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The 116,000 DWT Ice classed P/C

Promitheas built at Hyundai Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) was delivered to Tsakos, Greece on August 7, 2006.

The ship has one continuous freeboard deck from stem to stern with transverse bulkheads and three longitudinal bulk- heads in way of the cargo space.

Promitheas is designed to carry three grades of cargo simultaneously, handled by three steam turbine cargo pumps, each delivering 3,000 cu. m./hr. and housed in a pump room at the forward of engine room. The cargo and ballast valve's control systems are hydraulic medium pressure.

The cargo and ballast control systems of the ship are electro-hydraulically operated. Cargo control and monitoring covers ullage measurement, operation of pumps, inert gas systems with manual control also available. Radar beam type level gauges have been fitted to cargo tanks, with electro pneumatic type level gauges used in the ballast tanks.

The ship to have six cargo oil tanks, one pair of slop tanks and water ballast tanks surrounding cargo oil tanks to be arranged. Double bottom and double hull construction to be arranged throughout cargo oil tanks with longitu- dinal framing.

The vessel is, among others, equipped with the highly advanced navigation system that supports integrated bridge operations of the ship such as route plan- ning, maneuvering for collision and grounding avoidance and navigation monitoring.

The vessel measures 820.2 x 137.8 ft. (250 x 42 m) with a 74.5 ft. (22.7 m) depth and a 50.5 ft. (15.4 m) design draft. The ship is powered by a Hyundai-

B&W 7S60MC-C main engine with an

MCR output of 22,610 bhp at 105 rpm, enabling it to sail at a service speed of 15.1 knots. Electric power is supplied by three Hyundai Himsen diesel generators with an output of 1,050 kw and one(1) 150 kw emergency generator.

The Ship is classed by Bureau Veritas,

I+HULL, +MACH, Oil Tanker ESP,

Unrestricted Navigation, +VeriSTAR-

HULL, +AUT-UMS, VCS, ICE Class

IA.

Promitheas Main Particulars

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820.2 ft. (250 m)

Length, b.p. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784 ft. (239 m)

Breadth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137.8 ft. (42 m)

Depth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.5 ft. (22.7 m)

Design draft, molded . . . . . . . . . . . .50.5 ft. (15.4 m)

Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bahamas

Gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66,910

Displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137,100

Lightweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,000

Deadweight, design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117,050

Deadweight, scantling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117,050 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Speed, service (90 %MCR output) . . . . . .15.1 knots

Cargo capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140,400 cu. m.

Heavy oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,650 cu. m.

Diesel oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590 cu. m.

Water ballast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,300 cu. m.

Daily fuel consumption (tons/day) . . . . . . . . . . .86.8

Classification society and notations .Bureau Veritas,

I+HULL, +MACH, Oil Tanker ESP, Unrestricted

Navigation, +VeriSTAR-HULL, +AUT-UMS, VCS,

ICE Class IA % high-tensile steel used in construction . . . . . . . .41

Main engine . . . . . . . . .Hyundai-B&W 7S60MC-C

Output of each engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,610 BHP

Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.3 ft. (7.4 m)

Mooring equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pusnes

Cargo pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 x Shinko

Cargo control, Ballast Control system . . . . .Damcos

Complement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Officers; 18 Crew

Bridge control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kongsberg

Fire detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Consilium

Radars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 x Furuno

Promitheas

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