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First Order for New

Containership Series

Nordseewerke GmbH, a company of

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, received two new orders for a 3,400

TEU container ships. These orders mean the development, design and building of a new generation of compact container ships with a capacity from 3,100 to 3,700 TEU. The contractor of this order is GEBAB, which is based in

Meerbusch. A total of 28 containerships have been delivered to GEBAB since 1987, and 11 additional ships are still to be built by the ThyssenKrupp Marine

Systems' shipyards based in Emden,

Kiel and Hamburg.

The owner of the two new ships is the shipping company Martime GmbH in

Elsfleth. The new ships with the yard numbers 556 and 557 will be built according to Germanischer Lloyd regu- lations and feature the following main technical data:

Containership Main Particulars

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .748 ft. (228 m)

Breadth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.6 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.9 ft. (18.5 m)

Deadweight tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42,250

Container capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,414 TEU . . . .incl. 500 connections for refrigerated containers

Propulsion 100% MCR . . . . .28,880 kW at 104 rpm

Service speed approx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23.75 knots

Circle 2 on Reader Service Card

Swire Pacific Offshore

Selects MAN B&W

MAN B&W Diesel has been awarded the contract to supply complete twin- screw medium speed propulsion pack- ages for six Anchor Handling Tug

Supply Vessels (AHTS). The vessels will be built by Labroy Shipyard,

Batam, Indonesia (Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering Pte Ltd., Singapore) and will be operated by Swire Pacific

Offshore Limited, Singapore. The first vessel is expected to be launched in the beginning of 2007, and the following vessels are planned to follow at two- month intervals. The 120-ton bollard pull AHTS vessels have been designed by the U.K.-based IMT Marine

Consultants Ltd.

A total main engine output of 2 x 3,285 kW will supply the propeller thrust, for a bollard pull of more than 120 metric tons. The ship service speed is optimized for 13.5 knots. The MAN

B&W Diesel twin-screw Alpha

Propulsion System type 9L27/38-VBS, which has been specified for the new- buildings, include: • Two MAN B&W 9L27/38 engines, fitted with full engine power PTO and integrated journal bearing at the front- end, driving a fire-fighting pump arrangement. Two MAN B&W Alpha AMG55 gearboxes, type 57VO55EV, with a speed reduction ratio of 800:141.

Additionally, each gearbox is equipped with a 1,800 r/min PTO shaft for a 1600 kVA shaft alternator. Two MAN B&W Alpha type

VBS980 four-bladed controllable pitch propellers. The 3,800 mm ducted CPP systems are complete with tail, interme- diate shafts and bearings, stern tube equipment, and MAN B&W fixed pro- peller nozzles type AHT.

Circle 3 on Reader Service Card 120 ton bollard pull AHTS Main Particulars

Length oa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216.5 ft. (66 m)

Length bp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 ft. (57 m)

Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.5 ft. (16 m)

Deadweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,100

Propulsion 2 x MAN B&W 9L27/38-VBS packages

Classification .ABS Class +A1, Offshore Support & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Towing Vessel, +AMS, + ACCU

Circle 253 on Reader Service Card “ TO FIND THE FINEST

OCEANGOING VESSELS,

SOMETIMES IT’ S BEST

TO HEAD UPSTREAM.” - Duff Hughes, President, The Vane Brothers Company

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