Hyundai Introduces Three Standard Crude Oil Tanker Designs

Recent increases in the oil trade have prompted more tanker owners to bring their laid-up tonnage into service, while studying possibilities of replacing obsolete vessels with competitive new ones. This trend could lead to increased demand for large- and medium-sized tankers, though a more moderate scale than the tanker boom of the early 1970s.

In order to swiftly meet such market conditions, Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (HHI) recently introduced three standard crude oil tanker designs with deadweights of 254,000, 156,000, and 114,000 tons. Their hull form is shaped for minimum resistance and structured for increased speed and greater deadweight capacity with as light a hull weight as possible. They are each equipped with a propulsion plant having a main engine with low fuel rate, and a large-diameter, lowrpm propeller. With the latest navigation equipment, selective cargohandling systems, and economical electrical plants, these prototypes will provide clients with optimum performance and greater economy.

HHI began its shipbuilding operation with the construction of two VLCCs in 1973. Since then the Korean yard has become a leader in the area of crude oil tankers. Its wide experience with this type ship includes delivery of 12 VLCCs, eleven 62,500-dwt crude oil tankers, and four of 80,000 dwt. HHI currently has four tankers on its orderbook, including one 254,000-dwt VLCC.

For further information and free color brochures on HHI's standard tanker designs, Circle 132 on Reader Service Card

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 45, Oct 1986

Read Hyundai Introduces Three Standard Crude Oil Tanker Designs in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of October 1986 Maritime Reporter

Other stories from October 1986 issue

Content

Maritime Reporter

First published in 1881 Maritime Reporter is the world's largest audited circulation publication serving the global maritime industry.