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Exporting Ships From

U.S. To China

Alabama Shipyard Wins Containership Contract

In another boost to U.S. yard expansion into commercial business, Alabama Shipyard was recently tapped for participation in a contain- ership project facilitated by the popular Title

XI financing program.

COSCO Line (America) and Alabama

Shipyard have completed the contract process for four 600-ft. (182-m), 1,432-TEU container- ships. The vessels will be financed with the long-term financing guarantees provided by the U.S. Maritime Administration's Title XI program in the amount of $138 million. "This is significant recognition by a premier international shipping line that America can effectively compete in the international mar- ket," said U.S. Maritime Administrator Albert

J. Herberger. "It also is the first time that the People's Republic of China and the U.S. have entered into a ship construction agree- ment."

Engineering will commence immediately, and the first ship is scheduled for delivery in 1999.

The ships will be propelled by a slow-speed, two-cycle, direct reversible crosshead diesel engine driving a FP, five-blade propeller, pro- ducing a planned service speed of 19.1 knots.

The ship will feature a bulbous bow, raked stern and a transom stern with the deckhouse located over the machinery space aft of the No. 4 cargo hold.

The ship is divided by eight watertight trans- verse bulkheads providing five cargo holds with a maximum carrying capacity of 522 twenty and 40-ft. containers below deck, and 835 twenty and 40-ft. containers above deck.

There will be 130 receptacles for refrigerated containers (a mix of water-cooled and air- cooled boxes). The ship will be built in accor- dance to ABS rules.

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Alabama Containership Particulars

Length, o.o 182.9 m (600 ft.)

Length, b.p 172 m (564 ft.)

Breadth, molded 27.6 m (90.5 ft.)

Depth, molded 45.9 ft. (14 m)

Design draft 10 m (32.8 ft.)

Scantling draft 10.1 m (33.1 ft.)

Deadweight 23,850 tons

Gross tonnage 16,800

Propulsion machinerySlow speed diesel engine of 16,000 bhp operating @ 101 rpm

Generation machinery3 sets of 1,300 PS diesel engines operating @ 720 rpm, generat- ing 1,100 kvaeach.

Speed, full displacement 19.1 knots @ 14,400 PS

Register Panama

Classification AB

Fuel oil capacity 2,800 cu. m.

Diesel oil capacity 130 cu. m.

Fresh water capacity 240 cu. m.

Water ballast capacity 5,150 cu. m.

Accommodations 25 persons

The Safe Operation Of Tankers In Coastal Waters

The Institute of Petroleum, in association with the Nautical Institute, is organizing a major international confer- ence on The Safe Operation of Tankers in Coastal Waters and Approaching Terminals. Scheduled to take place

May 8 to 9 in London, the conference will follow shortly after the expected date of publication of the U.K. Marine

Accident Investigation Branch report on the Sea Empress accident.

The two-day conference is expected to draw between 200 and 250 top executives, and the topics to be discussed include: tanker handling behavior at slow speeds and in shallow water; the safety of double hull structures; and

Escort tugs in operation - the experience at Norwegian terminals and in the Solent.

For additional information on the conference contact Jane Hill, conference manager, The Institute of Petroleum, 61 New Cavendish St., London W1M 8AR, U.K.; tel: +44 1 71 467 7100; fax: +44 171 255 1472.

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