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less steel have been used in some cases. deck to facilitate towing operations. The wheelhouse

Innovative Chem Tank Design

Duplex stainless steels consist of a mixture of both of is designed for maximum all-round visibility with a austenite and ferrite phases and offer enhanced strength forward control station providing maximum visibility and corrosion resistance superior to that of commonly to forward and aft deck working areas. Main propul- used austenitic stainless steels. On the Sunrise Hope, sion for each tug comprises a pair of CAT 3516C diesel duplex stainless steel KSUS329J3L replaces the com- engines, each rated 2,000 kW at 1,600 rpm, and each monly used SUS316LN for the bulkheads inside the driving a Rolls-Royce, US255 ? xed pitch Z-drive unit cargo tanks, while the bulkheads adjacent to the cargo in ASD con? guration. tanks were constructed using stainless clad steel, in which stainless steel and carbon manganese steels have

PIRIOU Delivers 53-m FSIV been compression bonded together into a single plate.

French boat builder PIRIOU delivered the 11th of its

The stainless clad steel of the ballast tanks also ensures 53 x 10-m Fast Supply and Intervention Vessels (FSIV)

The 12,500mt Sunrise Hope is reportedly the world’s the coating quality of the tanks is protected.

to Suisse Outremer AG, to be operated by ABC Mari-