Page 3rd Cover: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (May 1977)

Norwegian Firm Invests

In Multipurpose Freighters

With an eye to handling a wide variety of cargoes in almost any kind of port, the Nor- wegian shipping firm A/S Alliance has taken delivery of the first of three multipurpose freighters that employ two 30-ton gantry cranes running the length of the ship for loading.

The Hoegh Mallard is shown above while en route from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan to Norway.

The 30-ton gantry cranes travel the full length of the cargo section.

The 44,351-dwt ship, named the Hoegh

Mallard, is the first of three to be built by

Kawasaki Heavy Industries at the Japan firm's Sakaide Works.

Designed to load baled pulp, pulp rolls, kraft liner boards, plywood, packaged lum- bers, grains, ores, other bulk cargoes and containers or other cargoes, the Hoegh Mal- lard has 10 square holds, nine of which have openings 83 feet 2 inches wide, about 80 percent of the hull breadth. The huge pon- toon-type hatch covers, which are strong enough to sustain lumber and containers on top of them, are removed and replaced by the ship's movable gantry cranes.

Inside, the holds are brightly lighted by high-pressure sodium lamps built into their sides and controlled by switches in the water ballast control room.

The Hoegh Mallard also has several inter- esting engine and steering features. The highly automated engine plant is cooled totally by fresh water instead of seawater, making it far easier to maintain. To aid in steering, the ship is fitted with doppler sonar which accurately measures the vessel's longi- tudinal and sidewise speed and confirms them at the chart space, bridge wings and engine control room.

Since Norwegian seamen demand a good deal of comfort at sea, the vessel has excep- tionally high-grade living quarters, includ- ing an indoor pool, recreation lobby, a coffee bar and other facilities built around a dining room and day room.

The 44,351-dwt ship is to have a comple- ment of 35 and will cruise at about 15.3 knots.

Principal particulars of the Hoegh Mallard are: length overall — 657.81 feet, length be- tween perpendiculars — 623.36 feet, breadth molded — 101.05 feet, depth molded —51.51 feet, and draft extreme — 37.946 feet. The vessel is classed by Det norske Veritas.

The main engine is a Kawasaki M.A.N.

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