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Offering a complete line of deck machinery as well as general fabrication, machining services, installation, maintenance and repair services.

Phone (228) 832-7655 Fax (228) 832-7675

E-Mail:[email protected] www.coastalmarineequipment.com

We’ve Moved 20995 Coastal Parkway Gulfport, MS 39503-9517 monitoring covers ullage measurement, operation of pumps, inert gas systems with manual control also available. Radar beam type level gauges have been fit- ted to cargo tanks, with electro pneumatic type level gauges used in the ballast tanks.

The ship has five center cargo oil tanks, five pairs of side cargo oil tanks, one pair of slop tanks and water ballast tanks surrounding cargo oil tanks. Double bot- tom and double hull construction are throughout cargo oil tanks with longitudinal framing. The vessel is equipped with an advanced navigation system which supports integrated bridge operations of the ship such as route planing, maneuvering for collision and grounding avoidance and navigation monitoring. The vessel measures 333 m long, with a width of 60 m and depth of 29.6 m and a design draft of 20.5 m. It is pow- ered by a Hyundai-Sulzer 7RTA84T-D main engine with an MCR output of 28,720 kW at 76 rpm, enabling it to sail at a service speed of 15.6 knots. Electric power is supplied by three main diesel generators with an output of 1,050 kW and one 300 kW emergency generator. The ship is classed by DNV, +1A1, Tanker for Oil ESP, Nauticus (Newbuilding), EQ, VCS-2 and

KR of Shipping registered as + KRS 1-Oil Tanker,

ESP, +KRM 1-UMA, IGS, COW.

The 100,000 DWT Ice Classed Viktor Titov, built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), was delivered to Primorsk Shipping Co., Ltd. on November 14, 2005. The Viktor Titov is a new type of ice classed vessel, energy-saving high grade Aframax tanker and the third of Sakhaline I project's five new Aframax (three ships for Primorsk, two ships for Sovcomplot).

The Viktor Titov has adopted a new hull form, opti- mized to operate in both ice and open sea, and 42 m breadth to achieve lower sea margin in rough seas. In addition, the vessel has adopted electronically operat-

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