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facility such as an STL system, subsurface loading stations (UKOLS), floating storage and offloading (FSO) units, floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units and articulated load- ing platforms (APL/SPM), as well as conventional oil terminal meth- ods. The ship can be moored at off- shore facilities in up to 4.5 m sig- nificant wave height and 25/30 knots wind speed, maintaining position at the offshore loading facility in up to 5.5 m significant wave height and 30/35 knots wind speed, without transferring loads to the bow mooring/manifold sys- tem after the worst component failure, as defined in the rules.

The specific loading/discharging flows are 8,000 cu. m./hr. for BL and STL systems, and 12,000 cu. m./hr. for loading/discharging via the manifold. A tank radar system and ballast gauging system are also featured.

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SYSTEM 4000 GMDSS

Less equipment - more communication. It is often said that big" is beautiful, but sometimes ii can also be rather inconvenient. On board a ship, for instance, where space is often very lim- ited, size does make a difference.

By introducing the new compact

Sailor System 4000 GMDSS console.

Sailor has set new standards for price, invested in the future. Sailor is not content simply to sup- ply superior communication systems - we also provide safety and satisfaction to our customers.

Therefore, when you buy a Sailor solution, you buy more than just the products - You buy safety.

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Shipyard Hitachi Zosen Corp.

Vessel name New Vanguard

Vessel type VLCC

Owner/Operator Golden Seaway

New Vanguard, a 285,000-dwt

VLCC ordered by Golden Ocean

Group Ltd. was completed by

Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Works. It is significant in that it is the first of nine VLCCs for the company from Hitachi Zosen.

The tanker, under Hong Kong registry was delivered to owner

Golden Seaway Corp. and is the eighth double hull VLCC built by

Hitachi Zosen. The vessel was scheduled for service on the

Middle East-U.S. route.

New Vanguard features the double hull structure required by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from

Ships (MARPOL 73/78), and is designed to ensure that the chance of marine pollution in the instance of an accident (collision or ground- ing) is absolutely minimized.

The ship features a Hitachi

Zosen double-hull VLCC trade- mark: wing ballast tanks. This design, the builder contends, offers a good hull balance and reduces the amount of strengthening steel members needed, thereby lighten- ing the hull weight. Also, inside the double-hull structure is an access trunk from the upper deck to the double bottom, which is designed to improve ventilation and to facilitate the checking and inspection work required by the double hull. The tanker has applied ABS Safe Hull, which enhances the structural reliability by FEM analysis, including fatigue considering dynamic loads to the vessel. Emergency towing equipment is installed, and is designed to enable the ship to be towed by a tug boat or other vessel if it is unable to proceed on its own. Emergency towing can get underway more rapidly than would be possible using conven- tional equipment. For propulsion (Continued on page 66) size and performance in the GMDSS market.

With the Sailor System 4000

GMDSS on board you not only satisfy all the relevant requirements, you have also made a sound investment in both safety and efficiency; in short, you have

December, 1998 Circle 281 on Reader Service Card systems at There sea are other intelligent communication