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Second Epoch Mark ll-Type

Product Carrier Delivered

By Hitachi Zosen

The HZ/MAN B&W-powered product carrier

Kastelorizo, built by Hitachi Zosen, has no projec- tions within the tank, thereby shortening cargo- loading time and facilitating tank cleaning. for operation by an Anglo-Austra- lian venture.

The vessel is scheduled to be handed over to the Botany Bay Par- cel Tankers pool before the end of 1992.

A joint undertaking of the New

South Wales company Botany Bay

Shipping and Liverpool-based Bibby

Line, the prospective operator in- tends to trade the vessel on the North

American Atlantic seaboard.

The contract, worth over $32 mil- lion, has been assigned to the inde- pendently owned Welgelegen yard in Harlingen, the Netherlands, a member of the Conoship associa- tion.

Welgelegen is more widely iden- tified with the fishing vessel mar- ket, and the IMO Type II chemical carrier will be the largest newbuilding yet from that yard.

The chemtanker will be used be- tween Canadian and U.S. East Coast ports to carry slurried clay for the paper industry, as well as chemicals such as sulphuric acid. The vessel will be traded in the Botany Bay

Parcel Tankers pool under a long- term contract with a Canadian com- pany. Of her 12 cargo tanks, six will be designated for clay slurry.

Hitachi Zosen Corp., Tokyo, Ja- pan, recently completed construc- tion of and delivered the 45,400-mt product carrier Kastelorizo for

Kastelorizo Shipping Corporation of

Liberia. It is the second ship of the

Epoch Mark II type, developed by

Hitachi Zosen exclusively to trans- port oil products.

Epoch Mark II product carriers have a total double-hull structure based on a completely new concept developed by Hitachi Zosen. They have a bamboo-like structure con- sisting of thick outer shells (the double-hull structure) and nodes (transverse bulkheads). Unlike con- ventional carriers that use both lon- gitudinal and lateral members to ensure strength, the Kastelorizo employs only longitudinal members to serve as both stiffening members and deep girders. Thus, transverse members other than bulkheads can be eliminated. This design is called the unidirectional girder system.

The cargo oil tank on the

Kastelorizo has a complete double structure, including the transverse bulkheads, so there is less danger of an oil spill in the event of a collision or grounding. And there is no dan- ger of cargoes mixing when the ship is carrying two different kings of oil, so the maintenance of cargo quality is assured. Thus, there are many advantages from the viewpoint of both safety and economy.

The product carrier has an ap- proximate length of 600.4 feet, breath of 105.6 feet and depth (molded) of 62.3 feet. The main engine is a Hitachi Zosen/MAN B&W 6S50MC type diesel with a maxi- mum continuous output of 9,200 hp at 106 rpm, producing a trial speed of 14.9 knots. The vessel, which carries LRS classification, has a complement of 30 persons.

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Dutch Yard Wins Order

Worth Over $32 Million

For 7,500-Dwt Chemtanker

Conoship International of

Groningen, the Netherlands, has been awarded a contract for a 7,500- dwt fully stainless steel chemtanker

January, 1992

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