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OUTSTANDING OCEANGOING SHIPS

OF 1986

A roundup of some of the most notable vessels delivered by shipyards during 1986—selected for their outstanding design features, fuel efficiency, performance, and service characteristics.

ACT 10

Jansen Werft

Jansen Werft GmbH of Leer,

West Germany, recently delivered the compact containership Act 10 to

Sibum GmbH of Haren/Ems. The vessel is a new design developed in close cooperation with the owner

Photos: clockwise from top left: Alps Maru,

Birka Princess, Mineral Nippon,

Nord Baltic, Atlantic Prince, Jubi- lee, Olympia, Exxon Valdez, (cen- ter) Rio Gas. and Buss of Leer. She is said to be the most efficient containership of her compact size, and at the same time the biggest full container car- rier that Jansen has ever built.

With a grt of less than 4,000, the

Act 10 has a capacity of 885 TEUs, with connections for 80 refrigerated boxes. The vessel is fitted with a cel- lular container guide system in the holds, folding type hatch covers, and two Liebherr cranes with an especially low center of gravity and lifting capacity of 40 tons each.

The ship has an overall length of about 436 feet, beam of 74.5 feet, depth of 35.4 feet, and design draft of 24.6 feet. Propulsion is by a single

MAN B&W 7L52/55B diesel engine with a maximum output of about 8,045 bhp. At the service speed of 17 knots fuel consumption will be 20 tons per day; at 15 knots it will be 12 tons per day.

The Act 10 is designed according to the latest IMO rules for the trans- portation of dangerous cargoes. Also considered was the "Ship of the

Future" design in regard to wheel- house arrangement, life-saving ap- pliances, and arrangements of the accommodations. She is equipped with the latest technology in com- munications and navigation gear, including satellite communications.

With the cooperation of Fastbox

Befrachtungsges of Hamburg, Si- bum has arranged a charter for the

Act 10 with ACT of the U.K., a con- sortium of Blue Star Line, Cunard, and Ellerman. She will operate in liner service between the U.S. West

Coast and Australia.

Main engine . MAN B&W

Emergency generator & electric generators . Piller/KHD

Reduction gear .... . . Rhenania

V.P. propeller . .J.W. Berg

Supply crane . . .Hatlapa

Cargo cranes Liebherr

ALPS MARU

Hitachi

The Maizuru Works of Hitachi

Zosen in Japan this year delivered the 21,183-dwt heavy-lift cargo car- rier Alps Maru to co-owners Baba-

Daiko Steamship Company and

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

The specialist vessel has an over- all length of 475.7 feet, beam of 87.9 feet, depth of 45.3 feet, and full-load draft of 31.2 feet. Propulsion is pro- vided by a low-speed Hitachi/B&W diesel engine with a maximum con- tinuous rating of 8,750 bhp at 133 rpm. Trial speed was 16.5 knots.

The cargo area is divided into two long holds for the transportation of long plant equipment and rolling stock. There are one 400-ton and two 30-ton cranes at midship, and 50-ton crane forward and aft of the cargo holds.

The deckhouse aft is eight levels high to provide good forward visibil- ity, and is asymmetric to provide a storage area for the aft crane.

ATLANTIC PRINCE

Halter Marine

Halter Marine, Inc., a Trinity In- dustries company headquartered in

New Orleans, this year delivered the catcher/processor fishing vessel At- lantic Prince. Built at Halter's Moss

Point, Miss., shipyard for Lund

Fisheries, the vessel was designed by naval architect Richard

Taubler of Dover, Del. Detail working drawings were produced by

Halter.

The Atlantic Prince is fully out- fitted with state-of-the-art fish-pro- cessing equipment. She is capable of processing and freezing 275 metric tons of boxed fish, and can stay at sea for 21 days. She has an operating (continued) 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News