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GIR Campbell Designs Hit The Waters

The keel was recently laid for the first of a new standard design of geared, 20,000 dwt container bulk- er at the Hitachi Zosen Singapore slipway.

Dubbed Stamford, the design has been developed by the yard in cooperation with Algoship and

GTR Campbell.

The new design is a handy-sized, multi-purpose dry cargo/container carrier for unrestricted ocean ser- vice. Stamford vessels are suitable for carrying bulk grain, iron ore, packaged lumber, steel coils, steel pipes, containers and unitized car- goes.

The vessels are equipped with three electro-hydraulic level luff- ing jib cranes for cargo handling, each rated at 36 tons. Propulsion is provided by a Hitachi B&W 6S42MC Mk VI unit producing 6,150 kW at 136 rpm. Auxiliary power is provided by three 600 kW diesel generators.

In addition, GTR Campbell also recently celebrated the delivery of

Marielle Bolten for owner Aug.

Bolten. The 28,000 dwt vessel, designed to GTR Campbell's

Fantasy-class specifications, mea- sures 594 x 32 x 47.2 ft. (181 x 9.7 x 14.4 m) and has a grain capacity of 38,608 sq. m. Marielle Bolten features five 30-ton electrohy-

Marielle Bolten is the first of two 28,000 dwt

GTR Campbell Fantasy class vessels to be built at the Dalian shipyard for owner Aug. Bolten. draulic deck cranes and a Dalian

MAN B&W 5S50 MC producing 5,760 kW at 120 rpm, providing a service speed of 14 knots.

For more information on GTR Campbell

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Ugland International reported- ly intends to invest in a second new vehicle carrier. The company has signed a contract with

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding for a 12- deck, 6,100 car carrying vessel, which is to be identical to a vessel ordered from the Japanese ship-

October, 1997

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