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24 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News vided. There is a maximum of 11 rows with seven tiers containers that can be loaded in six holds, and 13 rows with six tiers containers to be carried on hatch covers.

Cell guides have been provided for 40 ft. containers (40 x 8 x 8.5 ft.) in every hold except No. 1. bay and 20 ft. con- tainers (20 x 8 x 8.5 ft.) have been stored inside of 40 ft. container cell guides.

The ship can carry 13,320 cu. m. of ballast water, 3,540 cu. m. of heavy fuel oil, 210 cu. m. of diesel oil, and 210 cu. m. of fresh water. It has been built under the special supervision of and according to the full requirements and recommen- dation of the Classification Society

Germanischer Lloyd and is designed +100A5 "Container Ship", "SOLAS ?-2,

Reg.19", +MC, AUT, IW.

IHI Marine United Inc. delivered the 7,500 TEU containership P&O

Nedlloyd Mondriaan to P&O Nedlloyd

B.V. through Reederei Blue Star GmbH at its Kure Shipyard. The P&O

Nedlloyd Mondriaan is a new genera- tion of post Panamax size containership and features larger capacity and good stability, installation of common rail electronically-controlled DU-Sulzer 12RT-flex 96C high power engine, a hull form for efficient speed and good fuel consumption, about 700 reefer con- tainer receptacles, lashing bridges for simple and secure lashing of on-deck containers, and integrated bridge system with one-man operation design. In order to realize good propulsion performance, economical operation and good maneu- verability of the ship, IHIMU has designed the ship with its technical/engineering know-how, CFD analysis, 3-D/FEM ship model analysis, walk-through simulation and apparatus installation simulation CIM system,

Ajisai, which IHIMU originally devel- oped.

Last in the container vessel class, but certainly not least, is

Geeststroom. Geest North Sea Line has taken a significant step forward in its plans to expand its intermodal door-to- door capacity with the introduction into service of Geeststroom, the first of two 812 TEU containerships that were ordered in 2003 from the Damen

Shipyards Group by the German shipowner Jorg Kopping. More than twice the size of the largest ship in the

Geest fleet, it is employed on Geest's routes between Rotterdam and Tilbury and Rotterdam and Hull. Geeststroom and her sister, Geestdijk, due for deliv- ery in April 2005, have been built specifically for long-term charter to the

Dutch shortsea and intermodal special- ist. Designed to meet Geest's particular requirement for a vessel able to carry a full load of 45 ft. pallet-wide containers or a mix of 45 footers plus heavy 20 ft. tanks and 30 ft. bulk containers, the two ships were constructed by Damen

Shipyards Galatz in Romania. Geest is committed to the expansion of European shortsea shipping and, in particular, to greater use of intermodal options includ- ing rail and inland waterway transport in

Europe. However, to be competitive with 13.6m road trailers, the company had to replace its entire container fleet with 45 ft. palletwide containers. Until this vessel was delivered, no-one had built a containership specifically designed around the 45ft box and so any vessel we have chartered has always been a compromise. Geeststroom has changed that. The owner, Mr. Kopping, said "Geest is not only interested in 45ft containers. Many of its quay-to-quay customers are NVOs with shippers' owned equipment operating tanks and dry bulk units. Consequently, Geest also required a ship with a good deadweight able to accommodate heavy 20 ft. and 30 ft. containers."

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