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Reefer RoRo Ship Design Rebooted nud E. Hansen A/S has continued the development of the new Reefer

RoRo Ship design with version II.

KAccording to the designer, the ship, which is intended for worldwide operation as a

Reefer RoRo Ship in the banana trade, empha- sizes low box rates by fast and ef? cient cargo handling in port, which enables slow steam- ing. In version II, the bridge and engine have been positioned forward to optimize the cargo handling on the under deck areas. Noting large back haul cargo potential to Central America, the designer has also increased the height of the four inside decks to 4.5 m to allow for general

RoRo cargo. With the new design, the ship has a capacity of about 12,500 HC pallets – 6,800

HC pallets on cassettes inside the ship and other 5,700 HC pallets in refrigerated containers on the weather deck. The ship can be loaded/dis- charged in 12 hours. On the back haul, the ship has 4,400 lane meters, equivalent to about 900 – 1,000 cars, but with the new design general project cargo can be transported as well.

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