Page 38: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (December 1990)

Outstanding Ships (continued) and full load displacement is ap- proximately 11 knots and normal operating speed is about three knots.

The vessel will carry nine officers, 11 crew, and 10 technicians. In addi- tion to the usual living spaces, the

Relentless also has a recreation room, exercise room, ship's store, and a self-service laundry.

SILJA SERENADE

Cruise Ferry

MAS A-Yards

Baltic.

Masa-Yards and Silja Line have been actively developing the "Baltic

Ferry Concept" since the late fifties and early sixties. The 665-1/2-foot

Silja Serenade, although it incorpo- rates many of the design achieve- ments of the past, is unique because of the Silja Promenade. This "main street" is a huge atrium on her main deck, with a length of 470 feet, width of 27 feet and height of five decks. The promenade is accented by skylights atop and a glass wall at the aft end of the ship, thus provid- ing passengers with a view of both the sea and sky. Restaurants, shops, and other recreational and enter- tainment facilities are accessible from the promenade.

In addition, two accommodation blocks are situated on each side of the promenade, with cabins facing either the sea or the main street.

The Silja Serenade will have a gross tonnage of 58,376 tons, breadth of 103 feet, and design draft of about 22 feet. She has a passenger capacity of 2,500 in 952 cabins. Ad- ditionally, the Silja Serenade can also accommodate 450 cars or 60 trucks.

Equipment List

Equipment List

Main engines .... GE

Propellers Matsui/Nakashima

Thruster Schottel

Thriuster motor . . GE

Generator engines (4) .... Caterpillar

Generators (4) ... Kato

Engine controls . . . GE

Steering controls . . . . . Sperry Marine

VHF radios . ... ITT Mackay

Radar Raytheon

Compass . . . Baker Lyman

Loran Micrologic

Autopilot . . . Sperry Marine

Pumps Aurora/Carver/Delaval

Towed array winch . .Appleton Marine

The Cap Polonio is based on Flender Werft's steam-geared containership design "Flender 2000." diesel alternator ABB

Emer. diesel Caterpillar

Emer. alternator Stamford

Autopilot, radar, speed indicator & echo sounder Atlas

Direction finder C. Plath

Freshwater generator Nirex

A/C refrig. plant Stal-Laval

A/C, ventilation & fans for cargo & engine spaces Flakt

Spot cooling units Carrier

Screw pumps Imo

Oil separators Alfa-Laval

Side thrusters KaMeWa

Fin stabilizers Blohm & Voss

Side thruster motor ABB

Slides Viking

Lube oils Shell

Paint Internationa

Cathodic protection Wilson-Walton Int'l

TAIHE

Containership

Kvaerner Govan

Featured on this month's cover, the 2,716-TEU containership Taihe and her sister, the Puhe, both built by Kvaerner Govan, are the largest of their type ever built in the U.K. and largest in the China Ocean

Shipping Company's (COSCO)

Shanghai division.

With an overall length of 775 feet, beam of about 105 feet and draft of 39 feet, the 45,900-dwt Taihe oper- ates in the Pacific, calling at ports on the U.S. West Coast, Vancouver,

Japan and Hong Kong. Her draft, beam and Stone Vickers bowthrus- ter enable her to operate and ma- neuver in constricted, congested ports and transit the Panama Ca- nal.

Propulsion power for the Taihe is provided by a derated Clark-Kin- caid-MAN B&W 6L80MC engine, which develops 22,770 bhp at 88 rpm and a service power of 20,490 bhp at 85 rpm. The engine is capa- ble of operating on MDO or HFO to a viscosity of 420 cSt at 56 degrees C to achieve a service speed of 19 knots. She is fitted with a Stone

Manganese propeller supplied by

Weardale.

The auxiliary power is produced by three Harland & Wolff 1,000-kw main alternators each driven by a

MAN B&W Holeby 8L23/30 engine rated at 1,040 kw.

Built with a longitudinally framed hull, the Taihe's container capacity is provided by six fully cel- lular holds, which can be arranged for both TEU and FEU stacks.

Equipment List

Main engine . . Clark-Kincaid-MAN B&W

Propeller Stone Manganese

Main alternators .... Harland & Wolff

Alternator engines . . MAN B&W Holeby

Bowthruster Stone Vickers

Bowthruster drive & motor . . . Siemens

Satcorr JRC

Satnav Magnavox

Auxiliary switchboards Siemens

Deck machinery . . NEI Clark Chapman

Davits Schat

Incinerator and sewage systems

Hamworthy

Purifier feed, heating & cooling equipment Alfa Laval

The product tanker Australia Sky, from SHI, has excellent maneuverability due to her

Industramar Vectwin Schilling rudder system.

The USNS Relentless is the last of a series of ocean surveillance ships built by Trinity Marine

Group.

The Baltic cruise ferry Silja Serenade, built by Finnish yard Masa, features a five-deck-high promenade.

The Turku shipyard of Finnish builder Masa-Yards recently deliv- ered the cruise ferry Silja Serenade to Silja Line. When she goes into service between Helsinki and Stock- holm, the Silja Serenade will mark a new era in the ferry traffic in the

Main engine Wartsila Vasa

Auxiliary diesel Wartsil

Reduction gear Renk-Tacke

Clutch Renk-Tack

CP Propeller KaMeWa

Shaft & stern tube bearings & shaft seals Waukesha-Lips

Electric motors & 40 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News