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Artemis Glory, a 306,500-dwt VLCC from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine

Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) for Solar

Maritime has a fully welded upper deck with aft sunken deck, a raked stem with bulbous bow, a transom stern with open water type stern frame, a semi-balanced rudder and a fixed pitch propeller direct- ly driven by a Sulzer 7RTA84T-D engine with MCR output of 40,005 PS at 76 rpm. The ship is built with four longitudinal bulkheads and transverse bulkheads to have five pairs of side cargo tanks, five center cargo tanks, two slop tanks and wing and double bottom tanks for water ballast. Design fatigue life of longitudinal stiffeners to trans- verse webs/bulkheads and lower hopper connection in cargo area shall generally be a minimum of 30 years in accordance with the requirement of DNV, based on worldwide operation defined in

Classification Note 30.7.

Artemis Glory Main Particulars

Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Panama

Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNV

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1089.2 ft. (332 m)

Length, b.p. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1049.8 ft. (320 m)

Breadth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190.3 ft. (58 m)

Depth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.7 ft. (31 m)

Draft, designed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.2 ft. (20.8 m)

Draft,scantling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.8 ft. (22.5 m)

DWT,at design draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278,130

DWT, at scantling draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306,500

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 knots at scantling draft

Accommodation . . . .7 tiers including sunken deck

Main engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sulzer 7RTA84T-D

Total installed power, MCR 40,005 PS (bhp) x 76 rpm

Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FPP

Generators 3 x (1,190 kW), 1 emergency (300 kW)

Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JMT

Coating Tin-free SPC A/F/ of harmless to environment & high quality proven epoxy paint for anti-corrosive purpose

Tank Capacities (100% full)

Cargo Tanks including slop tanks . . .347,000 cu. m.

Water Ballast Tanks incl. peak tanks . .98,000 cu. m.

Heavy Fuel Oil Tanks incl. sett./serv. . .7,500 cu. m.

Diesel Oil Tanks incl. sett./serv. . . . . . . . .350 cu. m.

Fresh Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 cu. m.

Berge Nantong, built by Hyundai

Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and delivered in July to Unique Shipping, Hong Kong, is an 82,000 cu. m. LPG carrier, a fully refrigerated type with a cargo space divided into four independent holds.

The LPG carrier vessel measures 738 x 120 ft. (225 x 36.6 m) with a 72 ft. (22 m) depth and a 37.4 (11.4 m) draft. The ship is powered by a B&W 6S60MC-C main engine with an MCR output of 18,420 bhp at 105 rpm, enabling it to sail at a service speed of 16.75 knots on the condition of NCR 16,380 bhp. Electrical supply is derived from 3 diesel driven alternators of 1,000 kW, plus an emer- gency unit of 130 kW.

Berge Nantong has a cargo space divided into four holds with wing tanks.

Each hold accommodates an independ- ent and self-supporting prismatic cargo tank, designed for low temperature cargo of -48. Cargo tanks are insulated with 120 mm thick polyurethane foam cad- died with 0.5 mm aluzinc steel sheeting.

The LPG carrier is able to carry two cargoes simultaneously, both of which

Artemis Glory

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