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New & Notable

Main Particulars

Flag Malta

Class ABS

Length, (o.a.) 750 ft. (228.5 m)

Length, (b.p.) 722 ft. (220 m)

Breadth 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Draft 41 ft. (12.5 m)

Deadweight 60,913 tons

GT 40,705

Trial speed 15.3 knots

Main engine Wartsila NSD 12, kW @ 105-rpm

Propeller Ni-Al

Boilers Aalborg

Cargo pumps Frank Mohn

Inert gas system Permea

Capacities:

Cargo tanks 81,645 cu. m

Water ballast tanks 29,060 cu. m

Heavy fuel oil tanks 3,058 cu. m

Diesel oil tanks 297.7 cu. m

Lubricating oil tanks .... 111.6 cu. m

Fresh water tanks 241.3 cu. m

Centrifugal separators Alfa-Laval

Central cooling system ... Garbarino

Distilled water system Alfa-Laval

Automation system ABB

Ballast system Frank Mohn

Firefighting system Consilium Marine

Bilge system Garbarino

Lifesaving equipment ... Viking

Anchoring and mooring machinery .. .Kamewa-Aquamaster

Integrated bridge system Consilium Selesmar space divided by one corrugated longi- tudinal bulkhead. Double sides protect the cargo space, and in addition to con- ventional double bottom within cargo space, double sides were applied in fuel oil tanks, in compliance with strict inter- national environmental requirements.

Circle 93 on Reader Service Card

Circle 242 on Reader Service Card 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News and operating at a draft of 6 ft. (1.8 m), the vessel was constructed inside a total aluminum fabrication building, with

Timothy Graul & Associates of Stur- geon Bay, Wise., providing the vessel's design to the University for bidding pur- poses. F.G. Walton Smith accommo- dates 20 persons and holds both labora- tories with both wet and dry spaces comprised of 800 sq. ft., with an added 800 sq. ft. of multipurpose space on the stern. Power is provided by a pair of

Cummins QSK 19 main engines rated at 760-hp each, connected to Servogear

Model HD220HL variable pitch pro- peller systems, and generators are Cum- mins model 6BT5.9GM2 80 kW.

Circle 33 on Reader Service Card 3.MAJ Delivers Chaleur Bay 3.MAJ Brodogradiliste of Rijeka,

Croatia has delivered Chaleur Bay - the second of its four-part oil/products carri- er series. The Liberian-registered vessel group, which was ordered by Inter Ship- ping is formatted for transportation of crude oil and oil products, with cargo

Eastern Shipbuilding

Launches OSV

Measuring 204 ft. (62.1 m) with a 44 ft. (13.4 m) beam and 16 ft. (4.8 m) depth, offshore supply vessel San Rafael is being constructed by Eastern Ship- building Group for Naviera Tamaulipas of Tampico, Mexico for operations in the Bahia de Campeche (Bay of

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