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HAPPY BUCCANEER

Hitachi Zosen

The 13,740-dwt Happy Bucca- neer, said to be the most powerful heavy lift cargo carrier in the world, was delivered recently by the Hiro- shima yard of Hitachi Zosen Corpo- ration in Japan to Amstel Tanker

Management B.V. (Mammoet

Transport) of the Netherlands.

The vessel is fitted with two heavy lift mastcranes (HLM), a new development of Blohm + Voss of

Hamburg, West Germany. Each crane has a lifting capacity of 550 tons, and operated in tandem they can lift loads of up to 1,100 tons at an outreach of 35 meters (about 115

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Exxon Baytown (continued from page 25)

Two similarly designed but small- er 42,000-dwt, multi-product petro- leum and chemical carriers, the

Exxon Charleston and Exxon Wil- mington, were delivered to Exxon

Shipping by Avondale. Each of these three ships represents an in- vestment of $100 million.

The Exxon Baytown has an over- all length of 779 feet 6 inches, beam of 105 feet 10 inches, and draft of 38 feet 5 inches. Main propulsion is provided by a 17,000-bhp Mitsubi- shi/Sulzer RL90 slow-speed diesel engine. The vessel is capable of carrying up to 459,312 barrels of crude oil in her 14 tanks, which are served by four main cargo pumps.

Cargo piping is arranged to permit the carriage of two grades of crude oil simultaneously.

Avondale built the tanker uti- lizing state-of-the-art techniques for zone outfitting. Large structural modules were extensively outfitted with piping, ductwork, electrical wireways, and equipment prior to being erected at the building site. In addition, many machinery package units and pipe package units were assembled ashore and then lifted aboard.

The Exxon Baytown incorporates the latest safety and environmental protection standards, is heavily au- tomated, has a bow thruster for docking control, and has the most modern satellite navigation and communications equipment avail- able. Slow-speed diesel propulsion and a special hull coating to mini- mize water resistance are two of the energy-conserving features of the vessel's design.

Avondale Shipyards, located on the Mississippi a short distance upriver from New Orleans, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ogden

Corporation of New York.

EXXON BAYTOWN

Major Suppliers

Main engine .... Mitsubishi/Sulzer

Generators Reliance Electric

Generator engines .... B&W Holeby

Emergency generator

Great Lakes Energy

IG generator . . Holec Gas Generators

Cargo dehumidifiers .... Cargocaire

Air conditioning . . Carrier-Transicold

Anchor windlass Lake Shore

Mooring winches Lake Shore

Exhaust gas boiler Green

Bow thruster Bird-Johnso

Castings Service Foundry

Compressors Hamworth

Distillers Alfa-Laval

Control console TANO

Ballast & cargo console Megasystems

Joiner work Hopeman

Cargo pumps Worthingto

Cargo pump motors Reliance

Ballast pumps Warren

Propeller & shifting Avondale

Galley equipment Alexander Industries

Steering gear .... AEG-Telefunken

Radar Sperry Marine

SatNav Navidyn

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

Plate heat exchangers . . . .Alfa-Laval

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