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Great Ships

Builder

Vessel Name

Vessel type

Owner

Lindenau GmbH,

Silver River

DH chem/oil tanker

China Changjiang

Shipping Group

Designed for the economical, interna- tional and ecological transport of oil and

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Cranes

RoRo equipment

Elevators and escalators

Air conditioning chillers

Galleys

Cargo securing systems

Refrigerated cargo handling systems

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March 1, 1999, is a member of Linde- nau's Tanker Class 2000 featuring inter- nationally patented Lindenau bulbous bows - allowing the vessels to reach speeds of 14.8 knots at a constant engine output of 2,920 kW. Adding to Linde- nau's trademark bows, which allow for high speed at low fuel consumption, Sil- ver River fulfills all relevant regulations such as MARPOL, IMO Resolutions and Charter Requirements.

Advantageous features of this vessel include minimum risk of environmental pollution, increased collision resistance, minimum effort for tank cleaning and minimum loss of energy for heated cargo.

Silver River's high flexibility due to various cargo tank sizes and high cargo tank volume also offers a centralized cargo control via control desk in the cargo control room - providing econom- ical and practical automated cargo and ballast handling.

Consisting of Framo hydraulic-driven pumps, which are directly connected to five manifold lines, the vessel can carry up to ten different cargoes - separate loading and discharging up to five car- goes is possible. All valves, except the manifold valves are remote-controlled from the control desk in the cargo con- trol room. Ballast valves and pumps are also controlled from the cargo room.

Silver River is suitable for transport- ing oil and chemical products in 11 cargo/sloptanks and has a larger loading flexibility due to its well-balanced dam- age stability and increased longitudinal strength.

Main Particulars

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Classification ... Germanischer Lloyd

Length, (o.a) ... " 145.6 m

Length, (b.p.)... 138.5 m

Breadth 19.6 m

GT 8,041

Deadweight 13,300 tons

Draft 8.36 m

Speed 15.6 knots

Main engine ... MaK 9 M 32 @ 4,200 kW

Auxiliary engines Wartsila 6L20

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Generators .... AvK

Couplings Vulkan

Reduction gears . Renk

Engine controls . Janssen

Steering controls. Ulstein-Tenfjord

Deck machinery . Hatlapa

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Bearings J. Crane Lips

Radar ... .STN Atlas Marine Electronics

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S 248, MT "SILVER RIVER" chemicals, Silver River, constructed by

German-based Lindenau was delivered to one of the largest Chinese shipowners - China Changjiang Shipping Group on

June 26, 1999. Classed by Germanisch- er Lloyd as a Chemi- cal/Oil Tanker, the vessel is the third out of a four-part series built within 1.5 years by Lindenau. This newbuilding, which joined its sis-ter vessel Gold River delivered on