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A newly designed multi-purpose carrier from Hitachi Zosen It's called a Universal Transport. It replaces Liberty vessels and is a sister ship to our Universal Cargo type ... a 15,000 DWT multi-purpose cargo vessel. It is designed as a multi-purpose carrier which is able to carry grain, ore, or a combination of cargoes without any temporary fittings. The new Universal Transport has one row hatches on the upper deck, not two. The accompanying single row hatch on the second deck is equipped with dual folding hatch covers that transversely fold up and under the hatch side girders. In this position they form two longitudinal bulkheads. These longitudinal bulkheads are used as a grain feeder and to prevent grain shift. Hatch cover handling is quick and easy, using wires from cargo winches. The wing parts created by these folding hatch covers can be filled through smaller holds on the upper deck. Around the central hatch on the second deck are small grated hatches. They come with covers that can be removed to facilitate loading grains into the lower deck. These are just some of the many new design features in our UT-15. The Universal Transport ? Hitachi Zosen's latest word in versatility. For more information, don't hesitate to write us. GRAIN HATCH STEEL COVER GRAIN OPENING HOLD SECTION HATCH COVER ON x SECOND DECK PARTIAL LONGI. BHD. VERTICALLY STOWED HATCH COVER (g) HITACHI ZOSEN HITACHI SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Tokyo Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Telex: TK 4490 Telegrams: HITACHIZOSEN or SHIPYARD TOKYO New York Office: Room 2712, 80 Broad Street, New York, N.Y., 10004, U.S.A. Phone: Whitehall-3-5673, Telex: 222036 HITACHI Cable Address: HITACHISEC NEWYORK Other Overseas Offices: London, New York, DLisseldorf, Hong Kong, Belgrade 68 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News