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stlantic liberty

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Name:

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Eeklo

PG

Kawasaki Heavy Industries built the 587-ft. (179-m) Eeklo, a 24,000-gt LPG carrier. The ship has an 89.8-ft. (27.36-m) molded breadth and a 37.4-ft. (11.4-m) design draft. The designed draft corresponds to the loaded condi- tion with anhydrous ammonia (S.G. of 0.68, 98 percent full of specified volume) in all cargo tanks with fuel oil, water and stores for 15,000 nautical miles of navigation.

The cargo tank capacity of the vessel is about 37,450 cu. m., with a purging tank capacity of about 450 cu. m.

The ship is driven by a Kawasaki-MAN B&W 5S60MC, two-stroke cycle, crosshead reversible marine diesel engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger. Maximum continuous output is 13,900 PS (bhp) at 105 rpm, and normal out- put (90% MCR) is 12,910 PS (bhp) at about 101 rpm.

Trial speed on a trial ballast condition (dis- placement of about 16,400 tons) at maximum output with clean bottom, on calm and deep sea under no-wind and no-current condition is about 19.5 knots. Average service is about 17.2 knots. Fuel consumption rate at normal output is about 122.7 g/PS/h based on a fuel with a low calorific value of 10,200 kcal/kg. Fuel con- sumption at normal output is about 36.8 (38.3) t/day based on a fuel oil with a low calorific value

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Name: type:

Owner:

Hitachi Zosen

Atlantic Liberty

VLCC

Exceed Shipping

VLCC

K.K. cks of Wi

The Atlantic Liberty is a 310,000-dv ordered by Osaka Shosen Mitsui SenpaH

The ship was completed at the Ariake

Hitachi Zosen. The The/vessel also has emergency towing equip- tanker, under Pan- men^hat becomes obligatory in January 1996 amanian registry, was in ^accordance with SOLAS rules revised in christened and deliv- 1994. The equipment is used to enable the ship ered to the owner, to be towed by a tugboat or other vessel if the

Exceed Shipping S.A. /ship is unable to proceed on its own for any rea-

It was the second dou-/ son. The ship is also outfitted with a vapor con- ble-hull VLCC built by trol system to help protect the environment dur-

Hitachi Zosen, and wis ing the time of cargo loading, scheduled to be put The tanker is equipped with a Super Stream into service on /the Duct nozzle, developed by Hitachi Zosen, in

Esso Sekiyu /K.K. front of the propeller. A large bulbous bow is

Middle East-North also provided below the water line. These great-

America route. / ly increase the tanker's propulsion efficiency.

The tanker iias the Moreover, the hull is coated with tin-free, self- double-hull structure polishing anti-fouling paint (SPC) to ensure long- required by the term hull fouling prevention.

International Con- vention /for the ' : je.^y _

Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Marpol Length o.a 1,304 ft. (329.7 m) 73/78), designed to ensure a greatly enhanced Breadth 190.2 ft. (58 m) ability to prevent marine pollution in an accident. Depth.. ...104.3 ft. (31.8 m)

One of the features of Hitachi Zosen's double- Draft, summer 74.9 ft. (22.85 m) hull VLCC is that it is equipped with wing ballast GT 164,373 tanks. This design feature reportedly provides a DWT 310,000 mt good balance of hull strength and lowers steel Main engine Hitachi Zosen reinforcement requirement^ thereby reducing MAN B&W 7S80MC hull weight. The VLCC has acquired Safe Hull Speed 15.4 kt

Notation and ESP notation certificates issued by Classification ABS the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). eeklo of lb,200 (9,800) kcal/kg. The vessel has a range of approxin

Length o.a..;

Length b.p. 18,100 nautical miles. 587.3 ft. (179 m) 554.5 ft. (169 m)

Breadth, molded 89.8 ft. (27.36 m)

Depth, molded 59.7 ft. (18.2 m)

Draft, design.... 37.4 ft. (11.4 m)

DWT, on design draft 27,900

GT 24,00

Main engine Kawasaki-MAN B&W 5S60MC

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