Kawasaki-Built Ore Carrier Develops 18 Knots On Trials
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan, recently delivered the 135,830-dwt ore carrier Amagisan Maru to its owners. The vessel was constructed at the company's Kobe Works on an order from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., and Baba-Daiko Steamship Co., Ltd.
The vessel is the second carrier of a new type developed by Kawasaki. The hold is divided into three parts by special watertight bulkheads. It is designed to allow for the separate loading of different ores according to type.
Propulsion is provided by a two-cycle Kawasaki-M.A.N. turbocharged diesel engine.
The machinery is automated in order to comply with the Equipment Certificate Intending an Unattended Machinery Space as issued by NK. A nozzle propeller is installed to increase propulsive efficiency.
The ship has an overall length of 895 feet 4 inches, a length between perpendiculars of 851 feet 7 inches, a breadth of 144 feet 4 inches, a depth of 71 feet 6 inches, and a draft of 52 feet 9 inches. It will enter service either between Japan and Australia, or Japan and South America.
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- Floats Ships Off Building Platform Into Drydock page: 6
- MarAd Approves Title XI To Finance $23.2-Million Barge/Towboat Program page: 8
- Bethlehem Appoints R. Newcomb Treasurer Shipbuilding Operations page: 8
- Schedule And Papers— SNAME Spring Meeting In Philadelphia, Pa. page: 10
- Russians Buy Oil Barriers From U.S. page: 12
- Todd To Build Six Guided Missile Frigates For Navy At Base Price Of $295 Million page: 13
- Marketing Expert Joins Oil Mop As Executive VP page: 14
- GAO Wants To Know Why Navy Is Not Using Commercial Tugboats page: 20
- Vancouver Shipyards Moves 457-Foot Ferry To Launching Position On Film Of Water page: 23
- Northern New England Section Of ASNE Elects Officers For 1976 page: 24
- Three-Year Navy Salvage Contract Awarded To Crowley page: 25
- Samson Ocean Systems Names R.H. Blanchette Regional Manager page: 25
- Evergreen Marine Corp. Announces New Ships And Plans New Services page: 27
- American Club Elects Officers And Admits Central Gulf Lines page: 27
- Navy Awards Bath Iron $224-Million Contract For Five Missile Frigates page: 28
- N.Y. SNAME To Hold Tanker Symposium At Kings Pt. April 23 page: 32
- Connecticut Company To Represent Swedish C-P Propeller Firm page: 33
- AWO Elects Geary Chairman Of Board —Directors Named page: 34
- Dual Keel-Layings Mark Submarine Tender Construction At Lockheed Shipbuilding And Construction Company page: 36
- Canadian Yards Building For Export page: 37
- 2nd International Symposium On Ship Operation Automation Set For Washington In August page: 37
- Tubbs And FitzGerald Named Vice Presidents At Donhaiser Marine page: 39
- Halter Marine Delivers Crewboat For Service In Arabian Gulf page: 41
- First Swedish-Owned Oil Rig Commissioned At Bethlehem-Beaumont page: 42
- Far East Levingston Names Lovie & Co. U.S. Representative page: 43
- Shipbuilders Council Elects Officers page: 43
- Halter Marine Names A.J. Rizzo Director Of Public Relations page: 44
- McDevitt Named President Of Three Maritime Firms page: 44
- SNAME Los Angeles Section Hears Of Conversion Of Existing Schooner Hull To Brig Pilgrim page: 45
- SNAME San Diego Section Hears Discussion Of Engineers' Tasks page: 46
- DeLaval IMO Pump Division Publishes Illustrated Bulletin On Pumps For Gas Turbines page: 48
- SNAME Philadelphia Section Discusses The Why And How Of Offshore Oil/Gas Drilling page: 48
- ARCO Installs Unit To Evaluate MARISAT page: 49
- Kawasaki-Built Ore Carrier Develops 18 Knots On Trials page: 50
- R.T. Greene Forms New Marine Company page: 50
- Conoco And Gulf Oil Enter Agreement With British On North Sea Oil Production page: 51
