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BARBER TAMPA

Hyundai Heavy Industries

Built at the huge Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Com- pany, Ltd., in South Korea, the three largest RO/RO-containerships in the world entered the interna- tional service of Barber Blue Sea this year. Dubbed SuperCarriers II by their owner, the Barber Tampa,

Barber Texas, and Barber Hector are 860 feet long and each has a car- go capacity of 2,464 TEUs of con- tainers and 630 American-sized cars. The three ships represent an investment of some $200 million.

In order to produce an optimum hull form for the Barber Texas and her two sister ships, a series of mod- el tank tests were conducted at vari- ous research centers. Towing and cavitation tests were repeated as many as nine times at the Norwe- gian Hydrodynamic Laboratory. In addition, Hyundai etc. retained the

Swedish Maritime Research Center to conduct sea-keeping and maneu- vering tests.

Considerable emphasis has been placed on the ship's safe operation.

To improve damage stability, two watertight transverse bulkheads are partly fitted in the cargo space.

Equal emphasis was put on maxi- mum cargo loading capacity. Three fixed decks and two hoistable car decks are installed and the engine room's size is minimized, providing some 295,470 square feet of cargo deck area. Fixed ramps are fitted between decks.

For fast and easy cargo handling, and angled stern ramp 148 feet long with a minimum clear width of 41 feet is installed. Entrance height at the stern door is 50 feet. A side door with portable car ramp is also pro- vided. At the forward end of the ship, a 40-ton electro-hydraulic car- go crane insures self-sustaining loading and unloading in that area.

Main propulsion is by a Hyundai/

B&W 8L90GB diesel engine with maximum continuous rating of 36,600 bhp at 97 rpm, directly con- nected to a Kobe Steel propeller.

Service speed of 19.5 knots at design draft of 32 feet is achieved at 85 per- cent of mcr (32,940 bhp at 94 rpm).

KaMeWa 2,300-hp thrusters are fit- ted forward and aft to improve the vessel's maneuvering performance.

Electric power is provided by three diesel generators of 1,900 kw each, two diesel generators of 900 kw each, and a single turbogenera- tor of 1,000 kw. The unmanned ma- chinery space can be controlled re- motely by Terasaki equipment.

Built to Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping classification +100 Al, RO/RO

Containership, +LMC, UMS, the

Barber Tampa has a molded beam

BARBER TAMPA

Major Suppliers

Main engine Hyundai/B&W

Turbocharger . . . IHI/Brown Boveri

Engine controls Terasak

Propeller Kobe Steel

Bow & stern thrusters .... KaMeWa

Auxiliary boiler Osaka Boiler

Valves & actuators Nakakita

Heeling system Framo

C02 & Halon systems Ginge

Ventilation fans Flakt

RO/RO equipment

Hyundai/Kayaba/Navire

Deck crane Hagglund

Elevator Nippon Elevator

Radar & anti-collision systems . . Atlas

Satnav & satcom Magnavox

Radio direction finder ITT

Echo sounder Simrad

Gyrocompass Sperry

Magnetic compass .... Henry Brown

FO, DO, & LO separator . . .Alfa-Laval

Plate heat exchangers . . . .Alfa-Laval of 105.84 feet, molded depth of 68.90 feet, and scantling draft of 38.38 feet. At that draft the ship has a deadweight of approximately 44,000 metric tons.

CENTURY HOPE

Mitsui

The 68,082-dwt bulk carrier Cen- truy Hope was delivered this year at the Tamano Works of Mitsui Engi- neering & Shipbuilding Company,

Ltd., to the Kowin Shipping Com- pany of Hong Kong.

The bulker has an overall length of 730.68 feet, molded beam of 105.64 feet, depth of 60 feet, and full-load draft of 43.5 feet. Main propulsion is by a Mitsui/B&W 6L67GBE slow-speed diesel engine with a maximum continuous rating of 13,000 bhp at 123 rpm. On sea trials the ship achieved a maximum speed of 16.32 knots.

Cargo space is divided into seven holds with a total capacity (grain) of 80,120 cubic meters. No. 4 hold can also be used as a ballast tank to secure sufficient draft in stormy conditions. Holds Nos. 2 and 6 can also be used as ballast tanks in port for draft adjustments

Hull weight reduction has been achieved with 32-kilogram (70.5- pound), high-tensile steel for the decks, bottom shell plating, double bottom, and upper and lower hop- per sections, with the exception of some areas of the side shell plating.

The bottom and waterline area of the hull are coated with self-polish- ing, long-life antifouling paint to reduce the frictional resistance and thereby conserve fuel.

The propulsion plant features, besides the fuel-efficient Mitsui/

B&W main engine, a Mitsui Inte- grated Duct Propeller. Remote ma- neuvering, control and monitoring systems qualify for the UMS (un- manned engine room) notation of

Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

Navigation equipment includes a

Loran C receiver and Decca Naviga- tor.

EVER GATHER

China Shipbuilding

The containership Ever Gather, delivered to Evergreen Line this year by China Shipbuilding Corpo- ration, is the first of six delivered during 1984 by the Taiwan shipyard (continued on page 25)

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