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Rina Amoreiti

Shipyard Lindenau GmbH

Ship type Double Hull Tanker

Ship name Rina Amoreiti

Owner/operator Marichem Europe S.r.l.

Rina Amoreiti

Main Particulars

Designer Lindenau

Flag Italy

Classification RINA

Contract date December 1995

Float out date January 1997

Delivery date October 1997

Length, o.a 394 ft. (120 m)

Length, b.p 377 ft. (115 m)

Breadth, molded 78.7 ft. (24 m)

Draft, design 27 ft. (8.2 m)

Draft, scantling 29.5 ft. (9 m)

GT 9,850

DWT, design 12,00

DWT, scantling 13,94

Speed 15.5 knots

Complement 25

Cargo capacity 16,400 cu. m.

Water ballast 4,896 cu. m.

Bunker 976 cu. m. % high tensile steel 12

Main engine MaK, 8M 552C

HP 6,000 kW

Auxiliary engines Yanmar

Propellers Lips

Thrusters

Generator engines Yanmar

Thruster engines Lips

Emergency generator Caterpilla

Couplings Vulkan

Gears Renk

Engine controls Kongsberg Norcontrol, Janssen

Steering controls Ulstein-Tenfjord

Deck machinery Hatlapa

Shafting Lips

Bearings Nordische Stahlwerke Bach

Coatings Hempel

VHF radio General Telemar (Continued on page 86)

Such versatility, without diluting the main- stream potential for indivisible, heavy or awkward items of freight, gives the shipown- er greater resilience to fluctuations in market demand and reduces the in-ballast legs that can be associated with the heavy-lift trade.

Mammoet entrusted the entire four-vessel program to Merwede Shipyard, which is located at Hardinxveld-Giessendam, where a complete indoor shipbuilding process is employed. Construction of the fourth-of-class was subcontracted to another Dutch yard, the Vlissingen company Royal Schelde.

Happy River has an enclosed cargo-carrying volume of 645,000-cu. ft. in a single, unob- structed, box-shape hold, accessed through a maximum-width hatchway, and complement- ed by a substantial weatherdeck capacity for heavy freight, indivisible items, timber and containers.

MacGregor-designed hatchcovers of the high-stowing, Foldtite-type are employed for the cargo opening of 298 x 58 ft. (91 x 17.7 m) through the main deck coamings, while stowage options have been increased by the incorporation of a 'tweendeck.

Containers can be stacked five-high on deck, for a total stow of 725-TEU or 330-FEU, with the balance of 356-TEU or 159-FEU transported in the hold.

The MacGregor liftaway pontoon-type 'tweendeck panels give clear access up to 288.7 x 58 ft. (88 x 17.7 m), and can also be deployed as grain bulkheads and partly as (Continued on page 60)

Happy River

Shipyard .

Shiptype ..

Ship name

Ship owner .Merwede Shipyard

Heavy Lift

Happy River .Mammoet Shipping

Dutch know-how in the field of heavy-load transportation is encapsulated in a versatile new breed of vessel commissioned this year by specialist operator Mammoet Shipping of

Amsterdam and Japanese pool partner

Mitsui OSK Lines.

Two rotating mast cranes fitted along the starboard side of 16,516-dwt series-opener

Happy River, conferring an 800-ton tandem lift capability, testify to Mammoet's core skills in heavy-lift and project cargo trans- portation. But the design is of particular sig- nificance in the complementary freight-carry- ing possibilities which it offers, providing a flexible tool of trade for the long-term.

Happy River has been conceived as a com- petitive trader in timber, paper and other forestry goods, containers, general cargo, bulk commodities and dangerous goods, as well as being a vehicle for the heavy-load business.

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