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Old whaling mother ships never die the Hitachi Zosen way

Hitachi Zosen, an expert in ship remodeling and repair, recently changed an old whaling mother ship to a modern multi-purpose whaling mother ship.

You may not be concerned with whales, but, you may be interested in this tale how an old ship was given new life—by Hitachi Zosen.

This obsolete, 20,300 G/T ship (the "Kyokuyo

Maru No. 3" owned by the Kyokuyo Hogei

Company) was first elongated about 20 meters increasing its capacity to 23,000 G/T. Then, 7 of 9 boiler units were taken out, 2 new units put in, and the old 2 repositioned. Also, 32 units of various auxiliary machinery were replaced with modern equipment. Plus, a fuel oil tank (capacity of 20,310 m3) was added to supply the entire fleet on prolonged voyages.

On top of all this, a complete freezer factory (10 sets of NH3 compressors replacing 10 sets of CO2 compressors; a 6,275m3 freezer chamber; 64 sets of 250 t/d high-speed freezer equipment, 12 times larger than the old equipment) and a fish milling plant were installed.

A whale of a remodeling and repair job, you'll have to agree, but nothing extraordinary for

Hitachi Zosen. This complicated work required only 196 days, and the old mother ship is now a girl active again in the Antarctic Ocean.

What can Hitachi Zosen do for you?

HITACHI ZOSE\

HITACHI SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

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