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apl japan

Yard: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche

Werft AG (HDW)

Ship: APL Japan

Type: Containership

Owner: American President Lines

Delivered on September 1, 1995, the APL

Japan is the latest in a series of large, fast con- tainerships from HDW. The APL order was unique in many facets, most notably in the size and speed of the vessel, but also in the fact that the order was split between HDW and Daewoo.

The APL Japan measures 905.5 x 131.2 x 46 ft. (276 x 40 x 14 m) and has a capacity for 4,830 TEU. In this arrangement, the ship trans- ports 2,452 TEU in holds, 1,994 TEU on deck and 384 TEU on deck, fifth tier. Maximum stot capacity based on the maximum draft is 5,4.:

TEU. The ship's pontoon covers for the weath- er deck hatches are operated by shore cranes.

The 64,700-gt vessel is powered by a MAN

B&W 11 K90 MC-C diesel engine — rated at 48,840 kW — to a service speed of 24.5 knots.

Automation onboard includes a microproces- sor-based Centralized Alarm, Monitoring and

Control system (CAMAC) with two display units in the Board Management Center, and two dis- play units in the Ship Operation Center (SOC), offering color data representation. Special fea- tures include the SOC for one-man operation, anti-heeling system and central fresh cooling water system.

Length o.a 905.5 ft. (276 m)

Length (bt perp.) 859.6 ft. (262 m)

Breadth, molded 131.2 ft. (40 m) molded 79.7 ft. (24.3 m)

Draft, Resign 41 ft. (12.5

Draft, max 6 ft. (14rfh)

DWT, design draft 5X200

DWT, max. draft 66,30

GT y64,70

Crew V ../.. 21

Capacity \ ,4,830 TEU

Maximum sl< based on max.^iraft .1...5,430 TEU

Ballast water. ./.... 19,800 ton

Owner

Samsung

Heidrun

Shuttle Tanker

Conoco USA shuttle tanker

Norway Inc. of the oil from the south of the

Heavy oil 6,700 ton

Diesel oil ....300 ton

Fresh water 250 ton

Speed, service at 90% MCR 24.5 kn.

Cruising range 20,000 nm

Fuel consumption abt. 178.2 ton/day

Main engine MAN B&W 11 K90 MC-C

Rating 48,840 kW

Generator engines 3 diesels, 2,100 kW ea

Emergency generator 390 kW

Hatch covers Pontoon covers heidrun is built with a double hull and is one of three direct loading shuttle tankers transporting oil to shore from the Heidrun platform.

The main propulsion unit adopts an electric power generating system using natural gas. It consists of four sets of main diesel generators and one double armature propulsion synchro- nous motor which connects to the propeller shaft and prevents the shuttle tanker from stop- ping operations, even in the event of power sys- tem troubles.

The maximum shaft propulsion power is approximately 19,100 kW at 98 rpm, and the service speed of the vessel is 15 knots at nor- propulsion shaft power with 15 percent in. The four sets of main diesel generator le, Wartsila 8R46, supply the power for the which runs at a constant speed, argo holds of the ship have six center oil tanks, ^ pairs of side oil tanks, two slop tanks ballast tank. The total capacity of including slop tanks, is approxi- mately 140,900 cu. m.

The cargo oil pumping system is designed to discharge the cargo oil in all cargo oil tanks with- in about 14 hours. The ship is equipped with a

Submerged Turret Loading (STL) and Bow

Loading System (BLS) suitable for a 20-in. hose valve connection. The STL system directly loads oil from the platform through a buoy that is (Continued on page 39)

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