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Vessel name

Vessel type

Owner

Qiu Xin Shipyard

Maria Desgagnes

Tanker

Groupe Desgagnes

Constructed in China at the Qiu Xin Shipyard in

Shanghai, Maria Desgagnes is a state-of-the-art double-hulled, ice class 1A, type 2 oil and chemi- cal tanker, which is able to transport 12 different types of cargo at once. Featuring a total capacity of 15,570 cu. m., the vessel measures 394 x 69 ft. (120 x 21 m) requiring an invest- ment of more than $35 million.

The vessel is chartered by Petro-Nav, a subsidiary introduced by Groupe Des- gagnes in 1996 with two other share- holders - Nicolas Gravino and Richard R

Carson - to develop the bulk liquid trans- port side of the business. The tanker joins two others in the fleet - Thalassa

Desgagnes and Petrolia Desgagnes, as well as Rigel Shipping Canada tankers for which Petro-Nav has signed a long term charter agreement.

Known as one of the best-equipped oil tankers in the Canadian fleet, Maria Des- gagnes is considered a milestone within the maritime industry. According to research completed by Groupe Des- gagnes, aside from the construction of ferries for governments - or passenger ships - this is the first new Canadian- owned merchant vessel to join Canada's shipping fleet since 1984 and the first oil tanker since 1982.

This technologically-driven vessel includes a loading program that calcu- lates ship stability when intact or dam- aged, among other things; a computer-

Main Particulars

Flag Canadian

Classification Lloyd's

Designer Skipskonsulent A.S.

Contract date August 16,1996

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

Length, (b.p.) 375 ft. (114.4 m)

Depth 40 ft. (12.3 m)

GRT 8,848

Displacement 17,726

Deadweight 13,199

Draft 30 ft. (9 m)

Engine manufacturer Hudong Heavy Machinery

Engine MAN B&W, 8,370-bhp, 6,150 kW

Engine controls NorControl

Steering controls Tenfjorg

Generators 3 x Caterpillar @500 kW

Bow thruster 1 750-bhp

Reduction gears Flendertype PTO 1200

Deck machinery Hatlapa

Bearings Simplex seal White Metal

VHF radio Furuno

Compass C. Plath

Heat exchangers Alfa-Laval

A/C Airtec

Liferafts Viking

Lifeboats/Davits .Norsafe

Waste management system ODME

Ballast control system .Danfoss, Ian Conrad System

Cargo control Danfoss, Framo, lan Conrad

Average speed 14 knots

Consumption at sea 22 mt/day fuel

Consumption in port 4 mt/day diesel

Tank capacity

Fuel 1,126 cu. m.

Ballast 5,651 cu. m. ized monitoring system for cargo and ballast tanks, including ullage, temperature, high-level alarm, etc; and stainless steel heating coils for the cargo oil and slop tanks.

With a loading and discharge capacity of 1,800 cu. m., the vessel's main engine houses a shaft alternator, while maneuvering bow thrusters assist in docking and navigation in restricted waters.

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