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Two full-capability, full-capacity drilling stations - specifically two sepa- rate drilling rigs - are located under the single derrick providing the conceptual simultaneous drilling operations. A drill floor, which is more than twice as large as one that is usually implemented, includes two-full sized rotary tables.

Full integration of the two rigs is sup- plied by an automated pipe-handling system with each rig capable of running, pulling and standing back 135 ft. long stands of pipe (vs. the standard 93-ft. stands), thus decreasing the number of drilling and tripping connections.

Ordered by Golden Door Corporation of Liberia, Golden Nerina, a 75,484-dwt bulk carrier was constructed by Hitachi

Zosen's Maizuru Works for an August 5 delivery.

Registered in Panama, the vessel is the 97th Hitachi Panamax and second

Hitachi Panamax jumbo vessel that houses various upgrades over the origi- nal version. It is the fourth bulk carrier in the series built with an ABS Safe

Hull; deadweight tonnage and cargo capacity are considerably greater than previous vessels.

Golden Nerina is equipped with an energy-efficient Hitachi Zosen MAN

B&W main diesel engine with the

Hitachi Zosen Super Stream Duct (SSD) at its stern. The vessel holds exceptional propulsion efficiency and fuel economy as well.

Main Particulars

Flag Liberia

Classification ABS

Length, (o.a.) 712 ft. (217 m)

Breadth 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth 63 ft. (19.1m)

Full draft 45 ft. (13.8 m)

DWT 75,484 metric tons

Main engine Hitachi Zosen-MAN B&W

Speed 16 knots

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Builder Meyer Werft

Vessel name Clipper Harald

Vessel type Gas tanker

Owner Solvang ASA

Joining its sistership, Clipper Viking, which was delivered in

December 1998, Clipper Harald was delivered to its owners

Solvang ASA in July.

Built in cooperation between Papenburg-based Meyer Werft and Thyssen Nordseewerke of Emden, Clipper Harald mea- sures 146.4 m in length with a breadth of 20.5 m. and boasts a cargo tank volume of 12,660 cu. m. Able to move at a top

Main Particulars

Flag Norwegian

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Length, (o.a) 480 ft. (146.4 m)

Length, (b.p.) (135.4 m)

Breadth 67 ft. (20.5 m)

Draft 25 ft. (7.7 m)

Deadweight 13,700 tons speed of more than 18 knots, the gas tanker is capable of car- rying products such as ethylene, vinyl chloride monomer, ammonia and propylene oxide in three bilobe tanks.

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Vessel name

Vessel type wner

Hitachi Zosen

Golden Nerina

Bulk Carrier

Golden Door

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