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The pure car/truck carrier Isolde has been delivered by Kockums AB of Malmo, Sweden, to Wallenius

Lines of Stockholm. With a capacity of 6,230 passenger cars or a combi- nation of 2,930 cars and 540 heavy vehicles, the new ship has an overall length of 649.6 feet, beam of 105.9 feet, depth to weather deck of 103.35 feet, and scantling draft of 38.7 feet.

The main engine is the latest model low-speed Sulzer 7RTA68 diesel rated 18,100 bhp at 106 rpm, providing a service speed of 20 knots. Isolde is a unifuel ship, with the main and auxiliary engines burning the same heavy fuel oil of up to 600 cSt. Direct-reversing and driving a fixed Lips propeller, the main engine is remote-operated from the bridge or the engine con- trol room; machinery fulfills the

UMS requirement of Lloyd's Regis- ter of Shipping for unattended en- gine room.

Electrical power is provided by three 1,600-kw alternators driven by

Wartsila-Vasa 6R 32 diesel engines installed in a separate compart- ment.

Heavy vehicles are loaded on the 4th, 6th, and 9th decks, which are reinforced to carry heavy loads. The 5th, 7th, and 10th decks, and part of the 8th, are divided into hoistable sections that allow vehicle heights of up to 20.34 feet.

The 6th deck is normally the car entrance deck, but at higher berths the middle outside ramp may also be attached to the 7th deck. Two outside loading ramps are posi- tioned at the starboard side; the aft one will be rigged with a 25-degree aft angle to accommodate long vehi- cles. Internal ramp systems between decks to doors and to openings in transverse bulkheads make it possi- ble to load/discharge the entire ship via only one of the outside ramps.

Fifty-three fans evenly distrib- uted along the entire ship's length have the capacity to change the hold air volume 25/50 times per hour.

They are operated individually or in sections from a separate control room on the upper deck; ballast pumps and valves are operated from the same room.

All navigation equipment is of the latest design. The Raytheon radar plant has anti-collision computer with free choice of picture presenta- tion and other features. The Kocku- mation autopilot is of the totally

September 15, 1985 adaptive, fuel-saving type with set- radius steering for turns. In addition to a Decca Navigator, a Magnavox satellite navigation system is in- stalled. The speed log equipment is duplicated, a Jungner pressure log for deep waters and a Krupp-Atlas doppler log for more restricted waters. Other equipment includes a

Raytheon weather facsimile record- er, Simrad echo sounder, Plath mag- netic compass and gyrocompass, and Ramanteen radio direction finder.

The radio station, VHF radiotele- phones, telex, and lifeboat radios were supplied by Televerket.

Deck machinery includes two

Brattvaag combination windlass/ mooring winches and six common mooring winches, two of them situ- ated on the forecastle deck and four aft on the mooring deck. Stores, provisions, Suez Canal dingies, etc. are handled by four Maritime cranes on the upper deck.

Crew accommodations, placed on the upper deck far from the engine room and propeller, are outfitted to a very high Scandinavian standard.

Other crew facilities include a hob- by room, combined cinema/confer- ence room, gymnasium, outside swimming pool, sauna, and a room for trade union matters.

The Isolde operates with a crew of 23 persons. Two 50-person Fiskars covered motor lifeboats and four 25- person Viking life rafts are pro- vided.

Isolde

Equipment/Suppliers

Main engine . . . . Sulzer

Propeller & bow thruster .... Lips

Oil-tired boiler . . . .Sunrod

Auxiliary engines (3) . . .Wartsila-Vasa

Generators Nebb

Pumps . Hamworthy

Air conditioning . . Stal Refrigeration

Hold ventilation system Flakt

Radio station, VHF radiotelephones, telex, and lifeboat radios Televerket

Radars (2) . . .Raytheon

Satnav . . Magnavox

Autopilot Kockumation

Gyrocompass and compass . . . Plath

Echo sounder . . . .Simrad

Loran C . . . Navstar

Direction finder .... Ramantenn

Doppler log . Krupp-Atlas

Speed log . . . Jungner

Facsimile recorder . . . . . .Raytheon

Cargo access equipment . . Kvaerner

Windlasses & winches . . Brattvaag

Steering gear . . Porsgrunn

Anchors Pihl

Chain . . . Ramnas

Elevators Stahl Electric

Tracor's Omega Navigator

Offers Precise Positioning —Literature Available

Navigation data are precisely up- dated every 60 seconds with Tracor

Instruments' Omega Navigator. Us- ing the worldwide Omega transmit- ter network, the microporocessor- based receiver provides latitude/ longitude, distance and bearing to multiply waypoints, and calculates course and speed over the bottom, as well as many other useful naviga- tion functions.

Accuracy is enhanced by the use of automatic, three-frequency lane checks and built-in propagation cor- rection. The compact unit comes complete with an antenna/coupler and 100 feet of twin-ax cable. In addition, it may be interfaced with any of Tracor's satellite navigators for a hybrid, integrated system.

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Kockums Completes Advanced

Car/Truck Carrier For Wallenius 2.NEWLY DEVELOPED MARINE PRODUCTS

THE WCS RETRACTABLE DEVILS CLAW.... simplifies the task of transporting chain to the rig. When not in use it lies recessed in the deck, out of the way. The WCS Devils Claw is capable of handling 3" to 3VA" anchor chain as well as 3" wire rope without having to change jaws.

The retractable Devils Claw can withstand pulls of 100 tons with ease.

RELEASE HOOK WITH ELECTRONIC RELEASE presents a safe, labor-saving method for mooring or towing. The hydraulically-operated

Release Hooks may be manually or electronic- ally released. An electronic release assures a controlled operation at all times. Available in sizes from 25 to 150 tons, they offer single, double or triple mounting options.

All Devils Claws and Release Hooks are proof- tested and can be ABS certified if requested.

A.B.S. CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

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