................................................July 2003
main deck forward is through a side-hinged bow door Number ............................................................................4 Launch/float-out date ....................................November 2004
and ramp, and aft by way of two stern ramp/doors. A Type of fuel used.......................................HFO and MDO Delivery date ...........................................................May 2005

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MSC MAEVA: Hanjin's 'super post-

Panamax' container liner
Shipbuilder:................H Hanjin Heavy Industries & accommodating 20ft units. Lashing bridges, based on Speed...............................................................102rev/min
Construction Co Ltd, Korea an exact calculation of individual accelerations of the Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Vessel's name: .................................MSC Maeva lashing equipment and hatch covers, are fitted on deck, Engine make/type ..........STX-MAN B&W Holeby/8L27/38
Hull number:...............................................N N-128 each constructed with two-tier walkways, while a Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Owner/operator: ......M Mediterranean Shipping Co breakwater erected at the forecastle affords protection Output/speed...............................4 x 2400kW/720rev/min
SA, Switzerland to deck cargo. Refrigerated FEU containers can be Alternator make/type ..............Hyundai/HFC5712-14K-SB
Designer ....................H Hanjin Heavy Industries & Output/speed.....................................2250kW/720rev/min
carried on deck, served by 550 electric sockets. A Mooring equipment
Construction Co Ltd, Korea 1200m3/h dedicated anti-heel pump is installed for use Number ..........................................................................12
Model test establishment used:.................K Korea during loading and discharging, with control Make ........................................................................Kocks
Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Lifesaving equipment
Engineering (KRISO), Korea incorporated in the ship's alarm and monitoring system. Number........................................................2 x 32-person
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P The machinery installation for this new series is based Make ....................................................................Fassmer
Total number of sister upon a Sulzer 12RTA96C-B main engine manufactured Type ...................................FRP, totally enclosed lifeboats
ships already completed:..............................N Nil by the Doosan Engine Co, formerly trading as HSD, Hatch covers
Total number of sister and one of the three leading Korean marine diesel Design .............................................................MacGregor
ships still on order: ..........................................8 8 manufacturers. MCR output of this engine is 68,640kW Manufacturer ...................................................Shipbuilder
at 102rev/min; service speed at 90% of this rating and Type ....................................................Open web pontoon
Containers
allowing 20% sea margin, is quoted as 25.96knots on Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
design draught, using an 8800mm FP propeller directly
H ANJIN'S claim to be amongst the leading Korean Height.......................................................................8ft 6in
builders of large container ships is borne out by its coupled to the engine. Electrical supply comes from Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
almost total concentration on the construction of this four Hyundai 2250kW alternators driven by STX-MAN Total TEU capacity.....................................................8085
B&W Holeby diesels. Assisting manoeuvrability is a on deck ................................................................4233
type of vessel over recent years. Satisfying customer in holds .................................................................3852
demand for ever larger TEU capacities has, however, 2600kW KTE-Nakashima bow thruster. homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................6492
presented problems at the Youngdo-shipyard, and the Reefer plugs .........................................................550FEU
'significance' of this new box-ship series perhaps lies Tiers/rows (maximum)
more with the way that Hanjin has introduced new TECHNICAL PARTICULARS on deck .................................................................7/17
Length, oa .................................................................324.80m in holds ..................................................................9/15
techniques in order to cross the 8000-TEU barrier for Length, bp.................................................................309.20m Cargo control system
the first time, than with the design of the ships Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.80m Make .............................Norcontrol (Kongsberg Maritime)
themselves. Depth, moulded ..........................................................24.60m Type ..........................................................DataChief C-20
The main restriction to Hanjin's plans to keep pace Width of double skin Ballast control system
with market requirements is the 300m maximum length side ..........................................................................2.20m Make.........................................................Pleiger Far East
of the two building docks at Youngdo, and to overcome bottom ......................................................................2.10m Type...............................Electric-hydraulic remote control
Draught Complement
this problem, the company has introduced a patented design ....................................................................13.00m Officers...........................................................................12
DAM system, where construction of the vessel's main scantling ...............................................................14.50m Crew...............................................................................16
hull in the dock is stopped at a convenient position Gross .......................................................................89,954gt Suez crew ........................................................................6
forward, and a dam fitted to close off the opening. Deadweight Bow thruster
Meanwhile, the bow section is built elsewhere and is design ...............................................................87,570dwt Make ........................................................KTE-Nakashima
joined afloat to the main hull at a later date: a procedure scantling .........................................................105,010dwt Number ............................................................................1
Speed, service, 90% MCR, 20% sea margin .......25.96knots Output ...................................................................2600kW
which can be developed to allow Hanjin to construct Bunkers Bridge control system
much larger ships in future. heavy oil .............................................………..…10,990m3 Make .............................Norcontrol (Kongsberg Maritime)
Other constructional benefits recently introduced diesel oil...................................................................370m3 Type..........................................AC-4/SSU-8810/ETS/OPU
include facilities for lifting larger, 1500tonne units into Water ballast ...........................................................26,164m3 One man operation ......................................................Yes
the building docks, thereby cutting building time in the Water ballast carried in loaded condition.........11,500tonnes Fire detection system
dock by half. In addition, extending the DAM principle Classification ...........................Germanischer Lloyd +100A5, Make....................................................................Saracom
Container Ship,SOLAS Class 2,
to aft-end structures and prefabricating deckhouses in Reg 19, +MC, AUT, BWM-F
Type .........................................................................T2000
single, 1000tonne modules, again reduces dock building Fire extinguishing systems
Heel control equipment............................................1200m3/h Cargo holds/engineroom ..................................Fixed CO2
time. pump controlled by ship's Make .............................................................................NK
MSC Maeva is a single-deck, double-hull vessel with alarm and monitoring system Radars
forecastle, laid out with seven holds forward of the Main engine Number/type ................................1 x X-band; 1 x S-band
machinery space and one restricted hold aft, loading Design......................................................................Sulzer Manufacturer ..........................................................Furuno
Model ............................................................12RTA96C-B
fifteen, 2 x TEU stacks, and three x 2TEU stacks, Manufacturer.................................Doosan Engine Co Ltd
Models........................FAR-2837S-36AF; FAR-2827-24AF
respectively, in the holds and on deck. Additionally, a Integrated bridge system
Number ............................................................................1 Make .......................................................................Furuno
single TEU stack is carried at the break of the forecastle Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Model ....................................Model FEA-2105, FAP-2000
forward, and an FEU stack right aft above the mooring Output… ................................68,640kW/102rev/min MCR Waste disposal plant
deck. Total TEU capacity is 3852 (holds) and 4237 (on Propeller Incinerator
deck and pontoon hatch covers). Homogeneously Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Make ...................................................Hyundai Marine
Manufacturer.............................................................MMG Model .....................................................Maxi 150SL-1
loaded to 14 tonnes, 6942 containers can be carried. Number ............................................................................1 Contract date..............................................15 February 2003
Cell guides are provided in every hold for 40ft Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Launch/float-out date...............................27 December 2004
containers, and these are capable of also Diameter ..............................................................8800mm Delivery date ................................................2 February 2005

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MSC PAMELA: world's largest container

ship (9200TEU) . . . . for now!
Shipbuilder: ................S Samsung Heavy Industries bilge tanks, and three transverse double-bottom tanks, as Designer/Manufacturer .........................SHI/Mecklenburger
Co Ltd, Korea a means of solving the excessive stability problems Metalguss (MMG)
Number................................................................................1
Vessel's name: ..................................MSC Pamela associated with this type of vessel. Pitch..............................................................................Fixed
Hull number: ...................................................1 1508 Nos 5 and 6 wing tanks are deployed as anti-heeling- Diameter..................................................................8800mm
Owner/operator: ..................R Reederei Claus-Peter tanks during cargo operations. A forecastle is included, Speed ..................................................................104rev/min
Offen (GmbH & Co), Germany/ with a breakwater behind it to give protection to deck Diesel-driven alternators
Number................................................................................4
Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, Switzerland cargo, whilst at the aft end there is a sunken mooring Engine make/type .........................STX-MAN B&W 6L32/40
Designer:.......S Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, deck. Dangerous goods can be loaded in holds 3, 5 and 6, Type of fuel ....................................................................HFO
Korea and on deck, and connections are provided adjacent to Output/speed, each set .......................3000kW/720rev/min
the superstructure to serve 700 self-contained air cooled Alternator make .......................................................Hyundai
Model test establishment used:.....S Samsung Ship Output/speed, each set .......................2750kW/720rev/min
Model Basin, Korea FEU. Boilers
Panama
Flag: ..........................................................P Not only is MSC Pamela claimed to be the largest Number................................................................................1
Total number of sister container ship currently operating on the Euro-Asian Type ....................................................................Mission OS
route, but she is understood to be the fastest: developing Make.........................................................................Aalborg
ships already completed: ..................................3 3 Output ..............................................................6.50tonnes/h
Total number of sister a service speed of 26knots from a 12-cylinder MAN Mooring equipment
ships still on order: .............................................9 9 B&W K98MC-C main engine with an MCR rating of Number of sets....................................................................9
68,520kW at 104rev/min. Make ..................................................................Rolls-Royce
Electrical supply comes from four Hyundai 2750kW Type ...........................................................................Electric
Hatch covers
S AMSUNG'S own press release covering the delivery

of this vessel refers to the company 'beating its own
largest container ship record each year since 2003'.
alternators powered by STX-MAN B&W 6L32/40
engines. Steam comes from an Aalborg Mission
6.5tonnes/h boiler, and a 3000kW Kawasaki bow thruster
Type......................................Steel pontoon, non-sequential
Designer .............................................................MacGregor
Containers
is fitted. For protection of the environment, a ballast Cell guides.......................................................................Yes
Maximum capacity then was 8000TEU, passing 8600 in Total TEU capacity........................................................9178
2004, and has now reached a nominal 9200 with this new exchange system, and Germanischer Lloyd's requirements on deck, maximum .................................................4526
series of 13 vessels, originally contracted to carry for a Green Passport, have been applied. in holds ....................................................................4652
8200TEU, but uprated at a very late stage by Reefer plugs..............................................…………700FEU
Tiers/rows (maximum)
Offen/MSC, in line with a rapidly changing market. on deck.....................................................................7/18
Previous increases in TEU capacity have generally been TECHNICAL PARTICULARS in holds ...................................................................10/16
met by simply adding an extra container bay into the Length, oa.....................................................................336.70m Ballast control system
Length, bp ....................................................................321.00m
ship's length, but in this case technical collaboration Breadth, moulded...........................................................45.60m
Make............................................................Pleiger Far East
Type ..................................................hydraulic valve control
between builder, owner and Germanischer Lloyd Depth, moulded, to upper deck ....................................27.20m Complement
concluded that widening the ship was a better option, Width of double skin Officers ..............................................................................17
since it would result in a more rigid hull, whereas further side..............................................................................2.33m Crew ..................................................................................14
bottom .........................................................................2.10m
lengthening would produce a slender ship experiencing Draught
Suez crew............................................................................6
Bow thruster
greater hull deformation, and requiring to be significantly design .......................................................................13.00m Make .........................................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
stronger than a wider vessel in order to attain the scantling....................................................................15.00m Number................................................................................1
necessary stiffness. Gross .........................................................................107,849gt Output ......................................................................3000kW
Deadweight
The original design was transformed in only three days, design...................................................................83,200dwt
Make..............................................................................HKM
and was followed by extensive global analysis and lateral scantling.............................................................108,200dwt One man operation .........................................................Yes
acceleration testing, including computer simulation of Speed, service..........................................................26.00knots Fire detection system
forces experienced at sea. This determined that the new Bunkers Make .......................................................................Satacom
heavy oil .................................................................10,900m3 Fire extinguishing systems
arrangement could accommodate 18 TEU rows on deck, diesel oil ......................................................................560m3 Cargo holds/engineroom ...............................................CO2
and 16 in the holds. An accompanying increase in depth Water ballast ................................................................25,300m3 Make ...........................................................................NK Co
improved the ratio of hold/deck containers and allowed Fuel consumption Radars
up to 10 tiers to be carried below decks, with no main engine only .....................................258.30tonnes/day Number................................................................................2
auxiliaries ...................................................30.70tonnes/day Make...........................................................................Furuno
restriction on the positioning of high-cube boxes. In-hold Classification ...............................Germanischer Lloyd +100A5 Models........................................FAR-2827W, FAR-2827SW
capacity is 4652TEU, with either 4058 or 4526 units Container Ship, RSD Star, Integrated bridge system
loaded on deck, depending on whether stacks are six or +MC, AUT, NAV-O, Green Passport, Make...........................................................................Furuno
seven tiers high. To improve distribution of the permitted IW, BWM-F, SOLAS II-2, Reg. 19 Model.....................................................................FEA-2807
Heel control equipment ..........................1 x anti-heeling pump Waste disposal plant
maximum weight across individual containers carried on Main engine Incinerator
deck, lashing bridges, giving access to the corner castings Design..................................................................MAN B&W Make.....................................................................HMMC
of the fourth (rather than the usual third) tier, have been Model ................................................................12K98MC-C Model..........................................................Maxi 1200SL
Sewage plant
fitted between each hatch. Manufacturer..........................................Doosan Engine Co Make .............................................................Hamworthy
Number................................................................................1
Structurally, the design features continuous hatch Type of fuel used ...........................................................HFO
Model ......................................................................ST3A
Contract date.................................................26 February 2003
coamings forming the main longitudinal strength Output ................................................68,520kW/104rev/min Launch/float-out date............................................23 April 2005
member, and a double-hull space comprising side and Propeller .............................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Delivery date..........................................................11 July 2005

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NORTH POINT: 51,000dwt ice-

strengthened product tanker from STX
Shipbuilder: ......S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea running at 105rev/min, driving a FP propeller. When Alternator make/type...................Hyundai/HFC6 508-84K
Vessel's name: ...................................North Point operating at 75% of that power and allowing a sea Output of each set............................................................-
margin of 15%, a service speed of 16.62knots is Boilers
Hull number ..............................................S S-1163 Number/type ...........................1 x oil fired; 1 x composite
Owner/operator:...........P Pietro Barbaro SpA, Italy attained. The STX brand name is also attached to the Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Designer:..........S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea MAN B&W 6L23/30H design of auxiliary engines, Output...............................................18,000kg/h (oil fired)
which are prime movers of the three Hyundai 900kW Mooring equipment
Model test establishment alternator sets installed. An oil-fired and a composite Number ....................................................................6 sets
used: .......................M Moeri (Maritime & Ocean boiler satisfy steam demand, and operation of the Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Engineering Research Institute) machinery installation can be carried out from either Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly the engine control room or the bridge, using an STX- Lifesaving equipment
Total number of sister licensed Lyngsø system. Number.........................2 x 30-person enclosed lifeboats
ships already completed:................................2 2 A spacious deckhouse aft, accommodates 15 officers Make ....................................................................Fassmer
and 12 crew, with additional berths for a six-man riding Cargo tanks
Total number of sister Number ................................12 plus 1 x residue, 2 x slop
ships still on order: ..........................................9 9 crew. Lifesaving arrangements include two conventional Grades of cargo carried.........................6 x segregations
lifeboats carried under gravity-type davits. Product range.......................crude oil, sodium hydroxide
solution, IMO Type II chemicals
A LTHOUGH North Point displays many of the Coated tanks.............................................phenolic epoxy

TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Stainless steel ........................................piping SUS 316L
characteristics of the STX Advanced 47K product Length, oa .................................................................183.00m Cargo pumps
tanker featured in Significant Ships of 2004 (High Length, bp.................................................................173.90m Number ..................................................................12 sets
Endeavour), there are, perhaps, equally as many Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m Type ..............................................Submerged centrifugal
differences between the designs to be examined, not Depth, moulded ..........................................................19.10m Make…..............................................Frank Mohn (Framo)
least the increased scantling draught which allows an Width of double skin Stainless steel .......................................................SUS316
additional 4000dwt to be carried. Particularly side ..........................................................................2.00m Capacity........................................................12 x 600m3/h
bottom ......................................................................2.15m
significant in an Italian-owned tanker is the built-in Draught
Cargo/ballast control systems
suitability of the design for operation in the North Make .....................................................................Danfoss
design ....................................................................11.00m Type............................................Hydraulic remote control
Atlantic trades and the inclusion of Registro Italiano scantling ................................................................13.27m Complement
Navale (RINa) Ice Class 1A requirements and adoption Gross .......................................................................30,050gt Officers...........................................................................15
o
of the -20 C ambient temperature design basis. The Deadweight Crew...............................................……………………...12
design also complies with marine environmental and design ...............................................................39,210dwt Suez crew ........................................................................6
safety criteria for vessels operating in ExxonMobil scantling............................................................50,921dwt Bow thruster
service. Cargo capacity.........................................................54,063m3
Make ........................................................KTE-Nakashima
North Point is laid out with a single deck and forecastle, Bunkers
Number ............................................................................1
and features a double-hull structure within which a Output .....................................................................950kW
heavy oil.................................................................1289m3 Bridge control system
corrugated centreline, and transverse bulkheads diesel oil...................................................................186m3
mounted on stools, form six pairs of cargo tanks. With Make ...................................................STX/Lyngsø Marine
Water ballast.............................................................23,461m3 Type ..................................DMS2100i/DPS2100/EGS2000
deck beams arranged externally, the tanks present a Fuel consumption One man operation .......................................................No
flush internal surface which is coated with 300microns main engine only ......................................34.7tonnes/day Fire detection system
of phenolic epoxy. auxiliaries ....................................................2.4tonnes/day
Make....................................................................Saracom
Two slop tanks and the heavy oil bunker tanks, which Classification ..................Registro Italiano Navale (RINa) +C,
Type .........................................................................T2000
are protected by cofferdams, are installed at the aft end Unrestricted Navigation, Oil Tanker-Chemical Tanker,
of the cargo space, and water ballast is carried in side ESP, AUT-UMS, In Water Survey, Mon-Shaft,
Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
and bottom double hull spaces and peak tanks, coated SPM, VCS, Ice Class 1A
Make .............................................................................NK
with light-coloured tar-free epoxy. Twelve Framo Percentage of high-tensile steel
Engineroom .........................................................Hot foam
used in construction ......................................................37%
hydraulically driven, 600m3/h submerged pumps serve Main engine
Make.........................................................................Unitor
the cargo tanks, with slops handled by a pair of similar Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Radars
300m3/h units. Ballasting is performed using two Model ....................................................6S60MC-C (Mk 7) Number ........................................1 x X-band; 1 x S-band
750m3/h pumps. Six cargo separations can be dealt with Manufacturer .............................................STX Engine Co Make .............................................Telemar (Litton Marine)
simultaneously by the piping system, which is designed Number ............................................................................1 Models ......................................................Bridgemaster E
to carry oil products, crude oil, and IMO Type III Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
chemicals. More than 200 commodities, including Output .............................................13,560kW/105rev/min Waste disposal plant
sodium hydroxide solution, can be loaded. Propeller Incinerator
Make...............................................................HMMCO
STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, was rescued from the Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Model .....................................................MAXI 50 SL-1
remains of the former Daedong shipbuilding company Designer/Manufacturer ........Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
Waste shredder/crusher
by engineering group Ssangyong, then already a long- Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Make .................................................................Baratta
established licensee for MAN B&W diesel engines. As Diameter ..............................................................6800mm Model....................................................................2106
a result, this design of main engine is a natural choice Speed...............................................................105rev/min Sewage plant
for propulsion machinery fitted in current STX Diesel-driven alternators Make.....................................................................Evac
newbuildings, indeed, these are now also marketed Number ............................................................................3 Model .............................................................STP 40C
under the STX name. Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W/6L23/30H Contract date.....................................................21 April 2002
Such is the case with the 6S60MC-C (Mk 7) unit fitted Type of fuel used ..............................................HFO/MDO Launch/float-out date......................................30 March 2005
to North Point, which develops 13,560kW MCR when Output of each set..................................................900kW Delivery date ......................................................24 May 2005

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OCEAN NEPTUNE: 49,700dwt

oil/chemical tanker from a smaller
Korean yard
Shipbuilder: ...S ShinA Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea separate pumproom, rather than independent deepwell Number ............................................................................1
Vessel's name: ...........................Ocean Neptune units in each tank, as normally fitted in ShinA tankers. Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Hull number: ................................................S S449 Three grades of cargo can be handled simultaneously, Diesel-driven alternators
with their characteristics requiring that pure epoxy tank Number ............................................................................3
Owner/operator ..........X Xin Guang Shipping (Pte) coatings are applied to the steelwork, around 35% of Engine make ................................................STX (licence)
Ltd,/Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd, Singapore which is of high-tensile grade. Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Designer:.......S ShinA Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea The former HSD engine works, now trading under Output/speed, each set.......................730kW/720rev/min
Singapore
Flag: ....................................................S the Doosan name, is the supplier of the six-cylinder Alternator make/type .................................................Taiyo
Total number of sister MAN B&W S50MC-C main engine installed in Ocean Output/speed, each set.......................675kW/720rev/min
ships already completed: ...............................5 5 Neptune. This develops 9480kW at 127rev/min MCR, Boilers
Total number of sister and at 85% of that rating the service speed is recorded Number ............................................................................2
as 15knots. Three STX/Taiyo diesel alternator sets are Type.......................................................................Oil-fired
ships still on order: ..........................................99 fitted, each supplying 675kW to satisfy electrical Make ...................................................................KangRim
requirements, and two oil-fired boilers provide steam. Output, each boiler..........................................20,000kg/h
Illustration shows sister Ocean Stellar Cargo tanks
Number .......................................................11 plus 2 slop
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
D
ESPITE operating from only two building berths, Length, oa .................................................................189.00m Product range..........................................oil products and
the ShinA shipyard at Tongyoung has built up a Length, bp.................................................................180.00m IMO Type III chemicals
formidable reputation with an output of mainly Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m Coated tanks........................................Sigma pure epoxy
middle-range, products and chemical tankers, included Depth, moulded ..........................................................20.20m
Cargo pumps
Draught
in the 11 or so vessels it is currently delivering each design ....................................................................12.50m
Number ............................................................................3
year. A particular feature of recent designs has been an scantling ................................................................13.50m
Type...........................................Steam turbine centrifugal
ability to gain an advantage in cargo capacity or Gross .......................................................................31,000gt
Make........................................................................Shinko
performance over other similar vessels by relatively Stainless steel......................................................SUS 304
Deadweight
Capacity, each pump .........................................1700m3/h
slight modifications to dimensions or hull form. design ...............................................................49,700dwt
Cargo/ballast control system
ShinA's claim for Ocean Neptune is an increase in cargo scantling ...........................................................50,300dwt
Make..................................................................Norcontrol
capacity of some 7000m3, compared with earlier vessels Speed, service at 85% MCR......................................15knots
Type .................................Remote control and monitoring
of this size built by the company, a gain achieved mainly Cargo capacity
Complement
by eliminating transverse bulkhead stools in the cargo liquid volume ......................................................62,755m3
Officers...........................................................................15
Bunkers
tanks. In addition, a modified hull form contributed to Crew...............................................................................12
heavy oil.................................................................1550m3
the increase, and, in particular, produced a claimed 3% diesel oil...................................................................200m3
Suez crew ........................................................................6
improvement in speed also reduced vibration and noise Water ballast.............................................................20,000m3
compared with contemporary designs. Fuel consumption
Make..................................................................Norcontrol
Ocean Neptune is one of 15 sister ships ordered by One man operation? .....................................................No
main engine only .........................................33tonnes/day Fire detection system
Ocean Group, and is laid out with a cambered single Classification..............American Bureau of Shipping *A1 (E), Make… ................................................................Saracom
deck which also features a slight sheer forward, leading RW, Oil Chemical Tanker, *AMS, *ACCU, SH, ESP, Fire extinguishing systems
to a short forecastle. The cargo space is contained SHCM, RES, VEC, UWILD, FL(30) Cargo deck ......................................................Fixed foam
within a double-hull with side tanks forming a sloping Percentage of high-tensile Engineroom .................................................................CO2
bilge at the junction with the tank top. Two longitudinal steel used in construction .............................................35% Radars
girders divide the bottom space into a central tank, and Main engine Number ............................................................................2
Make .......................................................................Furuno
two outboard compartments joined with the side spaces Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Models .............................................................FAR-2835S
to provide L-shaped ballast tanks. A centreline bulkhead Model ...............................................................6S50MC-C Waste disposal plant
divides the cargo space into five pairs of cargo tanks, Manufacturer .......................................Doosan Engine Co Incinerator
except at the fore end where No 1 tank extends across Number ............................................................................1 Make...............................................................TeamTec
the vessel. Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Sewage plant
Make ....................................................................RWO
Since caustic soda is amongst the cargoes regularly Output/speed.....................................9480kW/127rev/min Model ..................................................30 persons/day
carried by Ocean ships, Ocean Neptune complies with the Propeller Contract date .....................................................25 May 2003
IBC code for this cargo and is provided with three Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Launch/float-out date .........................................28 May 2005
steam turbine-driven 1700m3/h pumps, installed in a Designer/manufacturer................................Silla Metal Co Delivery date ......................................................29 July 2005

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OTTOMANA: Turkish-built product tanker

for Italian owner
Shipbuilder: ..........C Celik Tekne Shipyard, Turkey grade AISI 316L. Each tank is equipped with a Frank Output .......................................................2 x 8000kg/day
Vessel's name: .....................................Ottomana Mohn hydraulically operated, stainless steel, submerged Cranes
Number/rating .............................1 x 10tonne/20m radius
Hull number: ....................................................5 54 pump of 600m3/h capacity, and cargo control is by 1 x 3tonne/15m radius
Owner/operator: ....M Mediterranea di Navigazione means of a Lyngsø Marine system, with a similar 1 x 2tonne/7m radius
SpA, Italy installation serving ballasting operations. Deck cranes Make .............................................................Crane Power
Designer: ........M Marine Engineering Services SrL are provided for handling hoses both at midships and Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
(MES), Italy over the stern. Tasks ....................................1 x hose handling midships;
Model test establishment 1 x hose handling aft; 1 x stores
Mooring equipment
used: ....................V Vienna Model Basin, Austria Number ...........................................................................6
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Make ..............................................Rolls-Royce Brattvaag
Total number of sister Length, oa .................................................................169.00m Type .............................................high-pressure hydraulic
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Length, bp.................................................................158.70m Lifesaving
Total number of sister Breadth, moulded .......................................................27.40m Number .............................1 x 27-person free-fall lifeboat
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil Depth moulded, to main deck ....................................14.60m Type .......................................................................NorMar
Width of double skin Make .......................................................Jiangyin Xinjiang
side ..........................................................................2.15m Cargo tanks
bottom ......................................................................1.85m Number ....................................................12 plus 1 x slop
T HIS is the second delivery from the Celik Tekne

shipyard to this Italian owner to be reviewed in
editions of Significant Ships. In 2003, the 5884dwt
Draught
design ......................................................................9.50m
scantling ................................................................10.00m
Grades of cargo ..............................................................9
Product range ................................................IMO Class II
Make of coating ....................................International Paint
oil/chemical tanker Cosmo was described, and she is Gross .......................................................................17,782gt Piping.........................................Stainless steel AISI 316L
Cargo pumps
now joined in service by the larger Ottomana, a Displacement ....................................................33,004tonnes
Number ..........................................................................12
27,000dwt IMO Class II, oil products and chemical Lightweight ...........................................................7920tonnes
Deadweight Type ................................................Hydraulic submerged
carrier, designed for world-wide service, including design ...............................................................25,000dwt Make ...............................................................Frank Mohn
transit of the Suez and Panama canals. She is believed scantling............................................................27,000dwt Material ......................................Stainless steel AISI 316L
to be the largest tanker yet built in Turkey, whose Block coefficient, 10.00m draught.................................0.785 Capacity........................................................12 x 600m3/h
shipbuilding industry is currently enjoying a mini- Speed, service, 90% MCR ....................................15.50knots Cargo/ballast control systems
Make ..........................................................Lyngsø Marine
boom. Built in accordance with the dual class Cargo capacity
Type ..........................................................UMS/UCS 2100
regulations of Registro Italiano Navale (RINa) as first liquid volume ......................................................33,000m3
Complement
register, and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as Bunkers
Officers............................................…………………12 +1
second, the vessel includes the Italian society's Green heavy oil.................................................................1000m3 Crew...............................................................................11
diesel oil...................................................................200m3
Star notation, which certifies the vessel is environment- Water ballast.............................................................12,000m3
Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
friendly. Bow thruster
Percentage segregated ballast .....................................100% Make................................................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
Ottomana is notable for her machinery installation, Classification ...............Registro Italiano Navale C + Star Oil, Number ............................................................................1
which features the first European-built Mitsubishi low- Chemical Tanker ESP, Unrestricted Navigation, Output .....................................................................800kW
speed main engine: a 6UEC50LSII type constructed in Green Star, Sys, NEQ, IMO II, also American Stern thruster
Spain by IZAR-Manises Propulsion Energy, the only Bureau of Shipping + A1(E), Oil, Chemical Make................................................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
current European licensee of the Japanese designer. Carrier, + AMS, +ACCU, VEC, SH, SHCM, Number ............................................................................1
FL30, ESP, IMO Type II Output .....................................................................800kW
The six-cylinder unit develops 8670kW at 127rev/min Main engine Bridge control system
and, when operating at 90% full power and Design ...................................Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Make .......................................................................Furuno
115rev/min, can sustain a service speed of 15.50knots. Model .............................................................6UEC50LSII One man operation ......................................................Yes
The propulsion train includes a MAN B&W Alpha Manufacturer ................IZAR-Manises Propulsion Energy Fire detection system
CP propeller of 5500mm diameter, and is completed by Number ............................................................................1 Make...........................................................Thorn Security
Rolls-Royce Kamewa 800kW thrusters at both bow and Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Fire extinguishing systems
stern - hydraulic motors for these being driven from the Output ................................................8670kW/127rev/min Cargo tanks ..............................................................Foam
same power pack as used for the cargo pumps. Propeller Make ..........................................................Svenska Skum
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Electrical power is derived from three Yanmar/Taiyo Designer/manufacturer ..........................MAN B&W Alpha Make ....................................................................Siemens
800kW diesel alternators, and steam is generated in two Number ............................................................................1 Radars
8000kg/day oil-fired boilers. Pitch................................................................Controllable Number ............................................................................2
Within a double-hull there are six pairs of cargo tanks Diameter ..............................................................5500mm Make .......................................................................Furuno
and a slop tank, separated by a centreline and six Speed...............................................................115rev/min Models......................................................2837SW/2827W
transverse bulkheads of troughed construction, Diesel-driven alternators Integrated bridge system
arranged to load cargoes having densities up to Number ............................................................................3 Make .......................................................................Furuno
1.025tonnes/m3, with a possibility to carry products up Engine make..........................................................Yanmar Waste disposal plant
Output/speed, each set.......................900kW/900rev/min Incinerator
to 1.54tonnes/m3 slack, and flash points up to 60oC. Make ...............................................................Teamtec
Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO
The cargo spaces are segregated into nine grades, each Alternator make .........................................................Taiyo Model ............................................................OG 120C
with independent piping systems, whilst the handling Output/speed, each set.......................800kW/900rev/min Sewage plant
arrangements are such that five grades of cargo can be Boilers Make ....................................................................RWO
worked simultaneously. Number ............................................................................2 Contract date .......................................................8 May 2003
Tank coatings are supplied by International Paint, and Type.......................................................................Oil fired Launch/float-out date .........................................14 May 2005
piping is sea water corrosion-resistant stainless steel of Make .....................................................................Aalborg Delivery date.....................................................October 2005

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P&O NEDLLOYD MONDRIAAN: IHI takes the

Sulzer RT-flex concept into higher powers
Shipbuilder:...........IIHI Marine United Inc, Japan 3000kW, yet is smaller in diameter and overall length Alternator make/type................Hyundai Heavy Industries
Vessel's name: ...........P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan than the earlier TC model, allowing it to be fitted closer Output/speed, each set.....................3210kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Hull number: ................................................3 3191 to the bow, thereby improving the turning moment Number ............................................................................1
Owner/operator: ..........................M Mondriaan Star generated. The reduced diameter also means a smaller Type ....................................................Water tube, vertical
Schifffahrtsgesellschaft MBH shell aperture, leading to a lower speed drop caused by Make ...................................................................KangRim
flow disorders. Output ...............................................................6 tonnes/h
& Co KG, Germany P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan is a double-hulled vessel with Mooring equipment
Designer:...............IIHI Marine United Inc, Japan side spaces divided into top and bottom tanks with P&S Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Model test establishment used:..........IIHI, Japan Make ..........................................................................Bröhl
fore and aft passageways above, and the double bottom Type .......................................................................Electric
Liberia
Flag: .........................................................L arranged with three athwartship tanks. The engineroom Hatch covers
Total number of sister is positioned about ¾L and there is no forecastle, Design/manufacturer .........................MacGregor/Kayaba
ships already completed:..............................N Nil however, a sunken mooring deck is provided aft with Type ....................................................................Pontoons
Total number of sister FEU container stowage above. Container capacity was Containers
originally specified as 7500TEU, later increased to 8450, Lengths........................................................20ft, 40ft, 45ft
ships still on order: ..........................................7 7 with a capability to load 20ft, 40ft, and 45ft units, and Heights.........................................................8ft 6in, 9ft 6in
Cell guides................................................Yes, angle bars
sockets are provided for 701 refrigerated containers. Total TEU capacity ..........................................................8450
Lashing bridges are fitted between each hatch, and cell
T
on deck ......................................................................4616
HIS vessel (now trading as Maersk Sana) is another guides installed. in holds ......................................................................3834
example of a German-owned container ship built homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes.........................5944
for the liner-charter market, and, as such, conforming Reefer plugs......................................................................701
generally with the standard configuration which has TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Tiers/rows (maximum)
evolved over recent years to suit market requirements Length, oa .................................................................335.00m on deck .......................................................................9/15
for that type of hull. As lead ship of an eight-hull Length, bp.................................................................319.90m in holds .......................................................................8/17
series, delivery in mid-December 2004 came too late Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.80m
Make.........................................................Danfoss Marine
for inclusion in that year's review, but the claim made Depth, moulded ..........................................................24.40m
Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
then, that the ship was the first recipient of a high- Draught, slwl ...............................................................14.05m
Gross .......................................................................94,724gt Complement
powered Sulzer RT-flex engine warrants a reference Deadweight ............................................................97,517dwt Officers.............................................................................9
here. Speed, service 90% MCR .....................................24.50knots Crew...............................................................................14
The 12RT-flex 96C engine is basically a standard RTA Bunkers Supernumaries ............................................................... 4
design except that a number of mechanical parts, heavy oil..............................................................12,700m3 Suez crew ........................................................................6
Bow thruster
notably the camshaft and its gear drive, complete fuel diesel oil...................................................................740m3
Make.................................................Nakashima Propeller
injection pump units, exhaust valve actuator pumps, Water ballast.............................................................23,500m3
Fuel consumption Number ............................................................................1
reversing servomotors and related mechanical control main engine only ..................................225.70tonnes/day Type ................................................................TCT-315 CP
gear, have been replaced by a common-rail system for auxiliaries (no reefer containers) ............10.80tonnes/day Output........................................................3000kW/450kN
fuel injection and exhaust valve actuation, and by fully Classification ..........Germanischer Lloyd + 100A5 Container Bridge control system
integrated electronic control. A number of benefits are Carrier, + MC,AUT, IW, NAV-OC, Make .......................................................................Furuno
understood to accrue from the new concept, including RED, SOLAS II-2, Reg 19 One man operation ......................................................Yes
Heel control system fitted..................................................Yes Fire detection system
superior combustion and smokeless operation, together Main engine Make ...................................................................Autronica
with lower, stable running speeds and reduced fuel Design......................................................................Sulzer Type..................................................………………BS-100
consumption at part loads. Model............................................................12RT-flex96C Fire extinguishing system
Incorporation of these into the RTA96C engine Manufacturer ................................................Diesel United Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
follows a successful run which has seen some 140 units Number ............................................................................1 Make........................................................Kawasaki Safety
of that design entering service, particularly emphasising Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Radars
its suitability for container ships of varying sizes, and Output/speed....................................61,900kW/94rev/min Number ............................................................................3
Propeller Make .......................................................................Furuno
ranging in size from seven to 12 cylinders. The new Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Models .............................2 x FAR-2827(X)/ FAR-2837 (S)
version fitted in P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan develops Designer/manufacturer........................IHI/Mecklenburger Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
61,900kW MCR at 94rev/min and is directly coupled to Metalguss Waste disposal system
a FP propeller for a service speed of 24.5knots at 90% Number ............................................................................1 Incinerator
full power. Four diesel alternator sets each provide Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Make ................................................................Volcano
3210kW to serve the 701 reefer box plugs. Diameter ..............................................................9330mm Model ..............................................................VIM-100
A further claim for this new IHI series is that all ships Speed.................................................................94rev/min Sewage plant
Diesel-driven alternators Make ................................................Taiko Kikai Kogyo
are fitted with one of the most powerful tunnel-type Number ............................................................................4 Type...................................................................SBT-40
bow thrusters yet developed. Delivered by the Engine make/type.......................STX-MAN B&W/7L32/40 Contract date..............................................21 February 2003
Nakashima Propeller Co, this TCT-315 unit has a Type of fuel used.......................................................MDO Launch/float-out date ..............................17 September 2004
nominal thrust of 450kN for an input power of Output/speed, each set.....................3380kW/720rev/min Delivery date............................................14 December 2004

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PERSEVERANCE: ice-strengthened
Panamax tanker design from STX
Shipbuilder: ......S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea slop tanks, and a residuals tank. Four different cargoes Boilers
Vessel's name:...............................Perseverance (two made up of 16.5% total cargo capacity and two of Number ............................................................................1
Hull number: .............................................S S-1153 33%) can be carried with double separation and without Type.............................................Water tube (MBO 7S01)
any restriction with regard to bending moments and Make ...................................................................KangRim
Owner/operator:...........T TransPetrol Services NV, Output ..............................................................25,000kg/h
Belgium shear forces. Mooring equipment
Designer:..........S STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea A pure epoxy coating is applied to the tanks and cargo Number ....................................................................6 sets
Model test establishment used: ...............M MOERI handling is by means of 12 x 900m3/h; 2 x 300m3/h Make......................................................................Hatlapa
(Maritime & Ocean Engineering and 1 x 100m3/h, submerged Framo pumps through a Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Research Institute) midships deck manifold. A deck-mounted heat Lifesaving equipment
Singapore
Flag: ....................................................S exchanger is fitted for cargo heating capable of raising Number.........................2 x 35-person enclosed lifeboats
o o Make ........................................................................Beihai
Total number of sister cargo temperatures from 44 C to 66 C in 96 hours, and
o o Cargo tanks
ships already completed:................................1 1 slop/residue temperatures from 33 C to 66 C in 24 Number .............................12 plus 2 x slop; 1 x residuals
Total number of sister hours. Tank cleaning is effected by machines in each Grades of cargo carried..................................................4
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil cargo space. Product range.................Oil products, chemical cargoes
Coated tanks.............................................IPK/Pure epoxy
Cargo pumps
L IKE that of North Point, presented on a previous

page of this review, the design of Perseverance has
been developed from that of a tanker already in the
Length, oa .................................................................228.00m
Length, bp.................................................................219.00m
Number ..................................................................12 sets
Type...............................................submerged centrifugal
Make .................................................Frank Mohn (Framo)
Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.24m Stainless steel.....................................................SUS316L
STX portfolio, and included in Significant Ships of 2003 Depth, moulded ..........................................................20.60m Capacity.......................................................12 x 900m3/h;
(Miltiadis M). There are differences between these two Width of double skin 2x300m3/h
Panamax-sized vessels, however, which are worthy of side ..........................................................................2.08m 1x100m3/h
note. bottom ......................................................................2.15m Cargo control system
The principal ones of these are the inclusion in the Draught Make .................................................Frank Mohn (Framo)
specification of this later vessel of DNV Ice Class 1A design ....................................................................12.22m Type............................................Hydraulic remote control
scantling ................................................................14.25m Ballast control system
requirements, and the fitting of a larger STX-MAN Gross .......................................................................42,661gt Make .....................................................................Danfoss
B&W 7S60MC-C (Mk 7) main engine instead of the Deadweight Type............................................Hydraulic remote control
6S50MC (Mk 6) unit installed two years ago in what was design ...............................................................60,042dwt Complement
understood to be the first Panamax tanker built at the scantling............................................................73,788dwt Officers...........................................................................15
Chinhae shipyard, following its re-emergence from the Speed, service, 85% MCR, 15% sea margin .......16.40knots Crew...............................................................................14
troubles encountered by the former Daedong group. Cargo capacity.........................................................85,771m3 Suez crew ........................................................................6
MCR output of this more powerful engine is Bunkers Bridge control system
heavy oil ................................................................2224m3 Make ...............................................…STX/Lyngsø Marine
15,820kW at 105rev/min and a service speed of diesel oil...................................................................210m3 Type ..................................DMS2100i/DPS2100/EGS2000
16.40knots is obtained when it runs at 85% of that Water ballast.............................................................30,416m3 One man operation .......................................................No
rating and with a 15% sea margin. Three 1000kW Fuel consumption Fire detection system
diesel-alternator sets supply electrical power. main engine only ....................................47.10tonnes/day Make ..................................................................Consilium
The provision of ice strengthening in this variation auxiliaries ..................................................2.94tonnes/day Type...........................................................................C316
allows STX to claim that Perseverance is the first Panamax Classification ...Det Norske Veritas +1A1, ICE-1A, Tanker for Fire extinguishing system
products tanker to achieve this DNV Class 1A notation Oil ESP, EO, VCS-2, Nauticus (Newbuilding), TMON. Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
which, like the equivalent RINa standard granted to steel used in construction .............................................39%
Make........................................................................NK Co
o Engineroom .....................................High-expansion foam
North Point, is associated with the adoption of a -20 C Main engine Make.....................................................................Kashiwa
ambient temperature basis in the design. Design ............................................……………MAN B&W Radars
The classification also recognises the special Model ......................................................7S60MC-C Mk 7 Number ....................................................................3 sets
consideration given to the hull form, propulsion system Manufacturer .............................................STX Engine Co Make .......................................................................Furuno
and structure, where higher tensile steels have been Number ............................................................................1 Models ...........................FAR-2835S; FAR-2825; FR-2125
used for steelwork in the ice-class regions. As a further Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO Integrated bridge system ...................................................No
Output .............................................15,820kW/105rev/min Waste disposal plant
consideration to ice conditions, the design features a Propeller Incinerator
fully enclosed navigation bridge. Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Make........................................................TeamTec A/S
Perseverance also sails with a deeper scantling draught Designer/manufacturer ........Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd Type ............................................................OGS 400C
than Miltiadis M, gaining over 2000tonnes more Number ............................................................................1 Waste shredder/crusher
deadweight as a result, and has been built with a 25year Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Make .................................................................Baratta
fatigue life. The double hull forms side and bottom Diameter ..............................................................7200mm Model....................................................................2106
tanks used for water ballast. The bottom space is Speed...............................................................105rev/min Sewage plant
arranged with longitudinal divisions each side of the Number ............................................................................3
Make.....................................................................Evac
centreline providing a centre tank, and a pair of wing Type................................................................STP 40C
Engine make/type ....................STX-MAN B&W/7L23/30H
spaces common with the ship's side tanks. Contract date.................................................30 August 2002
Type of fuel .......................................................HFO/MDO
The cargo space is divided by a centreline and eight Alternator make/type...................Hyundai/HFC6 508-84K Launch/float-out date......................................30 March 2005
transverse bulkheads into six pairs of cargo tanks, two Output/speed, each set.....................1000kW/900rev/min Delivery date .....................................................18 June 2005

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PRIDE OF AMERICA: carrying the US flag

into cruising once again
Shipbuilder:....L Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH, couplings, exhaust silencers, fuel, lubricating oil, also Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Germany starting and central cooling systems. Low NOx Depth, moulded
combustion techniques are employed, with provision to No 3 (main) deck ..............................................10.79m
Vessel's name:..........................Pride of America to No 15 deck .......................................................45.99m
Hull number: .......................................................- for fitting of direct water injection or selective catalytic Draught..........................................................................8.00m
Owner/operator:..............N Norwegian Cruise Line reduction (SCR) modules, should lower emissions Gross .......................................................................80,439gt
(NCL), USA become a future requirement. Three 2450kW bow Displacement ....................................................45,400tonnes
USA
Flag: ..............................................................U thrusters are installed and a pair of Sperry stabilising Steelweight ........................................................17,300tonnes
Total number of sister fins fitted. Deadweight ...............................................................8260dwt
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Speed .........................................................................22knots
With an eye to attracting the younger set, the Bunkers ............................…………………………2200tonnes
Total number of sister accommodation has been laid out to NCL's 'Freestyle Water ballast.........................................................2420tonnes
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil Cruising' concept, allowing passengers freedom to Potable water........................................................1790tonnes
move around the ship as they wish. The hull is arranged Classification ............................................Det Norske Veritas/
with 15 decks and is divided into seven vertical fire American Bureau of Shipping
O RIGINALLY conceived as part of President

Clinton's 'National Shipbuilding Initiative', aimed
at re-introducing a US-built, owned, flagged and
zones by watertight transverse bulkheads extending to
the bulkhead deck (No 3 -10.795m above base).
Roll stabilisation .....................................................Sperry fins
Diesel-electric system
Main engines
Crew spaces are on decks 1 to 4, with pools and an Design .............................................................Wärtsilä
crewed merchant fleet, Pride of America was one of two extensive fitness area occupying more than half of deck Model .................................................................8L46C
vessels ordered in 1999 from the Pascagoula shipyard 11. Interior designers Tillberg (Sweden) and SMC Manufacturer ...................................................Wärtsilä
of Ingalls Shipbuilding by American Classic Voyages Design (UK) have laid out the passenger spaces Number.......................................................................6
(AMCV) to operate cruises around Hawaii. Two years arranged on parts of decks 4, 11 and 12, all of decks 7
Output, each engine ....................8400kW/514rev/min
later, AMCV (now trading under the historic United to 10, and the public rooms, which are mainly on decks
Main-engine driven alternators
States Lines name) filed for bankruptcy, leaving the Number.......................................................................6
5 and 6. Their work introduces an American theme, Make..................................................................Alstom
first vessel half-completed on the stocks and a large
quantity of equipment already delivered. which reflects aspects of many of the country's regions, Output ...................................................6 x 10,120kVA
with the Capitol atrium, extending from deck 5 to deck Propulsion pods
In 2002 the hull was acquired by NCL with plans to Manufacturer ....................Kamewa/Alstom (Mermaid)
resurrect AMCV's Hawaiian operation. Negotiations 8, which acts as the centre-point reception area. The Number/type ...........................2 x 360deg azimuthing
with US authorities, which included satisfying the Hawaiian connection is emphasised in various leisure Propeller diameter..........................................5600mm
implications of the Jones Act, were concluded during locations, whilst the SS America library displays Output..................................2 x 12,500kW/128rev/min
2002/2003 with the award of a contract to Lloyd Werft artifacts, memorabilia, and a large-scale model of that Diesel-driven emergency generator...................1 x 2281kVA
to complete the vessel in an arrangement which not other 'Pride of America', which graced the North Boilers
Atlantic route in the 1930s and 1940s. Number ............................................................................8
only meant incorporating materials already purchased Output/type...................................2 x 12,000kg/h oil-fired
and stored at Pascagoula, but lengthening the hull by The Hollywood Theatre and Show Lounge features 6 x 1800kg/h exhaust gas
about 24m and modifying the main machinery an 'Oscars' theme and seats 862 passengers. Its position Bow thrusters
specification. When nearing completion at forward between decks 4 and 6 is complemented aft by Number ...........................................................3 x 2450kW
Bremerhaven, the hull suffered an unfortunate list while the two main restaurants which, with other specialist Passengers
eating places, lounges, and bars serve the 2700 Total............................................................................2700
moored at the quay during a storm, which delayed final Cabins........................................................................1073
completion. passengers accommodated in 1073 cabins. These Complement
The basis propulsion concept remains as originally comprise 40 suites, 807 outside cabins (625 have Officers...........................................................................90
proposed, featuring a diesel-electric system driving 2 x balconies) and 226 inside cabins, with particular Crew.............................................................................810
12,500kW Mermaid azimuth pods; however, primary attention paid to facilities for disabled passengers. Cabins..........................................................................434
power is now derived from six Wärtsilä 8L46C Notably, 935 cabins are of the pre-fabricated module Lifesaving equipment
(8400kW/514rev/min) main engines. Each is coupled type with integral toilets, with similar toilet modules Number/type.............................12 x 150-person lifeboats
6 x 150-person tenders
to a 10,120kVA alternator, replacing the four- used elsewhere. Total crew is 900, including 90 officers. 2 x 6-person rescue boats
engine/alternator arrangement planned for the Ingalls 28 x 35-person liferafts
ships. TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Contract date (Lloyd Werft) .....................................end 2002
The installation forms part of a package from Length, overall...........................................................287.49m Float-out date .........................................................................-
Wärtsilä which includes resilient mountings, elastic shaft Length, bp.................................................................259.10m Delivery date .......................................................6 June 2005

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PU TUO DAO: Jiangnan-built 16,000gt

ro-pax ferry for domestic route
Shipbuilder: ...........................JJiangnan Shipyard 1200kW shaft-driven alternators, and two 1025kW Main engine-driven alternators
(Group) Co Ltd, China diesel-driven sets. Service speed at 85% MCR is Number ............................................................................2
Vessel's name:..................................Pu Tuo Dao 19.35knots. A 900kW Brunvoll bow thruster is installed, Make/type ............................................ABB/AMG 450 M4
Hull number:..............................................H H2307 and a fin stabilising system and anti-heeling equipment, Output, each set ..............................1200kW/1500rev/min
both supplied by Rolls-Royce subsidiaries, are installed. Diesel-driven alternators
Owner/operator: .......C China Shipping Passenger Pu Tuo Dao is equipped for both international and Number… ........................................................................2
Lines Co Ltd, China coastal service with particular regard for Chinese Engine make/type...........Zhenjiang-MAN B&W/8L23/30H
Designer: .....................S Shanghai Merchant Ship Maritime Authority rules for Bohai Gulf operation. Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
CCTV systems cover vehicle and passenger spaces, and Output/speed, each set.....................1070kW/750rev/min
Design & Research Institute Alternator make/type.............................ABB/AMG 500M8
(SDARI)/Jiangnan Shipyard, China high-pressure water spray and CO2 fire extinguishing Boiler
Model test establishment used:.........C China Ship installations are in place. Number ...........................................................................1
Scientific Research Centre, China Type...........................................................TO-H-2400H50
China
Flag: ...........................................................C Make ......................................................................GESAB
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Output ...................................................................2400kW
Total number of sister Length, oa .................................................................137.30m Mooring equipment
ships already completed:................................1 1 Length, bp.................................................................127.50m Number ............................................................................6
Total number of sister Breadth, moulded .......................................................23.40m Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil Depth, moulded Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
to main deck ............................................................8.60m Vehicles
to upper deck ........................................................14.00m Number of vehicle decks..............2 x fixed; 1 x hoistable
Draught
T O serve increasing demands on the Dalian to Total lane length ............835m trucks; 1178m cars/trucks
design ......................................................................5.40m Total vehicles....................................81trucks or 193 cars
Yantai ferry route across the mouth of the Gulf of scantling .................................................................5.80m Doors/ramps
Bohai, in the north-eastern provinces of the country, Gross .......................................................................16,324gt Number ..... 1 x stern door/ramp; 1 x fixed ramp to lower
China Shipping Passenger Ship's fleet has been Displacement….................................................11,138tonnes garage; 1 x hoistable deck
augmented by the addition of two new ro-pax ferries, Lightweight ...........................................................7142tonnes
Designer ......................................................................TTS
Pu Tuo Dao and sister Hu Lu Dao, built at Jiangnan's Deadweight
design ..................................................................3009dwt
Shanghai shipyard. They have been constructed to a scantling...............................................................3996dwt
Make .......................................................................Pleiger
design prepared by the company, in association with Block coefficient Type............................................Hydraulic remote control
the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research scantling draught......................................................0.625 Complement
Institute (SDARI), with the extensive use of computer design draught .........................................................0.612 Officers............................................………………………8
software and modelling techniques in the ship and Speed, service 85% MCR .....................................19.35knots Crew...............................................................................64
Spare................................................................................1
production design processes, which emphasise the Bunkers
Passengers
continuing progress of China's shipbuilding industry. heavy oil...................................................................475m3
diesel oil...................................................................164m3 Coastal service ..........................................................1428
The design follows that of many recent, similar International service ....................................................568
European vessels of this type, with an almost full- Water ballast..................................................................444m3
Fuel consumption Cabins..........................................................................227
length superstructure over the main hull, containing main engines only........................................43tonnes/day Bow thruster
four decks (5, 6, 7, and 8) allocated to passenger, and auxiliaries .......................................................5tonnes/day Make .....................................................................Brunvoll
some crew spaces. The propelling machinery, Classification ..............China Classification Society *CSA 5/5 Number ............................................................................1
comprising two Wärtsilä 8L38B, 5800kW main engines, Passenger Ro-Ro Ship, Ice Class B, * CSM, MCC Output .....................................................................900kW
is fitted aft, and vehicle space is provided on one short Heel control equipment........................Intering (Rolls-Royce) Fire detection system
hoistable level (at the forward end of the main deck) air-activated system Make ..................................................................Consilium
and two fixed decks (main deck and lower garage), with Roll-stabilisation equipment ......................................Neptune Type.........................................................Salwico NSAC-1
access at the stern to deck 3, and a fixed ramp providing (Rolls-Royce) 300-type fins system Fire extinguishing
access to the lower garage. Total lane length available is Main engines Water spray systems ...................Novenco Hi-Pres China
835m x 3.1m wide for trucks, or 1178m to carry 81 Design...................................................................Wärtsilä CO2 .......................................................................MiniMax
trucks or 193 cars. Model.......................................................................8L38B Radars
Passenger complement is 1428 on coastal services, or Number ............................................................................2 Number ............................................................................2
568 for international voyages. Entrance lobby, Manufacturer ........................................Wärtsilä Italia SpA Make........................................................................Sperry
reception, shops, and 3rd and 4th class passenger cabins Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Models..........................E342/8 X-band; E 343/12 S-band
are located on deck 5, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd classes, Output/speed.....................................5800kW/600rev/min Integrated bridge system
restaurants, bar, tea house, entertainment and public Gearboxes Make........................................................................Sperry
spaces on deck 6. More 1st, 2nd and 3rd class cabins are Make .....................................................................Wärtsilä Model...................................................Vision 2100 ECDIS
arranged on deck 7, with the wheelhouse and officers' Model...........................................................SV65H66-P53 Waste disposal plant
cabins forward on deck 8, and the remaining 1st class Number ............................................................................2 Incinerator
accommodation at the aft end of this deck. Output speed ...................................................171rev/min Make...............................................Luxhou Machinery
Arrangements for some cabins to be combined for Propellers Model ............................................................OG-200C
family use are included. Lifesaving facilities are centred Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Sewage plant
on conventional lifeboats, with a helicopter landing Designer/manufacturer .......................Wärtsilä Propulsion Make...............................................Luxhou Machinery
space provided for emergency rescue purposes. Number..................................................................................2 Model................................................................STB-20
The main engines form part of a Wärtsilä package Pitch................................................................Controllable Contract date ...............................................20 January 2003
which includes two gearboxes, shafting, and two CP Diameter ..............................................................4000mm Launch/float-out date ...................................30 January 2004
propellers. Electrical demands are met from two Speed...............................................................171rev/min Delivery date ......................................................30 May 2005

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LW AZ E NoJob 210x297 23.09.2005 10:35 Uhr Seite 1
No job
like any other.
For the first time a passenger-vessel under U.S.-flag
was completed outside the United States. We built
the successor of the legendary “United States”:
the cruise-liner “Pride of America” – with teamwork,
know how, creativity and innovative ideas.
Lloyd Werft.
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PULI: Turkish tanker with innovative

power system
Shipbuilder: ................................C Cicek Shipyard, small cargo tanks, with two cylindrical slop tanks Thrust output, each unit.....................3240kW/182rev/min
Turkey arranged on deck. Each tank is fitted with a Framo Steering output...............................independent 2rev/min
Propellers
Vessel's name: ...............................................Puli hydraulically driven, submerged pump of 335m3/h Material.................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Hull number: ....................................................3 34 capacity (slop tanks, 2 x 100m3/h). With six pumps Pitch ..........................................................Controllable
Owner:....................................K KS Tanker, Turkey working simultaneously, a discharge rate of 2010m3/h Diameter .........................................................3400mm
can be achieved. Two vapour discharge pipes serve the Speed .........................................................182rev/min
Designer: ............................D Delta Marine, Turkey Main engine-driven alternators
Turkey
Flag: ..........................................................T odd and even tanks separately, and extend to the stern. Number ............................................................................2
Total number of sister Heating is provided by a thermal oil plant circulating Make/type................................A van Kaick/DSG 99 LI 10
ships already completed:...............................Nil liquid through coils and maintaining a temperature of Output, each set..................................................1500kVA
o Diesel-driven alternator
Total number of sister 66 C, and each tank has two Scanjet tank cleaning guns.
Engine manufacturer ...............................Nordavn Scania
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2 Up to 20 cargo segregations can be carried. Cargo and Alternator manufacturer ......................................Stamford
ballast handling, and inerting is remotely controlled Alternator type ....................................................HCM 534
from the cargo control room using mimic diagrams, and Number ............................................................................1
T
Output .....................................................................432kW
HE strides made by Turkey's maritime industries loading stability can be monitored using a Deltaload
Boilers
over recent years is highlighted by the inclusion in computer designed by Delta Marine. Manufacturer.........................................................Aalborg
this 2005 review of three newbuildings from that The design features a single deck, with poop and Model ..........................................................V5-0-TFO-025
country, each displaying examples of the advanced forecastle, to which has been added a whaleback cover Number ............................................................................2
designs now being produced in Turkish shipyards. Two affording protection from the sea to the forward Output, each.........................................................2500kW
of these vessels are of added interest in that at the time mooring area. A closed passageway at the centreline, Economisers
Output ...............................................................2 x 500kW
of launching they could claim to be designed, built and which has a traditional tanker catwalk on top, joins the
Mooring equipment
owned in Turkey, although Puli has since been sold to a poop and forecastle, and provides all-weather access to Manufacturer .........................................Rauma Brattvaag
Danish owner (with a name change), whilst Atlantis the cargo pumps, electric cables and pipelines, whilst Type...............................................hydraulic double-drum
Aldabra (see elsewhere in this publication) and sisters ballast pipelines and valves are kept dry in a centreline Number ............................................................................6
are now operating on charter elsewhere in Europe. pipe tunnel. Cargo tanks
The special feature of Puli, which is a vessel capable Number............................................................18 + 2 slop
Cargo segregations .......................................................20
of carrying oil products and a large range of IMO II Product range ............................IMO Type II; oil products
chemicals up to 1.90tonne/m3, is the propulsion system, TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Coating ...................................APC MarineLine Siloxirane
which is designed around the principle of redundancy, Length, oa .................................................................148.00m
Cargo pumps
Length, bp.................................................................139.50m
and uses two main engines directly coupled to twin Breadth, moulded .......................................................21.60m Number ..........................................................................20
azimuthing propellers fitted aft, either side of a central Depth, moulded ..........................................................11.30m Type.................................................hydraulic submerged
skeg. Gross .......................................................................10,810gt Make ...............................................................Frank Mohn
Draught Capacities....................................................18 x 335m3/h;
With both drive-lines operating, a service speed of design ......................................................................8.50m 2 x 100m3/h
15knots can be achieved, however, in case of scantling ..................................................................8.60m Nitrogen generator
breakdown, one line can work independently, producing Deadweight Manufacturer .......................................................Smit Gas
sufficient power to give a speed of 13knots. A Rolls- design ...............................................................15,300dwt Output .................................................................1125m3/h
scantling............................................................15,600dwt
Royce package is installed, comprising the two Bergen Speed
Complement
B32:40L8P main diesel engines each developing Officers.............................................................................8
service ...................................................................15knots
Crew...............................................................................11
3600kW at 720rev/min; two Ulstein Aquamaster in emergency mode..............................................13knots
Bow thruster
US355 3240kW/182rev/min CP azimuthing propellers; Cargo capacity.........................................................18,310m3
Bunkers Manufacturer........................................................Kamewa
Kamewa Ulstein 600kW bow thrusters; and Rauma heavy oil...................................................................754m3 Type ...............................................................hydraulic FP
Brattvaag winches. diesel oil.....................................................................33m3 Number ............................................................................1
A 1500kVA alternator is connected to the free end of Water ballast… ............................................................6265m3 Output ..................................................600kW/437rev/min
each engine, and together these meet the electrical Classification ..................Bureau Veritas + Hull + Machinery, Bridge control system
Chemical Tanker, Oil Tanker, ESP, One man bridge operation ..........................................Yes
requirements of the hotel loads, manoeuvring and Unrestricted Navigation, Sys NEQ 1, Fire detection system
cargo systems. Additional supplies can be drawn from a Aut-IMS, Ice Class 1A, Clean Make..........................................................................Incos
432kW diesel-driven alternator if required. An Sea, AVM-DPS, IG, VCS, IWS, MANOVR Type...............................................................Addressable
advanced automation system controls and monitors Main engines
Design.........................................................Bergen Diesel
propulsion and transfer operations, and the totally Manufacturer ........................Rolls-Royce Bergen Diesels Make ....................................................................Sea Plus
enclosed bridge, which gives all-round visability, is Model ..............................................................B32: 40L8P Cargo deck ...............................................................Foam
equipped with integrated navigation and Number ............................................................................2 Engineroom .................................................................CO2
Output/speed each engine ...............3600kW/720rev/min Navigation systems
communication systems. Azimuth thrusters Make...........................................................Kelvin Hughes
Puli is laid out with a double hull which extends into Manufacturer......................................Ulstein Aquamaster Contract date ....................................................January 2003
the engineroom and surrounds a cargo space divided by Model ...............................................................US 355 CP Launch date.............................................11 December 2004
a centreline and transverse bulkheads into 18 large and Number ............................................................................2 Delivery date .................................................December 2005

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ROSE G: ShinA product tanker delivered

to Italian owner
Shipbuilder: ...S ShinA Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea cargo handling is accomplished by a hydraulically Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Vessel's name:.........................................Rose G operated, submerged pump in each cargo and slop tank, Diesel-driven alternators
Number ............................................................................4
Hull number: ................................................S S442 in this case supplied by Frank Mohn (Framo) and rated Engine make.....................................................MAN B&W
Owner/operator: ..........G Gestioni Armatoriali SpA, at 500m3/h for the former, and 200m3/h for the slop Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
/Fulltankers Srl, Italy tanks. In addition to working the cargo through a Output/speed, each set.......................780kW/720rev/min
Designer:.......S ShinA Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Korea midship manifold, arrangements are included for Alternator make .........................................................Taiyo
Flag: ..............................................................IItaly loading over the stern. Boilers
Total number of sister It is understood that the STX-MAN B&W 7S50MC- Number ............................................................................1
ships already completed:..............................N Nil C main engine fitted in Rose G is of a larger size than in Type........................................................Vertical, top-fired
Total number of sister similar tankers, with the greater horsepower developed Make .....................................................................Aalborg
_ 11,1060kW at 127 rev/min, enabling a service speed Output ..............................................................20,000kg/h
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2
Mooring equipment
of 15.5knots to be maintained when operating at 85% Number ............................................................................6
MCR. Electrical requirements are supplied from four Make....................................................................Pellegrini
T HIS second ShinA-built ship to be featured in this

year's Significant Ships introduces a smaller-size
product tanker design which, like that of Ocean Neptune,
MAN B&W/Taiyo 740kW diesel alternators, and a
vertical boiler with an output of 20,000kg steam/hour
is installed. A 950kW bow thruster is also fitted.
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Cargo tanks
Number .......................................................12 plus 2 slop
is capable of dimensional adjustments which, in this Product range.........................................Oil products and
case, can increase deadweights up to the current TECHNICAL PARTICULARS IMO Type III chemicals
shipyard maximum of approximately 51,000tonnes on Length, oa .................................................................176.00m Coated tanks .................................Sigma phenolic epoxy
Length, bp.................................................................168.00m Cargo pumps
a scantling draught of 13.20m. Despite its small size - Number .......................................................12 plus 2 slop
by Korean standards, ShinA has built up a design office Depth, moulded ..........................................................17.20m Type ................................................Hydraulic submerged
of high standard which, equipped with the latest Width of double skin Make ........................................................................Framo
computer software, has developed a flexible approach side ...................................................................................- Capacity ..................................12 x 500m3/h; 2 x 200m3/h
bottom ......................................................................2.00m Cargo/ballast control system
to basis designs, enabling it to adapt to owners'
Draught Make.......................................................................Lyngsø
requirements and make the adjustments referred to design ......................................................................9.00m Complement
above. scantling ................................................................11.10m Officers...........................................................................17
Italian owners already figure in the company's Gross .......................................................................25,500gt Crew...............................................................................11
Deadweight Suez crew ........................................................................6
reference lists, and the connection is extended by this
design ...............................................................30,000dwt Bow thruster
series: a separate order for vessels of the 51,000dwt scantling ...........................................................40,000dwt Make...................................................................Kawasaki
size, also for Fulltankers, and a group of 40,000dwt Speed, service, 85% MCR ....................................15.50knots Number ............................................................................1
vessels for another owner. Rose G is single-decked Cargo capacity.........................................................46,000m3 Output .....................................................................950kW
Bunkers
without sheer, and features a full-height forecastle. A Bridge control system
heavy oil.................................................................1600m3 Make.......................................................................Lyngsø
five-tier superstructure aft, built over the engineroom, diesel oil...................................................................200m3 Fire detection system
accommodates a complement of 28 plus six-man Suez Water ballast.............................................................18,000m3
Make....................................................................Saracom
crew, and is linked to the forecastle by a gangway. Fuel consumption
A double hull surrounds the cargo space, which is Cargo deck.......................................Foam and sea water
Classification ......Registro Italiano Navale +C*, Oil Chemical
divided into six pairs of tanks by troughed transverse Tanker, ESP, IMO III, Unrestricted Navigation,
Engineroom.......................................................................CO2
bulkheads built upon substantial stools, and a centreline Cargocontrol, AUT-PORT, AUT-UMS, IWS, Radars
Number ............................................................................2
bulkhead. Two slop tanks, and two fuel bunker tanks Mon-shaft, VCS-Midship, IV, Clean-Sea,
Make......................................................................Telemar
Star-Hull-NB, SPM, Ice Class 1B
are arranged between the cargo spaces and engineroom, Models ....................................ARPA 342/6: ARPA 343/12
whilst the six pairs of side tanks, which are combined steel used in construction .............................................40% Integrated bridge system
with double bottom tanks separated at the centreline by Main engine Make.......................................................................Lyngsø
a duct keel, are allocated for water ballast purposes. Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Waste disposal system
Model ...............................................................7S50MC-C Incinerator
Classification has been carried out by Registro Italiano Make ......................................................Hyundai-Atlas
Manufacturer .............................................STX Engine Co
Navale and includes Ice Class 1B strengthening. Number ............................................................................1 Model .................................................MAXI 50SL-1WS
Finnish/Swedish ice regulations are also complied with. Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Sewage plant
Rose G is arranged to carry oil products and IMO Output......................................……11,060kW/127rev/min Make ..................................................Hamworthy KSE
Propeller Model ...................................................................ST2A
Type III chemicals in tanks which are stiffened
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Contract date.....................................................24 April 2003
externally and offer a plain surface coated with Sigma Designer/manufacturer................................Silla Metal Co Launch/float-out date ........................................23 June 2005
phenolic epoxy. In common with most ShinA tankers, Number ............................................................................1 Delivery date .............................................2 September 2005

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scantling............................................................12,578dwt
Speed, service 90% MCR, 15% sea margin ........17.00knots
Capacity ...................................................................17,014m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1108m3
diesel oil...................................................................112m3
Water ballast................................................................4815m3
Fuel consumption
auxiliaries ....................................................2.3tonnes/day
Classification ..............Lloyd's Register of Shipping +100A1,
Ice Class 1C, Strengthened for
Heavy Cargoes, Container
Cargoes in all Holds, on Upper Deck and all
Hatch Covers, LI, +LMC, UMS
Percentage of high-tensile steel included.......................17%
Heel control system
Supplier...........................................................Frank Mohn
Type ..............................................500m3/h transfer pump
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ..........................................................8S42MC Mk 6
Manufacturer ...............................................Hitachi Zosen
Number ............................................................................1
Output ................................................8200kW/136rev/min
Propeller
Designer/manufacturer ........Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5100mm
Speed...............................................................136rev/min
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ..................................Daihatsu/6DK-20
Alternator make/type ...................Taiyo Electric/FE547B-8
Boilers
Number ............................................................................1
SCL BERN: multipurpose Type ..................................................................Composite
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Output .........1500kg/h (oil fired): 1000kg/h (exhaust gas)
cargo vessel for Safmarine Cargo cranes

Number ............................................................................2
Make ................................MacGregor/Japan Steel Works
services Type ........................................GL8019/5026/4530/4033-3

Performance.............80/50/45/40t x 29/26/30/33m radius
Mooring equipment
Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;
When not in use, the panels are stowed on the 2 x mooring winch; 1 x stern anchor winch
Shipbuilder:.......K Kyokuyo Shipyard Corp, Japan
Make ...............................................Manabe Zoki (Japan)
Vessel's name: .....................................SCL Bern weatherdeck in front of the superstructure. Sealing on Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Hull number: ..................................................4455 the periphery and at joints of panel pairs is effected by Hatch covers
Owner/operator: .............................S SCL Bern AG Cat packing, and the weatherdeck covers benefit from Design .............................................................MacGregor
(Enzian Shipping AG), Switzerland MacGregor Lubripad supports. No cell guides are Manufacturer......................................MacGregor-Kayaba
Designer:...........K Kyokuyo Shipyard Corp, Japan fitted, and OSHA requirements for safe handling of Type.....................................................Lift-away pontoons
Model test establishment used: ...........U Universal containers are met by using terminal pressure stacking Containers
Shipbuilding Corp, Japan equipment. Total TEU capacity.......................................................766
Switzerland
Flag: ..................................................S MacGregor is also supplier of two on deck ..................................................................460
GL8019/4530/4033-3, 80tonne swl deck cranes, which in holds ...................................................................306
total homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes .............536
ships already completed:..............................N Nil are mounted on pedestals built into the ship's port side Reefer plugs ..................................................120 on deck
Total number of sister structure, and of a 17m team beam which allows a joint Tiers/rows (maximum)
ships still on order: ..........................................33 lift of 144tonnes to be accomplished. Frame spreaders on deck....................................................................5/8
of 36tonne and 50tonne are also provided for container in holds ....................................................………….4/7
and hatch cover lifting. Heel control whilst crane Ballast control system
S CL Bern is the first of four multipurpose cargo

vessels to be delivered to Enzian from the Kyokuyo
yard. All are intended for employment within the
working is maintained automatically using a 500m3/h
sea water transfer pump installed between Nos 2 and 3
holds.
Make ...........................................................Amco (Japan)
Complement
Officers...........................................................................10
Safmarine Group (in this case by Safmarine Container SCL Bern is fitted with a Hitachi-MAN B&W Crew.................................................................................7
Line - SCL) where their ability to carry bulk and heavy 8S42MC Mk 6 main engine developing 8200kW (MCR) Bow thruster
cargoes, containers - including refrigerated and at 136rev/min. Running at 90% of this power and Make.....................................Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
dangerous goods units, long items and project cargoes allowing a 15% sea margin, this produces a service Number ............................................................................1
is an advantage. The hull form has been developed speed of 17knots at the design draught. The 5100mm Output .....................................................................500kW
using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and model diameter Nakashima propeller has a fixed pitch, and the Bridge control system
testing to achieve economical fuel consumption, also same manufacturer has supplied a 500kW bow thruster. One man control ...........................................................No
low vibrations in way of the accommodation block. The three diesel-alternator sets each provide 680kW to Fire detection system
the electrical system and are cooled from a central Make… ..................................Nippon Hakuyo Electronics
Hull scantlings in way of the cargo space were
cooling plant, which also serves the main engine and air Fire extinguishing systems
determined using finite-element analysis, and
Cargo holds/engineroom ............................................CO2
strengthening for heavy cargoes is included. St conditioning installations.
Make.........................................................................Unitor
Lawrence Seaway, Suez, Panama, and Kiel Canal Radars
regulations have been applied, and Ice 1C requirements Number ............................................................................2
satisfied. TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Make .......................................................................Furuno
The design features three open-hatch holds, with the Length, oa .................................................................133.95m
Models....................................1 x FR-2125; 1 x FR-21358
largest (No 2) box shaped and 51.80m long x 17.90m Length, bp.................................................................133.50m
wide. MacGregor 'lift-away' panels close all the upper Breadth, moulded .......................................................21.50m
Depth, moulded to upper deck ..................................11.65m Waste disposal plant
deck hatches, as well as those which can be positioned Incinerator
Width of double skin
within Nos 2 and 3 holds to form a second deck. In Make..............................................................Sunflame
side ..........................................................................1.80m
addition, some of the panels serving No 2 second deck bottom ......................................................................1.50m Model........................................................OSV-240SAI
hatch can be used as portable hold cargo divisions. All Draught Sewage plant
panels are designed to take TEU/FEU boxes and design ......................................................................8.20m Make...........................................Taiko Kikai Industries
loadings of 3.50tonnes/m2, whilst particular features scantling ..................................................................8.40m Model ................................................................SBT-25
include the fitting of special packing at the cover joints Gross ..........................................................................9990gt Contract date...................................................4 August 2003
to allow non-sequential handling, and guide-arms at Deadweight Launch/float-out date ...............................25 November 2004
panel corners to assist handling. design ...............................................................12,061dwt Delivery date ..............................................28 February 2005

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SEIRYU MARU: trailing suction

dredger/oil recovery vessel
Shipbuilder: ..............................M Mitsubishi Heavy accommodation block, and operations are aided by a Make .....................................................................Tetra
Industries Ltd (Kobe yard), Japan helicopter for reconnaissance and transport purposes. Type......................................Skipper-type oil recovery
Vessel's name:..................................Seiryu Maru A diesel-electric propulsion system is fitted. Designed Number.......................................................................1
by Niigata Power Systems, it uses two 2860kW diesel Make ..............................................Shimonoseki Ryoju
Hull number: ................................................1 1258 Type.......................hinged type discharge pipe tower
engines to drive a pair of 2500kW alternators; these
Owner: .......................................C Chubu Regional supply power to the two 360deg steerable Z-drive Make .....................................Machinery & Service Co
Bureau, Ministry of Land propellers fitted under the stern, each side of the Mooring equipment
Infrastructure and Transport, Japan Number ............................................................................6
dredge-ladder well. Assisting manoeuvrability is a Make .......................................................Manabe Zoki Co
Designer:..........M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, 600kW bow thruster, and electrical supply is Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Japan supplemented by two 450kW diesel-alternator sets. Mud-water tank
Flag: ..........................................................JJapan Remote and automatic control and monitoring units are Number ............................................................................1
Total number of sister provided, linked into the dredging controls. Coating .......................................................Non-tar epoxy
ships already completed:..............................N Nil Recovered oil/water tanks
Number ..........................................................................12
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Coating.......................................Ceramic type antifouling
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil Length, oa .................................................................104.00m Dredge pump
Length, bp...................................................................96.00m Number ............................................................................1
Breadth, moulded .......................................................17.40m Type...................................................................KSP-800D
S EIRYU MARU has been built to perform a triple Depth moulded .............................................................7.50m Make...........................................................Kurimotor-Mec
Draught..........................................................................5.60m Capacity..............................................................8000m3/h
function: to act as a maintenance mud dredger in Recycle/discharge pump
Gross ..........................................................................4792gt
the port of Nagoya, serve for the recovery of spilled Speed Number ............................................................................1
oil, and to be available to carry out duties related to trial, at MCR .....................................................13.50knots Type...................................................................KSP-800D
disasters such as earthquakes or large marine oil service, full load at MCR..................................12.60knots Make...........................................................Kurimotor-Mec
pollution incidents. As such, she replaces a vessel of dredging ................................................more than 3knots Capacity.....................................................8000/4000m3/h
the same name which had performed similar tasks for oil recovery...........................................................1-3knots Oil recovery pump
more than 27 years. Cargo capacity Number ..............................................................2 x 2 sets
This new Sieryu Maru is essentially single decked with mud hold................................................................1735m3 Type.............................................................AE1E-5000-ID
a forecastle: a poop which extends over the aft-half of recovery oil tanks...................................................1524m3 Make ......................................................Naniwa Pump Co
Bunkers Capacity..........................................................2 x 250m3/h
the vessel on which is built the large superstructure and diesel oil...................................................................527m3 Cargo/ballast/bridge control systems
machinery casing: and right aft, a helicopter deck. Most Water ballast..................................................................442m3 Make ................................................MEC Engineering Co
of the fore body is taken up by the mud hold, which is Daily fuel consumption.................................22.50tonnes/day Type .........................................Comprehensive automatic
surrounded in the double-skin structure by recovery oil Classification....Japanese Maritime Regulation (International Complement
tanks, whilst a central well in the aft hull and deep Voyage, Kinkai) Officers and crew ..........................................................30
counter stern, houses the large drag ladder, fitted with a Diesel-electric system Others ............................................................................10
7.2m wide drag head, understood to be the largest of its Main engines Others (coastal water, 24hours only).............................40
type in Japan. Design.....................................Niigata Power Systems Stern appendages ..............................Twin skegs; split stern
In normal dredging mode, the drag head can work a Model.............................................................8L28HLX Bow thruster
large area and produce a relatively flat dredged surface, Manufacturer...........................Niigata Power Systems Make...................................................................Kawasaki
with the spoil collected in the hold prior to discharge by Number.......................................................................2 Number ............................................................................1
way of a hinged pipe, mounted forward on a tower, into Type of fuel ..........................................................MDO Output .....................................................................600kW
a barge (dumping through bottom doors being Output, each engine .......................................2860kW Fire detection system
prohibited by Japanese pollution laws). Overflow water Main engine-driven alternators Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
is transferred from a recycling trunk in the mud hold to Make .................................................………Nishishiba Type .................................................Ion/thermal detecting
the drag head by the recycle/discharge pump to Number ...........................................………….............2 Fire extinguishing systems
improve dredging efficiency. Output/speed, each set ...............2600kW/720rev/min Engineroom .......................................................Fixed CO2
Propulsors Make...................................................................Kawasaki
Oil recovery uses two kinds of equipment: whirlpool, Type .....................360deg steerable Z-drive ZP-41CP Radars
intended for oil of ordinary viscosities, or the skipper Designer/manufacturer ...........Niigata Power Systems Number ............................................................................2
type, preferred for higher viscosities or oils consolidated Number.......................................................................2 Make .......................................................................Furuno
into balls. The former uses a water jet to gather the oil Pitch...........................................................controllable Models .....................................S and X-bands with ARPA
and drive it to the skimmer inlet for collection, whilst Diameter .........................................................2700mm Integrated bridge system
the skipper system catches the oil balls in wire-mesh Special adaptations ...........................................nozzle Make ...............................................MEC Engineering Co.
cages, for transfer to containers on deck. Diesel-driven alternators Waste disposal plant
These oil recovery systems have been newly Number ............................................................................2 Biological garbage treatment
developed for use by Seiryu Maru, and are installed Engine make/type........Niigata Power Systems/6NSDL-G Make.....................................................................Exco
forward of midships on the fore deck. For disaster Output/speed, each set.....................495kW/1200rev/min Model ........................................................Poito-AN-50
Alternator make.................................................Nishishiba Sewage plant
management, the vessel is fitted out to collect Output/speed, each set.....................450kW/1200rev/min Make.........................................Taiko Kikaio Industries
information, pictures, data, documents, and similar Dredging equipment Model ................................................................SBT-40
details, concerning the affected site, using satellite and Oil recovery equipment ..................................................... Contract date ...........................................28 November 2003
other modern communication systems. The latter is Type...............................'Deckside install' oil recovery Launch/float-out date...................................28 October 2004
located in control and meeting rooms in the Number.......................................................................2 Delivery date...................................................31 March 2005

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at 6600kW/11.00m draught .............................14.90knots

Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................1063m3
diesel oil...................................................................157m3
Water ballast.............................................................16,754m3
Classification ..........................................Germanischer Lloyd
+100A5 Chemical Tanker, IMO Type II, Oil/
Product Tanker, ESP, COLL 3, BWM-S, EP,
+MC AUT, INERT, Ice Class 2 up to 11m draught
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ....................................................................6L58/64
Manufacturer ....................................................MAN B&W
Number ............................................................................1
Output, MCR ......................................8340kW/428rev/min
Gearbox
Make ..........................................................................Renk
Model ...............................................................HSU1120D
Number ............................................................................1
Propeller
Material.......................................nickel-aluminium-bronze
Manufacturer ..............................................Wärtsilä (Lips)
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ................................................................controllable
Diameter ..............................................................6000mm
Speed...............................................................101rev/min
Main engine-driven alternator
Number ............................................................................1
Make/type.......................................................A van Kaick
Output/speed..................................1400kVA/1500rev/min
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ............................................MaK 6M20
Alternator make/type......................................A van Kaick
Output/speed............................3 x 1200kVA/1000rev/min
Boilers
Number ............................................................................2
Type/output ...........1 x Mission OM (oil fired): 11tonnes/h
1 x AQ7 (exhaust gas): 0.85tonnes/h
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
Hose-handling cranes
Number ............................................................................1
SEYCHELLES PIONEER: Make/type ...................................Acta/HHC 180-100-19.1

Capacity..........................................10tonnes/19.10m/min
Mooring equipment
continuing the Lindenau Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass

6 x mooring winch
Make................................Ulstein Brattvaag (Rolls-Royce)
Type...............................................low-pressure hydraulic
'safety tanker' series Emergency towing systems

Make .......................................................Maritime Pusnes
Type.................................................ETS 100-D, 200tonne
Cargo tanks
Shipbuilder:..............L Lindenau GmbH, Germany Cargo and ballasting operations are remotely
controlled using an electro-hydraulic system with Number .............................................10 plus 3 slop tanks
Vessel's name: ......................Seychelles Pioneer
computerised monitoring and indication, and handled Grades .............................................................................5
S258
Hull number: ................................................S
by means of 10 Frank Mohn hydraulic submerged Product range .........Oil Products; IMO Type II chemicals
Owner/operator:.........S Seychelles Petroleum Ltd,
pumps, with three similar, smaller units allocated to slop Coated tanks................................................................Yes
Seychelles
Lindenau GmbH, Germany tank duties. A super-stripping installation ensures Make and type of coating ........International Interline 904
Designer:..................L
Republic of Seychelles
Flag: ...............................R complete unloading in approximately 14hours. Stainless steel ................................pipes and fittings only
Lindenau has used the same MAN B&W 6L58/64 Cargo pumps
medium-speed main engine for its entire Safety Tanker Type.................................................hydraulic submerged
ships already completed:................................2 2
series, varying the output to suit individual needs: Number .....................10 x SD200; 2 x SD125: 1 x SD100
Seychelles Pioneer utilises 8340kW at 428rev/min to give a Make ...............................................................Frank Mohn
1
ships still on order: ..........................................1
speed of 15.8knots at MCR and 15.2knots at 85% Capacity .............10 x 500m3/h; 2 x 200m3/h; 1 x 100m3/h
Cargo control system
Sister Seychelles Progress illustrated on front cover rating. Drive is via a Renk gearbox to a CP propeller.
Make.................................................Frank Mohn/Danfoss
A 1400kVA alternator is driven from the gearbox and
T
Type ........................................................electro-hydraulic
HE Lindenau shipyard in Kiel delivered the first of three 1200kVA diesel-driven sets are also fitted. Steam
Cargo monitoring system
its Class 2000 double-hulled safety tankers in 1990, for cargo heating, tank washing, and domestic services
Make ..........................................................................Saab
and has since developed the design of that 23,400dwt is derived from an oil-fired and an exhaust-gas boiler. A
Cargo tank sounding
vessel into a series of generally similar sisters. Some of 1050kW bow thruster is fitted and the rudder is of the Make ..........................................................................Saab
these have been reviewed in previous issues of semi-spade type. Complementing engine room-control Type...........................................................................radar
Significant Ships, demonstrating how the design can offer of the main engine is a bridge-control system which Ballast control system
continually increasing capacity with a minimum of allows the navigating officers to select the most Make .....................................................................Danfoss
structural change, together with an ability to keep economical form of power supply to suit operating Type ........................................................electro-hydraulic
abreast, and in many cases ahead, of the latest conditions using five programmed modes. Ballast pumps
classification and environmental regulations. Number ............................................................................2
Seychelles Pioneer exhibits both these attributes, with Make ...............................................................Frank Mohn
some 7m added length resulting in a deadweight TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Capacity..........................................................2 x 750m3/h
increase of 5270tonnes and 5831m3 extra capacity, Length, oa .................................................................184.96m Tank washing system
above the previously largest examples of this popular Length, bp.................................................................175.20m Make/type ........................................Scanjet; 2 x fixed jet,
design, whilst the award of the Germanischer Lloyd Breadth, moulded .......................................................28.00m 1 x portable Bornemann 188m3/h pump
class notation BWM-S ('S' signifying sequential) Depth, moulded to main deck ....................................16.80m Bow thruster
indicates compliance with the latest rules governing Width of double skin Make ...........................................................Wärtsilä (Lips)
exchange of ballast water. This notation forms part of side ..........................................................................2.00m Number ............................................................................1
GL's wider EP (Environmental Passport) classification, bottom ......................................................................1.88m Output ...................................................................1050kW
which also covers MARPOL Annex VI concerning Draught Bridge control system
NOx and SOx emissions; vapour returns; sewage design ....................................................................11.00m Make .................................................Raytheon /STN Atlas
treatment; choice of refrigerants and firefighting agents; scantling ................................................................11.70m Engine monitoring .................................Janssen-Siemens S7
minimum bilge water oil residues; and use of TBT-free Deadweight Fire detection system .........................Servotekknik BMS-904
antifoulings. design .............................................................................. - Waste disposal plant
The vessel also complies with Exxon's Minimum scantling............................................................37,500dwt Sewage plant
Safety Criteria. Interesting features of the specification Gross .......................................................................22,346gt Make..............................................................Hamworthy
are the inclusion of a single-point mooring (SPM) Cargo capacity.........................................................43,271m3 Model ......................................................................ST3A
facility forward, combined with an emergency towing Speed Contract date................................................6 February 2003
system (ETS) utilising a 200tonne chain stopper. A service 85% MCR ............................................15.20knots Launch date .............................................13 November 2004
similar ETS is fitted aft. 100% MCR .......................................................15.80knots Delivery date........................................................6 April 2005

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SHANGHAI HIGHWAY: 'green' car-carrier

design from Kawasaki's China associate
Shipbuilder: ......................N Nantong COSCO KHI load operations, resulting from high-pressure fuel the forward perpendicular (load water line) with the
Ship Engineering Co Ltd (NACKS), China injection which improves combustability. configuration completed by a raked stem angled up to
Vessel's name: ......................Shanghai Highway Another beneficial feature anticipated from this the upper deck!
Hull number: ..................................................0 034 engine is a reduction in CO2 levels, since optimising fuel
Owner/operator: ..................S Skipjack Marine SA, injection timing also reduces fuel consumption under
Panama/K-Line, Japan low load conditions. In addition, ship manoeuvrability is TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Designer:......................................N NACKS, China claimed to be enhanced due to improved reverse Length, oa .................................................................179.99m
Length, bp.................................................................167.00m
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P selection and a reduced minimum engine speed. Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m
Total number of sister K-Line has added another 'green' innovation into the Depth, moulded, 11th car deck..................................32.21m
ships already completed:..............................N Nil specification of this innovative car-carrier series. This is Draught
Total number of sister a soot-removal system developed for marine use by design ......................................................................8.40m
ships still on order: ..........................................2 2 NGK Filters, from devices already used onshore. The scantling ..................................................................9.40m
Gross .......................................................................48,927gt
system use ceramic filters to remove particulates from Net ........................................................................14,927nt
the exhaust gases, which are then collected in tanks
T
Deadweight
HIS second Significant Ships of 2005 entry for a under the filter. Every 75 seconds a high-pressure air jet design ...............................................................10,600dwt
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) newbuilding is used to clean the filter in order to prevent clogging. scantling............................................................15,413dwt
describes a car carrier which, whilst conforming to the This soot removal system is rated as highly successful, Speed, service ...........................……………..……20.00knots
now commonly accepted characteristics of a vessel with an efficiency of around 99% and the ability to Bunkers..................................………………………….2956m3
built to satisfy the requirements for long-haul vehicle Classification..........................Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)
capture very small particles. Main engine
deliveries, nevertheless, differs from those earlier pure With car-capacities on these specialist ships averaging Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
car/truck carriers (PCTCs) because of the inclusion over 6000 in recent years, and expected to reach 8000 by Model................................................................7S60ME-C
within its design of a number of innovative 'green' 2008, Shanghai Highway, with a capability for loading a Manufacturer..........................Kawasaki Heavy Industries
features. more modest 5036 RT-type cars, occupies an Number ............................................................................1
Output/speed..................................15,785kW/105rev/min
Perhaps the most interesting of these is the intermediate position in the PCTC market; Propeller
introduction of a 'triple-bottom' arrangement where the nevertheless, the new class does represent the largest Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
oil fuel bunkers are carried in tanks below the tanktop, vessels of the type yet built in China, and offers 12 Number of blades............................................................5
but isolated from the ship's hull by surrounding water vehicle decks. The highest of these is an open space at Diesel-driven alternators ........................................................-
ballast tanks. This is the first time that K-Line has Boilers
the top of the superstructure, and there are also three Number........................................................1 (composite)
incorporated this feature, designed to afford a higher hoistable decks. Output .............................................................................. -
level of protection in the event of serious damage, into All are accessed from one another within the ship Vehicles
one of its car carriers. using MacGregor fixed and hoistable ramps, closed No of decks.........................................9 fixed; 3 hoistable
Shanghai Highway also represents the first time that K- where required by bulkhead doors. MacGregor also Total number of cars..................................................5036
Line has made use of an environment-friendly Doors/ramps
supplied the stern quarter ramp/doors and side Designer ..........................................................MacGregor
camshaftless main engine. By controlling the fuel ramp/doors which give access on to the embarkation Complement ........................................................................28
injection timing, and the timing of the opening and deck (No 5). Bow thruster ..........................................................................1
closing of the exhaust valves, using electronic signals, a Whilst conforming to the usual car-carrier layout, Contract date .........................................................................-
number of benefits are expected from the MAN B&W Shanghai Highway presents a more angular profile than Keel laid ..........................................................21 March 2005
Launch/float-out date .........................................1. June 2005
7S60ME-C main engine installed in the vessel. Notably, many contemporary designs, in particular at the bow Delivery date .................................................26 August 2005
these are a reduction in NOx emissions as a where a 'ram', rather than a 'bulbous' bow is fitted, its
consequence of the optimised fuel injection timing; and characteristic being a vertical leading edge and a We apologise for the fact that the Technical Particulars
a reduction in particulate matter (PM) emissions in low- horizontal top edge. This meets a vertical stem line at section of this report is not as complete as usual.

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SMYRIL: ro-pax ferry for Faeroe

inter-islands service
Shipbuilder: .........IIZAR Construcciones Navales No 4 deck, which together provide 970 lane metres for Number ............................................................................2
(San Fernando yard), Spain 200 cars. Trucks and Mafi trailers can also be Pitch................................................................Controllable
(completed by Navantia) accommodated and hazardous cargoes accepted, Diameter ..............................................................4300mm
together with a limited number of containers carried on Speed...............................................................150rev/min
Vessel's name:………………………………Smyril Main-engine driven alternators
the main deck. An anti-heeling system maintains a level
Hull number:……………………………….......3 399 deck whilst handling vehicles, and active-type fins,
Number ............................................................................2
Owner/operator: ..........S Strandfaraskip Landsins, Make/type .............................Stamford Newage/HC72GH
claimed to reduce roll by 90%, are fitted. Lifesaving Output of each set................................................1200kW
Faroe Islands equipment includes two RFD Marin-Ark MES systems Diesel-driven alternators
Designer: ..................K Knud E Hansen, Denmark/ using vertical chutes. Number ............................................................................4
IZAR Construcciones Navales, Spain The propulsion system features four MAN B&W Engine make/type ..............................MAN B&W 6L16/24
Model test establishment used: ...............D Danish 7L32/40 main engines each developing 3360kW at Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Maritime Institute (DMI), Denmark 750rev/min, and manufactured in IZAR's own Manises Output/speed, each set.....................515kW/1000rev/min
Denmark
Flag: ......................................................D works. These are coupled in pairs to twin-input/single- Alternator make/type ....................................................... -
output reduction gears driving shaftlines fitted with CP Output/speed, each set....................................................-
Total number of sister propellers. A 1200kW alternator is driven off each Boilers
ships already completed:..............................N Nil gearbox, with four 515kW diesel-driven sets also Number/type ...................................................2/TH/V1250
Total number of sister Make .............................................................Garion Naval
installed. Manoeuvring is assisted by two Rolls-Royce Output .............................................................2 x 1250kW
ships still on order: ........................................N Nil CP bow thrusters rated at 1100kW each. Mooring equipment
Number ............................................................................2
Make/type ...............Rolls-Royce/MWE 150/CV 52 K3 W2
T HE placing of this order for a 'conventional ferry',

in April 2002, marked an interesting switch of
activity for IZAR's San Fernando, Cadiz, shipyard,
Length, oa .................................................................138.00m
Length, bp.................................................................123.00m
Type .......................................................................Electric
Make .............................................RFD Marin-Ark (2 sets)
Breadth, moulded .......................................................22.70m Type .....................................................MES vertical chute
since that IZAR division's recent speciality had lain Depth, moulded also two enclosed lifeboats
with the building of 'fast ferries' of steel or aluminium to main deck ............................................................8.10m Vehicles
construction. Work on this new vessel, which is mainly to upper deck ........................................................13.70m Number of vehicle decks..............1 x fixed; 1 x hoistable
destined for service between the Faroese mainland port Draught Total lane length........................................................970m
of Thorshavn, and the island of Syderö to the south, design ......................................................................5.60m Total cars......................................................................200
Doors/ramps
involved the shipyard in close cooperation with the scantling ..................................................................5.80m
Displacement .......................................................8882tonnes Number ............2 x stern door/ramps; 1 x side shell door
Copenhagen-based consultancy Knud E Hansen, in Complement
Lightweight ...........................................................5769tonnes
both internal and external design. Deadweight Officers............................................………………………8
Although the intended voyage is of relatively short design ..................................................................2652dwt Crew...............................................................................16
duration, weather conditions can be sufficiently extreme scantling...............................................................3113dwt Passengers
to require Smyril to be classed for 'open sea service in Gross .......................................................................12,650gt Total..............................................................................976
the North Atlantic' and built to withstand high winds Block coefficient at 5.80m draught..............................0.5322 Number of cabins ..........................................................34
and rough seas. This is externally evidenced by the long Speed, service at 85% MCR, 15% sea margin ....21.55knots Bow thrusters
whaleback forecastle, which affords protection to the Make/type ..............................Rolls-Royce/TT200 AVX CP
Bunkers
Number ............................................................................2
forward mooring position as well as deflecting water heavy oil...................................................................752m3
Output .............................................................2 x 1100kW
shipped over the bow. diesel oil...................................................................138m3 Bridge control system
Because of this arrangement, the superstructure is Water ballast................................................................1560m3 Make .......................................................................Furuno
positioned slightly further aft than in contemporary Fuel consumption Type ..........................................................................NAV I
designs, and incorporates three decks devoted to crew main engines only.....................................52.7tonnes/day Fire detection system
and passenger accommodation, topped by a navigating Classification .............................Lloyd's Register of Shipping Make................................................Tyco Marine Services
bridge deck (No 8) with wheelhouse and helicopter + 100A1 Passenger Ship, Type ...........................................................Minerva T2000
Roll on/Roll off Ship, + LMC, UMS, ICC, NAV1, IWS Fire extinguishing systems
landing area. The tier below this (deck 7) houses officers Helicopter Deck (no ice classification) Make .......................................................................Semco
and crew cabins, with some of the latter also occupying Heel control system .....................................................Hoppe Radars
deck 6, the forward part of which is a large main lounge Roll stabilisation equipment .......................Active folding fins Number ............................................................................2
incorporating cafeteria and restaurant facilities. Main engines Make .......................................................................Furuno
Deck 5 has passenger accesses port and starboard, Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Models ...........................................FAR-2805: FAR-2805S
leading to a reception area, other lounge and eating Model ....................................................................7L32/40 Integrated bridge system
areas, and 34 two- and four-berth cabins with private Manufacturer ................IZAR-Manises Propulsion Energy Make .......................................................................Furuno
toilets, for those requiring sleeping accommodation. In Number ............................................................................4 Model......................................................ECDIS FER 2105
all, 976 passengers can be carried in surroundings Type of fuel .................................................................HFO Waste disposal plant
o Waste compactor
designed to counter temperatures as low as -20 C, Output, each engine..........................3360kW/750rev/min
Make ............................................................Disperator
however, warmer weather is experienced in summer Gearboxes
Make......................................................................Reintjes Model......................................................MOD 510 HK
months and outdoor 'sun decks' are also available. A Model.................................................................DLG 5551 Shredder/crusher
feature of the accommodation layout is that certain Number ..................................2 x twin input/single output Make .................................................Jets Vacuum A/S
areas can be closed off during winter months to suit an Output speed ...................................................150rev/min Model................................................................65MBA
inevitable reduction in passenger demand. Propellers Contract date ..........................................................April 2002
Vehicle access is over two stern ramp/doors and a Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
starboard side door, on to No 3 deck and a hoistable Designer/manufacturer...................................Rolls-Royce Delivery date ...........................................24 September 2005

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Cargo capacity.........................................................70,200m3
Bunkers
heavy oil.................................................................2300m3
diesel oil...................................................................240m3
Water ballast.............................................................26,100m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only ....................................38.60tonnes/day
auxiliaries ..................................................2.80tonnes/day
Classification....Det Norske Veritas + 1A, Tanker for oil, ESP,
Nauticus (newbuilding), PLUS-2, ICE-1B, ETC,
EO, VCS2, RPS, NAUT-AW, Green Passport
steel used in construction .............................................45%
Main engine
Design ..............................................................MAN B&W
Model ...............................................................6S46MC-C
Manufacturer ................Brodosplit Diesel Engine Factory
Number ............................................................................2
Output/speed of each engine ...........7860kW/110rev/min
Propeller
Designer/manufacturer ...................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
Number ............................................................................2
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ..............................................................5300mm
Speed...............................................................110rev/min
Special adaptations..........hub sleeve mounting on shaft,
enabling interchange of propellers
between 6 sister ships
Number ............................................................................4
Engine make/type............................MAN B&W/7L23/30H
Alternator make/type .............Uljanik-Siemens/FJ 6 566-3
Output/speed, each set....................1081kVA/720rev/min
STENA PARIS: Brodosplit Boilers

Number ................................2 x oil fired; 2 x exhaust gas
Type ..............................................2 x KLN/VIC; 2 x KIP/D
delivery advances the Make ..............................................................TPK-Saacke

Output....................................2 x 8500kg/h; 2 x 1750kg/h
Mooring equipment
Stena MAX concept Number ................................2 x mooring winch/windlass;

4 x mooring winch
Make ...............................Rolls-Royce Rauma (Brattvaag)
Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
Shipbuilder:............B Brodosplit Shipyard, Croatia power is available before steering speed is lost, and that Cargo tanks
Vessel's name:...................................Stena Paris this can provide a speed of 6knots in Beaufort 8 head Numbe.............................................................10 + 2 slop
Hull number: ..................................................4441 seas for 72hours. This facility is demonstrated by the
Grades of cargo carried ...........................................5 + 2
'separate' part of the notation, referring to the
Owner/operator:...C Concordia Maritime AB/Stena positioning of the main machinery in independent port Product range ........................clean/dirty products, crude
Bulk AB, Sweden and starboard rooms, separated by fireproof and Coated tanks..............................................Hempel epoxy
Designer:...................................S Stena/Brodosplit watertight bulkheads. Stainless steel ..................cargo piping and heating coils
Model test establishments used:...............S SSPA/ Each compartment contains propelling machinery Cargo pumps
MARIN/Brodarski Institut/HSVA comprising a MAN B&W 6S46MC-C engine delivering Number............................................................10 + 2 slop
Bermuda
Flag: ......................................................B 7860kW MCR at 129rev/min, and directly coupled with Type........................................................Electric deepwell
a FP propeller fitted in front of a plain rudder. Each Make ........................................Hamworthy KSE Svanehøj
Total number of sister engine is served by separate fuel supply and auxiliary Stainless steel ..............................................................Yes
ships already completed:..............................N Nil systems, also independent monitoring and control Capacity ..................................10 x 800m3/h; 2 x 300m3/h
Total number of sister systems. A total of four diesel-alternator sets are Cargo/ballast control systems ............................in integrated
ships still on order: ..........................................55 installed, each producing 1081kVA, and steam automation system
requirements are derived from two oil-fired and two Bridge control system .........in integrated automation system
exhaust-gas boilers. Complement
The aft end of the vessel is characterised by an
C LAIMED to be 'the safest and most efficient
medium-range (MR) tanker ever built', Stena Paris is
the first unit of a new series of P-MAX product
expansive transom stern, above which a large
deckhouse is positioned between two widely-spaced
funnels and topped by a wheelhouse offering 360deg
Officers...........................................................................10
Crew...............................................................................16
Supernumaries.................................................................2
tankers which extends the range of Stena MAX vision, with the functions of the Integrated Bridge Suez/repair crew..............................................................6
designs, produced in-house by this innovative Swedish Control System served from a central location with Integrated automation system
owner, and introduced in Significant Ships of 2001/2002 access to the electronic chart display and other aids. The Make ......................L3 Communications (CAE Valmarine)
layout complies with the NAUT-AW notation and Type .............................................................Damatic DNA
- Stena Victory (V-MAX) and Stena Caribbean (C-MAX). enables co-pilot operation. Other important inclusions Fire detection system
The principal aim of the concept is to minimise risk of to the design are compliance with Ice Class 1B Make ..................................................................Consilium
incidents by including a double hull throughout, an requirements, whilst it is understood that the vessel is
the first newbuilding to be awarded a Det Norske Type.........................................................Salwico NSAC-1
integrated bridge system, twin enginerooms with full
fire and water integrity, and redundant and separate Veritas Green Passport. Fire extinguishing systems
Engineroom .....................................High-expansion foam
systems for propulsion, steering, and automation.
A major feature of the three MAX designs currently Make...........................................................................Tyco
in service is the adoption of a wide beam (in this case TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Radars
40m instead of 32.20m for typically similar vessels) and Length, oa .................................................................182.90m Number ............................................................................2
shallow draught. This combination is understood to Length, bp.................................................................175.50m Make........................................................................Sperry
allow Stena Paris to load some 30% more cargo than a Breadth, moulded .......................................................40.00m
Models........................................12in S-band: 8in X-band
standard MR tanker at the same draught. Depth, moulded ..........................................................17.90m
Integrated bridge system
The double hull surrounds a cargo space divided by Width of double skin
Make.....................L3 Communications (CAE Navigation)
corrugated bulkheads into five pairs of tanks aranged side ..........................................................................2.00m
for clean and dirty oil products, and crude oil. An ETC bottom ......................................................................2.10m
(Effective Tank Cleaning) notation from DNV signifies Draught Incinerator
the inclusion of equipment allowing a rapid turnround, design ....................................................................11.30m Make.....................................................................Atlas
even when switching from dirty to clean cargoes. The scantling ................................................................13.00m Model ......................................................800 SL WS P
handling of these is carried out by an electric-drive Gross .......................................................................36,064gt Sewage plant
deepwell pump in each tank. Epoxy coatings have been Deadweight
Make ......................................................................TTK
applied to the tanks,and cargo piping and heating coils design ...............................................................54,000dwt
Model ..........................................................................-
are of stainless steel. scantling ...........................................................65,200dwt
Contract date......................................................10 July 2003
The design also conforms to the DNV RPS Speed
(Redundant Propulsion Separate) notation, which maximum , design draught..............................17.50knots Launch/float-out date ..........................................4 June 2004
requires that in the event of an incident, redundant service, 15% sea margin .................................14.50knots Delivery date .................................................November 2005

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SUPER LINER OGASAWARA: hybrid air-

cushion/waterjet Techno-Superliner
completed
Mitsui Engineering &
Shipbuilder: ........................M Super Liner Ogasawara is a mixture of catamaran and seat restaurant is also available, and six 160-person
Shipbuilding Co Ltd surface-effect ship, constructed of 1400tonnes of vertical MES chutes serve lifesaving requirements,
(MES), Tamano yard, Japan aluminium in grades A5083 and A5383 for the hull, and allowing full evacuation within 1060seconds.
Vessel's name: ..............Super Liner Ogasawara grades A5083A6N.01 or A6005A for the
Hull number: .......................................................-- superstructure, to endorse the claim to be the largest TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Owner/operator: .......................T Techno-Seaways aluminium craft in the world. It is also understood that Length,oa......................................................approx 140.00m
Inc/Ogasawara Kaiun, Japan the ship's construction included the use of the friction- Length, waterline.......................................................126.83m
stir aluminium welding process for the first time in a Breadth, moulded .......................................................29.80m
Technological Research
Designer: ......................T Depth, moulded ..........................................................10.50m
Association of Techno ship. Draught
Superliner (TSL)/MES, Japan The vessel operates as a hybrid waterjet/air-cushion off cushion ...............................................................5.00m
Model test establishment used: .................M Mitsui vehicle, with the space between the catamaran hulls on cushion ...............................................................2.40m
(Akishima)/National Maritime enclosed by a finger-type skirt at the bow, and a lobe- Maximum speed............................……………………39knots
Research Institute, Japan type at the stern. In the cruising mode, four 4000kW Deadweight .....................………………………………925dwt
Number of sister ships already completed.....N Nil Niigata diesel engines each drive two Mitsui turbo-fans Fuel tank capacity .........................................2 x 460m3 tanks
to force air pressure on to the enclosed surface of the Classification ......................................Japanese Government
Number of sister ships still on order ...............N Nil Lfesaving equipment.....6 x 160-person vertical MES chutes
sea; this causes the vessel to lift and hover, thereby Propulsion system
reducing the area of hull submerged - and hence a lower Main engines
J APAN'S Techno-Superliner (TSL) Research and resistance - and the power required from the waterjets Manufacturer ......................................General Electric
Development project was inaugurated by the for cruising. Type .........................................................Gas turbines
country's Ministry of Transport as far back as 1989, as The pair of Rolls-Royce Kamewa VLWJ235 units Number ...................................................2 x LM2500+
part of a scheme to introduce radical changes in fitted are claimed to be the world's largest to date, Output, each set ..........................................25,180kW
having a diameter of 2.35m. They are driven by two Type of fuel used ..............................................light oil
passenger and cargo transportation, and to relieve Waterjets
freight congestions on roads. Since then, a detailed General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, each Manufacturer… ..........................Rolls-Royce Kamewa
evaluation of a number of fundamentally different developing 25,180kW, to produce a maximum speed of Type...............................................................VLWJ235
concepts and experimental prototypes has taken place, around 39knots. Ship's services are supplied from four Number.......................................................................2
aimed at producing a ship-design capable of a speed of 660kW Yanmar/Taiyo diesel-alternator sets, which also Diameter .............................................................2.35m
approximately 50knots, which would have a supply four 50kN bow thrusters during manoeuvring. Lift fans
All power systems and switchboards are divided into Manufacturer .....................................Mitsui turbo fans
deadweight capacity of 1000tonnes, a range of more Number.......................................................................8
than 930km, and excellent seaworthiness, allowing safe port and starboard sections for redundancy purposes. Lift fan engines
navigation in state 6 seas. The four 50kN transverse thrusters are of a special Manufacturer.....................................................Niigata
Although ultimately, long international voyages were TCT105 type built by Nakashima Propeller; they have Type ...............................................................16V20FX
perceived for the TSL, the eventual choice of route for five blades of increased area ratio and minimal Number.......................................................................4
this commercial prototype became the 1000km link clearance, to avoid loss of cushion air through them. Output, each set .............................................4000kW
Normally, these features would decrease thruster Diesel-driven alternators
between Tokyo and the Ogasawara Islands to the
Number ............................................................................4
south. It was hoped that the vessel might contribute efficiency but Nakashima has succeeded in overcoming Engine make..........................................................Yanmar
greatly to the well-being of the island residents by this problem, as well as reducing thruster weight by 40% Alternator make .........................................................Taiyo
promoting tourism and revitalising the economy compared with a standard thrusters. Output, each set .....................................................660kW
through a drastic reduction in voyage time from 26 Nominally, the TSL can carry 40 x TEU containers Bow thrusters
hours to 16/17 hours. Regrettably, subsequent forward, but particularly the 10ft size used on Japanese Number ............................................................................4
contractual and financial problems related to the railways, as well 350 cars or 250 plus 10 coaches, 50 Manufacturer....................................................Nakashima
Thrust, each set.........................................................50kN
current high cost of fuel have now resulted in the crew and 725 passengers. The latter are accommodated Project initiated................................................................1989
vessel remaining with its builder for the time being, amidships, where cabins with floor space for 362 to Fabrication commenced .................................1 August 2003
although successful trials of performance and sleep on futons is provided, together with normal one, Naming ceremony.........................................November 2004
specification requirements have taken place. two-, and three-berth cabins for the remainder. A 100- Sea trials completed....................................12 October 2005

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Width of double skin

side ..........................................................................3.38m
bottom ......................................................................3.00m
Draught
design ....................................................................20.50m
scantling ................................................................21.00m
Gross .....................................................................163,465gt
Deadweight
design .............................................................300,100dwt
scantling..........................................................309,400dwt
Speed, service, 86.8% MCR, 15% sea margin ....15.60knots
Cargo capacity
liquid volume ....................................................353,181m3
Bunkers
heavy oil..............................................................10,149m3
diesel oil...................................................................600m3
Water ballast...........................................................105,782m3
Fuel consumption
main engine only........................approx 97.80tonnes/day
Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1,
Tanker for Oil, ESP,
NAUTICUS (Newbuilding), EQ, VCS-2, also
Korean Register of Shipping +KRS 1-Oil Tanker,
ESP, +KRM, 1-UMA, IGS, COW
steel used in construction .................................approx 60%
Main engine
Design......................................................................Sulzer
Model ...............................................................7RTA84T-D
Manufacturer ......................Hyundai Heavy Industries Co
Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output
MCR.............................................28,720kW/76rev/min
NCR ..........................................24,934kW/72.5rev/min
Propeller
Designer/manufacturer ......Hyundai Heavy Industries Co
Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed
Diameter ...........................................................10,000mm
Blades ..............................................................................4
Number ............................................................................3
Engine make/type ...................Hyundai-HiMSEN/7H21/32
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
UNIVERSAL QUEEN: Output/speed...............................3 x 1066kW/720rev/min

Alternator make/type ...........Hyundai-EES/HFC6 566-10P
Output/speed...............................3 x 1050kW/720rev/min
Boilers
Hyundai 309,000dwt VLCC Number ............................................................................2

Type ...................................................Rectangular 2-drum
Make...................................Hyundai Heavy Industries Co
variant Output ........................................................2 x 45tonnes/h

Hose-handling crane
Number ............................................................................2
Make.........................................................Shin Young-TTS
introduced practice, the double skin is extended aft to Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Shipbuilder:...H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd,
Duty.......................................................2 x 20tonnes/20m
Korea protect bunker tanks built-in P&S at the forward end of Mooring equipment
Vessel's name: ..........................Universal Queen the engineroom. Longitudinally framed construction has Number ..................................................................10 sets
Hull number: ................................................1 1637 been adopted for most of the structure. Make ....................................................Rolls-Royce Korea
Owner/operator: ..H Hyundai Merchant Marine Co, Three grades of cargo can be carried simultaneously, Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
Korea handled by three Hyundai-MHI steam turbine-driven, Cargo tanks
Designer:.......H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, 5000m3/h pumps housed in a room forward of the Number .............................................15 plus 2 slop tanks
machinery space, and discharged overboard at midships. Grades carried.................................................................3
Korea
Cargo pumps
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai Ballast and cargo valves are operated by medium- Number ............................................................................3
Maritime Research Institute, Korea pressure hydraulic power, and control of cargo systems Type...........................................Steam turbine centrifugal
Panama
Flag: .......................................................P and monitoring includes ullage measurement, operation Make .............................................................Hyundai-MHI
Total number of sister of pumps, and inert gas plant. Radar-type level gauges Capacity........................................................3 x 5000m3/h
ships already completed:.................................-- are employed in the cargo tanks, with electro-pneumatic Cargo control system
Total number of sister models serving the ballast spaces. Crude oil washing is Make.....................................................................Damcos
also provided. Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
ships still on order: ..........................................1 1
Complement
In another change from Capricorn Star, the choice of Officers...........................................................................12
main engine has fallen on a Sulzer 7RTA84T-D unit Crew...............................................................................18
C ONTINUING a long line of VLCC/ULCC

tonnage built by Hyundai over the years, Universal
Queen, delivered into the fleet of associated company
supplied by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The MCR output
of this is 28,720kW at 76rev/min, NCR 24,934kW at
72.50rev/min, and service speed is 15.6knots, allowing a
Suez crew ........................................................................6
Rooms ......................................................30 single plus 1
Hyundai Merchant Marine, is a variant of a design sea margin of 15%. Electrical power is derived solely Make..................................................................Norcontrol
from diesel-driven alternators: three sets driven by Type...........................................................AutoChief C-20
featured in Significant Ships of 2003 by the 317,000dwt
One man operation ......................................................Yes
Capricorn Star. Subtle changes in dimensions are, Hyundai's home-grown HiMSEN engines, each Fire detection system
perhaps, the most noticeable differences between the supplying 1050kW, and supported by a 300kW Make ..................................................................Consilium
two designs, with Universal Queen displaying almost a emergency machine. Steam is generated in two Type .....................................................................CS 4000
metre less depth than the earlier vessel, and a reduction rectangular two-drum boilers each producing Fire extinguishing systems
of 1.50m in scantling and design draughts. Whilst an 45tonnes/h. Cargo deck ......................................Low-expansion foam
overall length of 333m has been retained, the LBP Accommodation is arranged aft for a complement of Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
30 plus six Suez crew, in a superstructure topped by a Engineroom .....................................High-expansion foam
measurement of the newer vessel has been increased by
Make.........................................................Kashiwa Co Ltd
5m to present an almost vertical stem above the load navigation bridge equipped with an integrated bridge Radars
water line and, as a consequence, reduce the system incorporating route planning, collision and Number ............................................................................3
configuration of the bulbous bow. grounding avoidance, and navigation monitoring. Also Make............................................................................JRC
Universal Queen has one continuous freeboard deck installed on the bridge are three radars. Waste disposal plant
without forecastle but featuring a sunken mooring deck Incinerator
aft. The hull is double-skin with the cargo space divided Make.............................................................GC-TECH
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Model .............................................................C-1001R
by two longitudinal bulkheads to form port, starboard
Sewage plant
and centre cargo tanks, further divided by transverse Length, oa .................................................................333.00m
Make...............................................................Jonghap
Length, bp.................................................................324.00m
bulkheads into five pairs of wing tanks, five centre tanks, Breadth, moulded .......................................................60.00m Model ............................................JMC-BIOAERO B-2
and one pair of slop tanks. The double hull space is Depth, moulded Contract date .............................................4 November 2003
utilised for water ballast tanks joined to centrally divided to main deck ..........................................................26.56m Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
double bottom compartments. In line with recently to upper deck ........................................................29.60m Delivery date ............................................11 November 2005

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VIKTOR TITOV: energy-saving Aframax

tanker serving the Sakhalin oilfield
Shipbuilder:...H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, water discharges are checked in compliance with Percentage of high-tensile
Korea MARPOL requirements. steel used in construction .................................approx 30%
Main engine
Vessel's name: ...................................Viktor Titov Monitoring and alarm of machinery vibration is Design.........................................………………MAN B&W
Hull number: ................................................1 1601 another feature of the vessel's equipment, with other Model ......................................…………………7S60ME-C
Owner/operator:..P Primorsk Shipping Ltd, Russia systems recording ice impacts in the bow structure at Manufacturer................Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd
Designer:.......H Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, both loaded and ballast draughts, and measuring and Number ............................................................................1
Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Korea computing stress at critical points in the structure, in Output...............22,300bhp (16,397kW)/105rev/min MCR
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai line with the assumptions of the vessel's Ice Passport, 20,070bhp (14,757kW)/101.40rev/min NCR
Maritime Research Institute, Korea with data recording and alarms displayed on the bridge. Propeller
Cyprus
Flag: .........................................................C Also on the bridge is an example of the new Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze
Designer/manufacturer .................Rolls-Royce (Kamewa)
Total number of sister Hyundai-Transas intelligent bridge system (HTiBS). Number ............................................................................1
ships already completed:..............................2 2 This is expected to become the first navigation concept Pitch................................................................Controllable
Total number of sister to be certified to DNV’s NAUT-AW Class C standard. Diameter ..............................................................7400mm
2 A Hyundai-MAN B&W 7S60ME-C electronically Diesel-driven alternators
ships still on order: ........................................2
Number ............................................................................3
controlled main engine is installed, developing Engine make/type ...................Hyundai-HiMSEN/7H21/32
22,300bhp (16,397kW) MCR at 105rev/min and Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
V IKTOR TITOV is the third of five tankers

building at Hyundai for the Primorsk and
Sovcomflot shipping companies, to a new Aframax
20,070bhp (14,757kW)/101.4rev/min NCR. The CP
propeller is four-bladed and service speed with a 15%
sea margin is 15.20knots.
Alternator make/type ............................................Hyundai
Output/speed each set..................................-/720rev/min
Boilers
design developed to service the Sakhalin oilfield Electrical power is derived from three Hyundai Number ............................................................................2
projects in Russia's Far-Eastern regions. It uses a hull 980kW alternators using prime movers from the Type .......................................................Automatic marine
Make .....................................................................Aalborg
form optimised for operations in both ice and open Hyundai Heavy Industries own-developed HiMSEN Output ........................................................2 x 35,000kg/h
waters, with special features which include a 42m beam range, which has gained increasing success since its Mooring equipment
to achieve a lower sea margin in rough seas, and introduction some four years ago. A feature of the Number ....................................................................8 sets
Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
electronic main engine and CP propeller control to engineroom is the provision of an air circulation system Type........................................................electric-hydraulic
improve manoeuvrability and efficiency in ice designed to maintain a comfortable temperature level Cargo tanks
whilst sailing in ice. In addition, labyrinth-type sea Number .......................................................12 plus 2 slop
conditions. Coated tanks (slop tanks)..................anti-abrasive epoxy
The ice element has played a key part in the design chests are fitted to prevent ice suction. Cargo pumps
process, involving detailed structural and fine-mesh Number ............................................................................3
Duty (total) ..........................................................7500m3/h
analysis of the fore-end construction, including Special rudder .............................Semi-balanced, streamline
secondary members. Vibration, bow impact and fatigue TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Bridge control system
strength analyses were also undertaken to satisfy DNV Length, oa .................................................................247.00m Make .................................................Hyundai-Kongsberg
Length, bp.................................................................234.00m One-man operation ......................................................Yes
CSA-1 notations, and the DAT (-30) notation to cope Breadth, moulded .......................................................42.00m Fire detection system
with harsh winter conditions of the Sakhalin area. Depth, moulded ..........................................................21.60m Make ..................................................................Consilium
Type...............................................................Addressable
The double-skin hull construction surrounds six pairs Width of double skin
of cargo tanks formed from a centreline and transverse side ..........................................................................3.33m Cargo tank deck ..........................................Foam System
bottom ......................................................................2.30m Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
bulkheads, and is extended to afford protection to the Draught Engineroom .................................................................CO2
oil tanks within the forward end of the engineroom. scantling/design ....................................................14.50m Radars
The wing spaces serve as water ballast tanks. Cargo Deadweight ..........................................................100,800dwt Number ............................................................................3
handling arrangements utilise three pumps with a Speed, service with 15% sea margin ...................15.20knots Make .......................................................Hyundai-Transas
Cargo capacity.......................................................117,000m3 Models .................................................................NR 3000
maximum unloading rate of 7500m3/h, with loading Bunkers Integrated bridge system
possible through the manifolds at 9000m3/h. A bow heavy oil.................................................................3000m3 Make .......................................................Hyundai-Transas
Model .......................................................................HTiBS
mooring and loading system is also installed, having a diesel oil...................................................................300m3
horizontal fixed coupling and slipway to eliminate Water ballast.............................................................46,000m3 Incinerator
possible oil spillage. A computerised cargo control Fuel consumption, main engine only.............59.5tonnes/day Make ..........................................Hyundai Marine-Atlas
Classification ..................................Det Norske Veritas +1A1, Sewage plant
system supports a one-man cargo operation, and tanker for oil, ESP, Make ................................................…………Jonghap
continuous monitoring and warning of the presence of NAUTICUS (newbuilding), EO, VCS-2, ICE-1A Contract date ....................................................16 June 2003
hydrocarbon gases in the pumproom and ballast spaces for hull, ICE-1C elsewhere (TMA), Bow loading, Launch/float-out date .............................................................-
is undertaken, with readings relayed to the bridge. Oily SPM, HL, Clean, DAT (-30), CSA-1 Delivery date ............................................14 November 2005

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VOLCAN DE TIMANFAYA: Canaries ferry

modified for night service
Shipbuilder: ..............................A Astillero Barreras balanced rudders are installed aft and two Rolls-Royce Main engine-driven alternators
(Hijos de J Barreras SA), Spain 1000kW thrusters operate at the bow. Number ............................................................................2
Vessel's name:...................Volcan de Timanfaya Decks 3 and 4 and a hoistable deck, No 5, are Make/type ............................Leroy Somer/LSA 52.2 L75P
Hull number: ................................................1 1626 available for vehicles, laid out for 404 cars and 69 x 16m Output each set ....................................................1200kW
trailers. Ro-ro access is over the stern to deck 3 by way Diesel-driven alternators
Owner/operator: ..........M Maritima de Las Islas SA Number ............................................................................2
(Armas Group SA), of two ramp/doors 8m wide x 16m long. Each ramp Engine make/type ........................................Wärtsilä/6L20
Spain (Canary Islands) consists of a main section, overlaid with a second, Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Designer: ......................A Astillero Barreras, Spain hinged 'fold-out' extension which opens over the first. Output/speed, each set...................1080kW/1000rev/min
Model test establishment used: ..............M MARIN, Two vehicles weighing up to 54tonnes can transit the Alternator make/type..........Leroy Somer/LSA 52.2L60/6P
The Netherlands ramps simultaneously. Fixed ramps P&S link decks 3 Output/speed, each set.....................900kW/1000rev/min
Spain
Flag: ...........................................................S and 4, whilst the hoistable deck, formed of 11 sections, Boiler
is accessed by lowering the end sections at the aft end, Number ............................................................................1
Type........................................................................oil fired
ships already completed:................................1 1 or by ramps within the forward sections. Make........................................................Vulcano Sadaca
Total number of sister Output .................................................................1500kg/h
ships still on order: ...........................................-- Mooring equipment
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Length, oa .................................................................142.45m 2 x mooring winch
V OLCAN DE TIMANFAYA was conceived as a Length, bp.................................................................125.00m Make ..................................................................Servoship

Breadth, moulded .......................................................24.20m Type.....................................................................hydraulic
sister ship to Volcan de Tamasite (Significant Ships of Depth, moulded Lifesaving equipment
2004), with both designed to operate within the seven to main deck (No 3).................................................8.35m Number .....................4 x Viking 175-person vertical MES
main islands of the Canary Islands group, primarily to upper deck (No 4) .............................................13.55m 2 x 150-person lifeboats
linking Gran Canaria with Fuerta Ventura. However, to deck 6................................................................19.50m 2 x rescue boats
whilst Tamasite was fitted out for day-time operations, Draught Vehicles
this later sister has been modified to suit overnight design ......................................................................5.70m Number of vehicle decks..............2 x fixed; 1 x hoistable
services by replacing the forward panoramic lounge on scantling ..................................................................6.00m Number of cars............................................................404
Gross .......................................................................17,343gt
deck 6, and a large adjacent area previously devoted to Number of trailers ..........................................................69
Deadweight, design......................................approx 2900dwt Doors/ramps
pullman chairs, by 46 four-berth cabins and eight two- Speed, service............................................................21knots Number/type ....................................2 x stern ramp/doors
berth types, plus 2 three-berth rooms fitted out for Bunkers 2 x fixed ramps; 1 x hoistable car deck
disabled travellers. All the new cabins have private heavy oil...................................................................620m3 Designer....................................................SP Consultores
bathrooms. diesel oil.....................................................................90m3
Passengers and crew
In support of these modifications, a cafeteria has Water ballast................................................................1685m3
Total............................................................................1000
been added on deck 6, and a two-level snack bar on Classification...........Bureau Veritas Class 1, + Hull, + Mach,
Bow thrusters
Ro-Ro, Passenger ship, Unrestricted
decks 6/7, but the waiter service restaurant has been Make ...............................................................Rolls-Royce
Navigation. AUT, UMS
eliminated. The overall complement of passengers and Main engines Number ............................................................................2
crew on Volcan de Timanfaya has been reduced from Design...................................................................Wärtsilä Output, each.........................................................1000kW
1500 on the day-service ferry to 1000; as a result the Model ......................................................................8L46C Bridge control system
lifesaving arrangements now comprise four Viking Manufacturer.........................................................Wärtsilä Make............................................................RMI/Raytheon
marine escape systems, two each side, each of 175 Number ............................................................................2 One man operation .......................................................No
persons capacity, supported by 2 x 150-person enclosed Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Output, each engine..........................8400kW/500rev/min Make .........................................................................Thorn
lifeboats and a pair of fast rescue boats. Type ...............................................................addressable
Gearboxes
Most other features of the basis design are retained, Fire extinguishing systems
Make......................................................................Reintjes
but in deference to the timings of the night voyage, the Number ............................................................................2 Engineroom .................................................................CO2
service speed of Volcan de Timanfaya has been reduced Model ...................................................VA950 K41 HL/HR Vehicle spaces....................................................Drencher
by one knot to 21knots. Power is derived, as on the Output speed ...................................................176rev/min Cabins/public spaces........................................Sprinklers
earlier sister, from two Wärtsilä 8L46C main engines, Propellers Radars ...................................................................................2
each developing 8400kW MCR at 500rev/min. A Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Make ...........................................………………..Raytheon
reduction gearbox on each shaft-line brings the engine Designer/manufacturer...................................Rolls-Royce Waste disposal plant
speed down to 175revolutions at the twin CP propellers, Number ...........................................………………………2 Sewage plant ............................................................Facet
whilst power take-offs on each machine are coupled Pitch................................................................Controllable Contract date .........................................................................-
with 1200kW alternators. Two diesel-driven 1000kW Diameter ..............................................................4200mm Launch/float-out date ...............................11 November 2004
alternator sets are also fitted. Two underhung semi- Speed...............................................................176rev/min Delivery date ...................................................................2005

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WAN HAI 501: CSBC delivers 4250TEU

box ship to local owner
Shipbuilder:...........................C China Shipbuilding 720rev/min. A rudder skeg is fitted aft, and a 1600kW Mooring equipment
Corp (CSBC), Taiwan thruster, also by Nakashima, is installed at the bow. Number/type ....................2 x mooring winch/windlasses,
Vessel's name: ................................Wan Hai 501 6 x mooring winches
Hull number: ..................................................8835 Make .........................................................Nippon Pusnes
Owner/operator: .......W Wan Hai Lines Ltd, Taiwan TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Type ........................................................Electro-hydraulic
Designer:........C China Shipbuilding Corp, Taiwan Length, oa .................................................................268.80m Hatch covers
Singapore
Flag: ....................................................S Length, bp.................................................................256.50m Design ...................................MacGregor lift-off pontoons
Total number of sister Breadth, moulded .......................................................32.20m Manufacturer............................................................CSBC
ships already completed:................................4 4 Depth moulded ...........................................................19.20m Containers
Total number of sister Width of double skin Lengths........................................................20ft; 40ft; 45ft
ships still on order: ..........................................44 side ..........................................................................1.96m Cell guides ...................................................................Yes
bottom ......................................................................1.80m Total TEU capacity.....................................................4252
Draught on deck ................................................................2636
T HIS latest example of China Shipbuilding's

container ship designs has been developed from
that of a similar, 4050TEU vessel (delivered recently to
design ....................................................................11.00m
scantling ................................................................12.50m
Gross .......................................................................42,579gt
in holds .................................................................1616
homogeneously loaded to 14tonnes ...................2850
reefer plugs .....................................................400TEU
German owner Peter Döhle, a regular customer of the Deadweight Tiers/rows
Kaohsiung shipyard), and is the first of a new series to design ...............................................................41,463dwt on deck .................................................................8/13
join the fleet of a local operator, Taipeh-based Wan Hai scantling............................................................52,146dwt in holds ..................................................................7/11
Lines, whose trading area is centred around South East Speed, service, 90% MCR, 15% sea margin .......24.40knots Ballast control system
Asia, and for whom a number of special requirements Bunkers Make........................................................................Shinko
have been included in the design. heavy oil.................................................................5157m3 Type .......................................................Electric-hydraulic
The hull is arranged with a double skin, and features diesel oil… ...............................................................309m3 Complement
six cargo holds forward of the deckhouse and one aft. Water ballast….........................................................13,008m3 Officers...........................................................................12
The single deck is fitted with a forecastle which has a Fuel consumption Crew...............................................................................11
5m high breakwater at its aft end, giving protection to main engine only ....................................133.6tonnes/day Suez crew ........................................................................6
the 2656 containers carried on deck. To maximise this Classification ....Det Norske Veritas +1A1, Container Carrier, Rooms .................................................................23 single
total, eight tiers of containers can be loaded at the EO, TMON, Nauticus-Newbuilding, CR, 100 Stern appendages .............................................Rudder skeg
house front, reducing to five forward, and the +E, Container Carrier, CMS, CAU + Bow thruster
superstructure has been increased in height to meet Percentage of high-tensile Make.....................................Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd
SOLAS regulations governing line of sight over the steel used in construction .................................approx 50% Number ............................................................................1
bow. Main engine Output ...................................................................1600kW
Because of this extra height, two tiers of lashing Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Bridge control system
bridges have been installed between the stacks, a feature Model ...............................................................8K90MC-C Make...................................................................Nabtesco
which also permits stack loadings for TEU/FEU to Manufacturer ........................................................Hyundai Type .........................................................................M-800
increase to 80/120tonnes. Eleven rows, and five tiers of Number ............................................................................1 One-man operation .......................................................No
normal boxes, plus two tiers of high-cube units, can be Type of fuel used........................................................HFO Fire detection system
accommodated in the holds which are of girderless Output .............................................36,560kW/104rev/min Make..............................................................Nohmi Bosai
construction. Connections are available for 400FEU, Propeller Type .......................................FAC512B-20L addressable
loaded in the first three tiers above deck, to be Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Fire extinguishing systems
Cargo holds/engineroom.....................high-pressure CO2
refrigerated, and facilities are available for dangerous Designer/manufacturer .........................CSBC/Nakashima
Make .................................................................NK Co Ltd
goods, excluding IMDG class 1, to be carried in holds Number ............................................................................1
Radars
three to five. As well as the usual TEU and FEU boxes, Pitch ...........................................................................fixed
Number ............................................................................3
Wan Hai 501 is equipped to carry 45ft containers in the Diameter ..............................................................8000mm
Make............................................................................JRC
bays above the upper deck, right aft. Speed...............................................................104rev/min
Models ........................................JMA-9933-SA/9932-7XA
As with many CSBC designs, particular attention has Diesel-driven alternators
Integrated bridge system
been paid to propeller performance and consideration Number .........................................………………………..3
Make............................................................................JRC
of cavitation and force control. The weight of the Engine make/type ..............................Yanmar/8N280L-ZV
propeller has also been optimised, resulting in good Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
Incinerator
vibration performance. The main engine is of the MAN Output/speed each set......................2398kW/720rev/min
Make ..............................................................KangRim
B&W 8K90MC-C design, built by Hyundai and Alternator make/type.............................Taiyo/FEK 70A-10
Model .........................................................KIN-80SDA
developing 36,560kW at 104rev/min. The propeller, Output/speed each set......................2280kW/720rev/min
Sewage plant
designed by the shipbuilder and manufactured by Boilers Make ..........................................................Hamworthy
Nakashima is of the FP type and at 90% MCR and with Number/type ..................................1 x vertical composite Model ...................................................................ST2A
a 15% sea margin, drives the ship at 24.40knots. Model ...............................................................MC351R24 Contract date .....................................................19 May 2003
Electrical supply comes from three Yanmar/Taiyo Make ...................................................................KangRim Launch/float-out date ........................................23 April 2005
diesel-alternator sets, each producing 2280kW at Output ...............................................3000kg/h, each side Delivery date ......................................................22 July 2005

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WESTERN BALTIC: Hyundai Mipo product

tanker for Swiss owner
Shipbuilder: .....H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd, Hyundai Mipo's earlier vessels of this size, allowing Engine make/type ...............Hyundai-MAN B&W/5H21/32
Korea higher power margins to compensate for probable Type of fuel .................................................................HFO
Vessel's name:..............................Western Baltic adverse weather conditions in northern waters. The Output/speed, each set.......................780kW/900rev/min
Alternator make/type ........................................................-
Hull number: ................................................0 0303 choice of a Hyundai-MAN B&W 6S60MC-C unit, as a Output/speed, each set.......................730kW/900rev/min
Owner/operator: .............W Western Petroleum SA, replacement for a 6S50-size machine, adds some Boilers
Switzerland 4000kW (MCR) to the available output and produces Number ............................................................................1
Designer: .........H Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd, the service speed of 15.50knots with the engine Type.................................................................MBO6835A
Korea running at only 81.50% full power instead of previous Make ...................................................................KangRim
Model test establishment used: .............H Hyundai ship's 90%. Electrical supply is derived from three Output ..............................................................20,000kg/h
Maritime Research Institute, Korea 730kW Hyundai diesel-alternator sets, with steam Mooring equipment
Bahamas
Flag: .....................................................B produced in a KangRim 20,000kg/h boiler. A Kawasaki Number .................................2 x mooring winch/windlass
Total number of sister Make .......................................................Maritime Pusnes
950kW bow thruster is fitted and a flap-type rudder Type ....................................................................Hydraulic
ships already completed:................................1 1 operates aft in an open-water stern frame. Lifesaving equipment
Total number of sister Number/type .....................1 x 28-person free-fall lifeboat
ships still on order: ..........................................33 Cargo tanks
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Number..............................................12 x cargo; 2 x slop
Length, oa .................................................................186.41m Grades of cargo carried ................................IMO Type III
H YUNDAI Mipo's reputation as a builder of

product tankers is surely emphasised by the fact
that at the end of 2004, the company's order book
Length, bp.................................................................177.00m
Depth, moulded, to main deck ...................................18.50m
Coated tanks................................................................Yes
Stainless steel........................................pipes and fittings
Cargo pumps
contained no less than 100 vessels of this type, mainly Width of double skin Number..............................................12 x cargo; 2 x slop
comprised of two designs: one of 35,000/37,000dwt side ..........................................................................2.00m Type.................................................submerged hydraulic
bottom ......................................................................2.15m Make ........................................................................Framo
and the other circa 46,000dwt. This Western Petroleum Draught Stainless steel ....................................................AISI 316L
series is a modified version of the latter size, displaying design ....................................................................12.00m Capacity ..................................12 x 600m3/h; 2 x 300m3/h
increases in length, draught, deadweight and cargo scantling ................................................................13.00m Cargo/ballast control systems
capacity over previous, similar vessels. A higher- Gross .......................................................................30,053gt Make.........................................................................Praxis
powered engine produces a faster service speed, but Deadweight Type ..........................................................................Piano
perhaps the most interesting and outwardly obvious design ...............................................................47,500dwt Complement
change lies with the underwater profile of the bulbous scantling............................................................53,000dwt Officers...........................................................................16
bow which now presents a distinctive 'straight-line' Block coefficient, scantling draught ..............................0.833 Crew...............................................................................12
Speed, service, 81.5% MCR, 15% sea margin ....15.50knots
leading edge. Cargo capacity.........................................................55,200m3
Suez/Repair crew.............................................................6
Western Baltic is a single-decked vessel with a forecastle Special rudder .........................................................Flap type
Bunkers Bow thruster
linked by a fore and aft gangway to the superstructure heavy oil.................................................................1650m3 Make .............................................………………Kawasaki
aft. Positioned above the machinery space and diesel oil...................................................................280m3 Number ............................................................................1
separated from the funnel casing to reduce noise and Water ballast.............................................................24,000m3 Output .....................................................................950kW
vibration problems, this provides accommodation for a percentage segregated ...........................................100% Bridge control system
crew of 28, served by a free-fall lifeboat at the stern. Fuel consumption Make.........................................................................Praxis
The double hull forms side tanks, joined with double main engine only ....................................46.60tonnes/day Fire detection system
bottom spaces divided by a central duct keel, to provide auxiliaries..................................................2.97tonnes/day. Make....................................................................Saracom
Classification .................................................Lloyd's Register
six pairs of combined 'L-shaped' ballast tanks. Within +100A1, Double Hull Oil & Chemical Tanker,
Type.........................................................................T-2000
the double skin, the cargo space is separated by Fire extinguishing system
Ship Type III, ESP, + LMC, UMS, Cargo spaces..............................................Foam monitor
longitudinal, and centreline bulkheads into 12 tanks LI, IGS, Ice Class 1A, FS, IWS, SCM Make .....................................................................Seaplus
designated to carry petroleum products, crude oil and Percentage of high-tensile Engineroom .................................................................CO2
IMO Type III cargoes of pollution categories III, A, B, steel used in construction .............................................40% Make .....................................................................Seaplus
C and D. Main engine Radars
In anticipation of an increase in trade within the Design ..............................................................MAN B&W Number ............................................................................2
Russian oil market, Western Petroleum has followed Model ...............................................................6S60MC-C Make .......................................................................Furuno
Manufacturer............................Hyundai Heavy Industries
other owners by including the requirements of Lloyd's Number ............................................................................1
Models......................................FAR-2837SW/FAR-2827W
Class 1A ice strengthening in the design of these Type of fuel used........................................................HFO
newbuildings. The ships also incorporate 40% high- Output .............................................13,560kW/105rev/min Waste disposal plant
tensile steel in their construction, and have been built to Propeller Incinerator
o
operate within a temperature range of -40 C to +34 C.
o
Material ......................................Nickel-aluminium-bronze Make .....................................................Hyundai Sungi
Model..................................................Maxi 50 SI-I WS
Pipes and fittings are fabricated from stainless steel and Designer/manufacturer ............Hyundai Heavy Industries
Sewage plant
the twelve 600m3/h Framo submerged cargo pumps, Number ............................................................................1
Pitch ..........................................................................Fixed Make ................................................................Hamworthy
and 2 x 300m3/hour pumps serving the slop tanks, are Diameter ..............................................................7000mm Model.........................................................................ST2A
made from the same material. Speed...............................................................105rev/min Contract date.....................................................11 April 2003
As noted above, Western Baltic has been fitted with a Diesel-driven alternators Launch/float-out date .........................................22 July 2004
more powerful main engine than that specified for Number ............................................................................3 Delivery date ..............................................28 February 2005

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