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OUTSTANDING OCEAN • asn,

Hitachi Zosen-built tanker Salamina.

Containership Hannover Express, built by Samsung.

Reefer Ditlev Lauritzen, constructed by Danyard. ; ] )

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Following a slight downturn, due mostly to the Gulf con-flict and global economic recession, ship orders have picked up once again in the third quarter. Most major yards around the world, in fact, have full order books well into 1993.

This year's "Outstanding Ocean- going Ships" reflect the various pres- sures driving world ship construc- tion, including the need for replace- ment tonnage, increased trade in the LPG market, the growth of con- tainerization, continuing expansion in the competitive cruise market, and, of course, the significant im- pact of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Award winners for 1991 span a gamut of different designs, from the world's largest reefer (Ditlev

Lauritzen) to the world's largest

Panamax containership (Hannover

Express), from the Navy's first

SWATH (USNS Victorious) to the world's largest cruise ship (Mon- arch of the Seas). Others include new double-hull configurations and new tonnage for the LPG, OBO and bulk trades.

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Information on any of the ship- builders in this article is available by circling the appropriate Reader

Service number on the card bound into to the back of this issue.

BERGE COMMANDER

NKK

Circle 85 on Reader Service Card

The first of four 78,543 cubic meter capacity multipurpose LPG carri- ers, the Berge Commander, was de- livered by the Tsu shipyard of Japa- nese shipbuilder Nippon Kokan K.K. (NKK) to owner Bergesen of Nor- way during this past year. Designed to carry eight different types of cargo—liquefied propane, butane, propane/butane mixture, butadiene, butylene, propylene, ammonia and naptha, the Berge Commander has an overall length of734 feet, breadth of 118 feet, depth of 71-1/2 feet and summer draft of 41 feet.

The Berge Commander is equipped with a central Valmet con- trol system which enables simulta- neous cargo and engine monitoring within the same room.

Cargo is carried in four prismatic self-supporting tanks, all fitted with two Kvaerner Eureka vertical deepwell centrifugal pumps, each with a capacity of 560 cubic meters per hour. Two Kvaerner Eureka horizontal booster pumps, rated at 300 cubic meters per hour, are also fitted onboard, making it possible to discharge to pressurized shore stor- age tanks.

Propulsion is supplied by a Diesel

United-Sulzer 7RTA62 main engine with a maximum continuous rating of 17,790 bhp at 101 rpm. Fuel efficiency is enhanced by a swept backup thrusting rudder fin, report- edly providing a three to seven per- cent energy savings.

Auxiliary power is provided by three 720-rpm Bergen Diesel en- gines driving Taiyo alternators and a Shinko/Taiyo shaft alternator.

Emergency power generation is pro- vided by a Yanmar/Taiyo genset.

One of the first ships built in

Japan which is equipped with a com- plete GMDSS, the Berge Com- mander has Inmarsat standard A and standard C equipment supplied by JRC and Skanti radio equipment.

BERGE COMMANDER

Equipment List

Main engine Diesel United-Sulzer

Centrifugal pumps Kvaerner Eureka

Booster pumps Kvaerner Eureka

Auxiliary engines Bergen Diesel

Alternators Taiyo

Shaft alternators Shinko/Taiyo

Emergency genset Yanmar/Taiyo

Inmarsat A & C equipment JRC

Radio equipment Skanti

ARPAs Krupp Atlas

Collision avoidance system JRC

Satnav Robertson Shipmate

Echo sounder Krupp Atlas 16

Hyundai-built OBO Front Driver. Cruise ship Regal Princess from Fincantieri.

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