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total of three Rolls-Royce Kamewa waterjets. The two prime movers in the aft machinery space are each cou- pled to a steerable, 125SII-type waterjet, while the two located in the forward engine room deliver their com- bined power to a 180BII-model, booster waterjet. The three drivelines use Renk transmissions, with light- weight composite shafts fitted between the waterjets and gearboxes and on the output shaft of the furthest forward engine. While the 20V8000 has a rated output of 8,200-kW, the understanding entered into between the contractual parties allows for an increase in unit power to 9,100-kW during the first quarter of 2006.

The propulsive power concentration in the ferry would then amount to 36,400-kW. The design has been offered to the naval market from the outset at up to 9,000-kW.

Containerships

MSC Pamela is touted as the world's largest con- tainership deployed in the Euro-Asian route.

Measuring 336.7 x 45.6 m, the mammoth ship carries 9,200 TEU. Some key engineering design features for

MSC Pamela includes its ability to load 10 tiers with- in the cargo hold. It has divided the wing ballast tanks into top and bottom separate tanks to solve the exces- sive stability problem that was typically experienced in large container vessels. Apart from the large loading capacity, MSC Pamela has a record in service speed of 26 knots, with the largest marine diesel - an MAN

B&W 12K98MC-C unit with an MCR rating of 93,120 bhp (68,520 kW) at 104 rpm. The main cargo space comprise nine holds with eight holds forward and one aft ward of the machinery room. The vessel has a nine tier accommodation space located at the three-quarters aft directly above the machinery space. The height of each tier has been designed to facilitate the loading of seventh tier containers on the No.5 hold, keeping in view of the visibility requirements IACS UI SC181.

Container capacity in the holds is 4,652 TEU, with either 4,058, or 4,526 TEU carried on deck, depending on whether stacks are six or seven tiers high.

Maximum stowage on deck is 18 rows of seven tiers, and in the holds 16 rows of 10 tiers. There shall be no restriction on the position of the high cube containers (i.e. flexible loading). Two hatch covers can load 45 ft. containers directly on top while others can load 45 ft. containers from the third tier on the hatch cover.

Lashing bridges to secure and access containers are fitted throughout the deck between the hatches. A total of 700 FEU self-contained air-cooled type reefer con- tainers can be stowed second and third (near accom- modation only) tier on the hatch cover. Dangerous goods can be loaded in holds 1 to 3, 5, 6 and on deck

To adjust the heel, No.5 and 6 wing water ballast tanks will be served as heeling tanks, using a heeling pump.Electric supply is from four STX MAN 3,000 kW diesel-driven sets in an arrangement controlled by a power management system.

Combining a highly circumspect approach to envi- ronmental issues with economies of scale, the design embodied by a new generation of Evergreen post-

Panamax containerships found first form during the fall in the 7,024-TEU Hatsu Shine.

Testament to the longstanding relationship between the Taiwan-based organization and Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Hatsu Shine leads a class of 10 entrusted to the Japanese builder's Kobe yard. She and the subse- quent three vessels in the series have been assigned to

Evergreen's U.K. subsidiary Hatsu Marine, while the remaining six newbuilds are presently slated for

Evergreen International Services.

While the earlier E- and U- types of post-Panamax

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MSC Pamela • Containership Samsung

Colombo Express Containership Hyundai

Nordwelle Containership STX Shipbuilding

Page Ship Name Ship Type Ship Owner Ship Builder 17 Benchijigua Express High-speed RoPax ferry Lineas Fred Olsen Austal Ships 18 MSC Pamela Containership MSC Samsung Heavy Industries 18 Hatsu Shine Containership Hatsu Marine Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 20 Nordwelle Containership Oldendorff STX Shipbuilding 20 Colombo Express Containership Hapag Lloyd Container Line Hyundai Heavy Industries 20 Savannah Express Containership NVA Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 20 MSC Busan Containership Reederei Claus-Peter Offen Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction 22 CMA CGM Excellent Containership Reederei Rudolf Schepers Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction 24 P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan Containership P&O Nedlloyd B.V. IHI Marine United 24 Geeststroom Container Carrier Geest North Sea Line Damen Shipyards 26 Gaz de France Energy LNG Gaz de France Chantiers de l'Atlantique 26 Energy Advance LNG Tokyo LNG Tanker Kawasaki Shipbuilding 27 LNG Enugu LNG Bergesen DY ASA Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 28 Jeanne-Marie LPG Geogas Shipping S.A. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 28 Jean Anne RoRo The Pasha Group VT Halter Marine 28 Saffety Ulusoy RoRo UND Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft 28 Maersk Dunkerque RoRo Passenger Ferry Norfolkline/A.P Moller Group Samsung Heavy Industries 28 British Cormorant Tanker BP Shipping Samsung Heavy Industries 29 North Point Tanker Pietro Barbaro S.p.A. STX Shipbuilding 30 Perseverance Tanker Transpetrol Service N.V. STX Shipbuilding 30 Altair Trader VLCC Fortitude Shipping Navigation Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding 30 Andromeda Voyager VLCC Kristen Navigation Inc. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 30 Universal Queen VLCC Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Hyundai Heavy Industries 31 Viktor Titov Ice Classed Tanker Primorsk Shipping Ltd. Hyundai Heavy Industries 33 Spar Lyra Handymax Bulk Carrier Spar Shipping Chengxi Shipyard

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