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Keeping Cargo And Ship Safe

Earlier this year Germany presented to the IMO's 69th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) the first feasibility and rentability study of emergency propulsion devises using the Formal Safety

Assessment (FSA) method.

The conclusion to an intensive study regarding tanker propulsion equipment failure and the real value of procuring the installation of a proven emer- gency propulsion system vs. the actual cost of safety, business and environmental loss seem to show that the investment is a wise one, even without the consid- eration of political implications of an accident.

As the example, a 145,000-dwt, 866 ft. (264 m)

Suezmax tanker was used. The tanker is powered by a single 13,000-kW engine for a 14 knot speed when loaded. In case of damage to the main engine and its auxiliaries, shafting, propulsion, rudder, etc., emer- gency propulsion is handled by a pair of Schottel

Pump-Jets (type SPJ 520) at 3,500 kW each. With the emergency propulsion driven by electric motors, the General Arrangement

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