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P. RE AT SHIPS OF 1 9Q,Z (Alexandra, continued from previous page) designed to facilitate a switch to R404a or some other medium in the future, if environmental edicts so require. The air cooling system allows cargo to be carried at four different tempera- ture regimes within the six compartments.

The hatchways have been carefully dimen- sioned to permit up to 12 20-ft. containers to be stowed directly below, in addition to the 40-

TEU slots on the weatherdeck, thereby confer- ring additional earnings opportunities.

Shipboard equipment specialist MacGregor was contracted to supply the shipsets of weath- erdeck and 'tweendeck high-stowing, folding hatch covers, as well as the coamings, and to undertake the associated cover insulation work throughout.

Anew type of hatch seal was specified to allow controlled atmosphere (CA) cargo preservation.

Two Norlift deck cranes, positioned on the cen- terline and plumbing the two holds, enable the ship to work cargo ashore using her own equip- ment, if necessary, while providing the means of lifting the fruits of the deep from mother- ships and factory ships at sea. Double-reeved, the units can hoist eight tons at 590-ft. (18-m) outreach. An eight-cylinder M32 engine, a rep- resentative of the new medium-speed family from the Caterpillar-owned MaK factory in

Kiel, delivers 3,520-kW of primary power through Valmet reduction gearing to a

KaMeWa controllable pitch propeller.

To assist with the task of maneuvering along- side vessels in open sea conditions, Alexandra is fitted with a 300-kW Brunvoll bowthruster.

The electrical installation in Nassau-regis- tered Alexandra also testifies to the consider- able western European input to the Russian- owned vessel, featuring a bank of three MTU- driven 420 kW gensets and a 600 kW-plus

Stamford shaft alternator driven off the gear- box. Completion of the smart new

Dalmoreprodukt series at Aarhus will be fol- lowed in 1998 by the production of two further vessels of a successful, 9,000-dwt multi-purpose container carrier class for Denmark's Elite

Shipping, and a pair of 8,200 dwt stainless steel tankers for Italian owners. — David Tinsley

Alexandra

Main Particulars

Length, o.o 320.5 ft. (97.7 m)

Length, b.p 300.2 ft. (91.5 m)

Breadth, molded 52 ft. (15.7 m)

Depth 33.1 ft. (10.1m)

Draft, scantling 20 ft. (6 m)

DWT 4,260

Gross tonnage 3,817

Cargo capacity 194,000 cu. ft.

Speed 15 knots

Hatch covers MacGregor

Deck cranes Norlift

Main engine MaK

Reduction gear Valme

Propeller KaMeWa

Bowthruster Brunvoll

Gensets MTU

Shaft alternator Stamford 84

Sea Bird

Shipyard Hitachi Zosen

Ship name Sea Bird

Owner/operator .Yasuda Ocean Vessel Co., Ltd.

Sea Bird

Main Particulars

Designer Hitochi Zosen

Flag Japa

Classication JG

Contract Date July 8,1996

Float Date Feb. 7,1997

Delivery Date March 31,1997

Length, o.o 203 ft. (62 m)

Breadth, molded 50 ft. (15.4 m)

Draft, design 7.5 ft. (2.3 m)

GT 850

Displacement 556 tons

Lightweight 416 tons

DWT, design 140

Speed, service approx. 30 kt

Bunker 30 cu. m.

Fuel consumption 209 gAW

Main Engine Niigata Engineering

Main Engine Type Niigata 16U 16 FX

Total hp 11,000 ps

Propellers Water jet x 4

Generator engines 425 ps x 1,800 rpm x 2

Generator 350Kva x 440v x 60 Hz x 30 2

Seiun Maru

Shipyard Sumitomo Heavy

Industries Ltd. (Uraga Shipyard)

Ship type Training Vessel

Ship name Seiun Maru

Owner/operator Institute for

Sea Training, Ministry of Transport

Seiun Maru

Main Particulars

Contract Date Dec. 1995

Float Out Date March 1997

Delivery Date Oct. 1997

Length, o.o 380.6 ft. (116 m)

Length, b.p 344.5 ft. (105 m)

Breadth, molded 58.7 ft. (17.9 m)

Draft 20.6 ft. (6.3 m)

GT 5,884

DWT 2,673

Speed, service 19.5 knots

Complement 252 (including 180 codets)

Bunker 1,641 cu. m.

Fresh water 1.357 cu. m. (including drinking water)

Fuel Consumption 25.2 tons/day % High Tensile Steel Mild steel only

Main engine Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co.

Main engine type 6L50MC

Total HP 10,500 PS

Auxiliary boiler Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Propellers Nakashima

Thrusters Nakashim

Generator Engines Yanmar

Generators Taiyo Electric

Emergency Generator Taiyo Electric

Motor Starters JRCS

Fin Stabilizers Brown Brothers (Tokimec)

Engine controls Mitsui

Steering controls Yokogawa Denshikiki

Deck machinery Kawasak

Shafting Nokashimo

Bearings Nakashima

VHF radio Japan Radio

SSB radio Japan Radio

Radar Tokimec

Compass Yokogawa Denshikiki

GPS DX Antenna

Autopilot Yokogawa Denshikiki

Collision avoidance Tokimec

Pumps Namiwa Pump

Heat exchangers Showa Industrial, Alfa Laval

Air Conditioning Nomirei

Lifeboats Shigi Shipbuilding

Liferafts Sumitomo Electric

Davits Nippon ICAN

FiFi System Kashiwa

Waste Management System Taiko Kikai

Desalination Equipment Sasakura Engineering

Doors/Ramps/Cargo Lifts WineL B.V. (Harada)

Ballast Control System Utsuki Keiki

Computers on the ship Mitsu

MYK Antares

Shipyard Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy

Industries Co. Ltd.

Ship type Containership

Ship name NYK Antares

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