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December 2012www.marinelink.com 41and the vessel has de-icing and ice-pre- venting systems at critical tanks, pipelines and systems, and the propellers,gears and thrusters are dimensioned forwithstanding operations in ice. Escapecorridors and rescue equipment are alsoprotected against icing during Arctic op- erations. Polarcus Adira is built with a hotel compliment with permanent capac-ity for 60 persons in 32 single and 14double cabins. There is a mess room which seats 43, day rooms, internet café,gym and sauna, as well as a hospital, of-fices and a conference room. There are three crew state cabins, one client state cabin, twenty-eight one-bed cabins, four- teen two-bed cabins. There are also rooms for dry provision, a cooler and freezer room, and laundries. There is a special helicopter reception room. Classification is from Det Norske Veri- tas. The vessel is designed for environ- mental friendly operations. The vessel carries the Clean Design notation fromDNV. A GREEN PASSPORT is issued. Low noise and vibration levels are recorded in the accommodation and ondeck. Class notations are Det Norske Ver- itas  1A1, E0, DYNPOS-AUTR, CLEAN DESIGN, COMF-V(3), ICE-1A*, WINTERIZED BASIC, NAUT- AW, HELDK, BWM-T, TMON, SPS. The vessel carries Bahamas flag. Maersk LondrinaMaersk Londrina is a 8700 TEU containership builtby Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,LTD (DSME) for A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S. According the shipbuilder, one of the biggest challenges dur- ing construction was to increase the height of the accommodation by 9m in order to achieve the car- rying capacity of 8,700 TEU from 7,450 TEU for the previous vessels. In spite of the difficulties of this kind of big modification during construction, theconversion was successfully completed and satis-factory to the shipowner. As with most newbuilds, the vessel has the particular features of green ship design such as Waste Heat Recovery System, Ballast Water Treatment System focusing on environmental friendly and high efficiency products. It is also equipped with Waste Heat Recovery System(WHRS) composed of steam turbine, power turbine and the relevant auxiliary machineries. This fuel saving device generates electric power by using exhaust gas energy from M/E without additional fuel supply. It will reduce CO2 emission by 8~10% compared to conventional type of container ships. Finally, various energy saving systems such as load dependent operation of cooling sea water pumps, fans and etc. have been applied to the vessel in order to maximize energy efficiency. Type.........................................Containership Shipyard..............................................DSME Owner.......................A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S Length, o.a......................................299.9 m Beam....................................................45.2 Depth....................................................24.2 Tonnage (dwt/grt)..................94,121/89,505 TEU....................................................8,700 Flag.............................................Hong Kong Classification..........................................ABS Engines...........B&W 9S90ME-C8 (45,740 kW) Propulsion.........................1 x FPP (Dia 9.0M) Delivery due..................September 27, 2012 Series vessels................................7 Vessels MR#12 (34-41):MR Template 12/4/2012 2:25 PM Page 41