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APT’s Lone Star State is Built LNG Conversion Ready

General Dynamics NASSCO deliv- CO shipyard in San Diego. Designed by ballast water treatment systems. vious ? ve tankers built by NASSCO for ered the LNG-conversion-ready ECO DSEC, a subsidiary of South Korea’s “The delivery of this new vessel sym- APT.” Lone Star State’s construction be-

Class tanker, Lone Star State, to owner Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engi- bolizes the future of American shipping: gan in September 2014, and its keel was

American Petroleum Tankers (APT) in neering (DSME), the ECO Class ships innovative, cost-effective and green,” laid by San Diego’s First Lady and wife

December 2015, marking a milestone on achieve improved fuel ef? ciency via said Fred Harris, president of General of Mayor Faulconer, Katherine Faulcon- the path toward more environmentally several features, such as an optimized Dynamics NASSCO. “The Lone Star er, in March 2015. The vessel was then friendly and fuel-ef? cient shipping in hull form and a G-series MAN Diesel State, along with the four others we christened in October.

the U.S. Jones Act trade. & Turbo ME slow-speed main engine. are currently building for APT, will be The remaining ECO Class vessels are

The 610-ft., 50,000-dwt Lone Star Further enhancing the vessels’ green sta- among the most fuel-ef? cient and en- due for delivery to APT, a Kinder Mor-

State is the ? rst in a series of ? ve new tus, the tankers are engineered to accom- vironmentally-friendly tankers—any- gan subsidiary, through and mid-2017, 330,000 barrel cargo capacity product modate the future installation of a LNG where in the world. These tankers are 33 and will be operated on long-term time tankers for APT to be built at the NASS- fuel-gas system and are equipped with percent more fuel-ef? cient than the pre- charters.

Lone Star State Main Particulars

Name ................................................Lone Star State

Type ........ECO 50K TDW Product/Chemical Carrier

Shipbuilder ..................General Dynamics NASSCO

Shipowner ..................American Petroleum Tankers ..........................................................(KinderMorgan)

Ship Operator ..........Crowley Maritime Corporation

Ship Designer........DSEC – Daewoo Shipbuilding &

Marine Engineering

Date of Delivery ...................................12/04/2015

Length, o.a. .....................................................186 m

Length b.p. ......................................................178 m

Beam ..............................................................32.2 m

Depth ..............................................................19.1 m

Design Draft: ..................................................11.0 m

Scantling Draft: ..............................................13.3 m

Deadweight Tonnage ...............................49,151 MT

Gross Tonnage ........................................29,923 MT

Speed ......................................................14.5 Knots

Flag ......................................................United States

Classi? cation .......................................................ABS

IMO No........................................................9697985

Marine Engines ..........................................................

Make .........................................Doosan Engine Ltd. .................................(MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee)

Model.........................................................6G50MEB

Bhp or kW ...................................................7300 kW

Generators ................................Doosan Engine (x3) ................................ (MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee)

Model .......................................................7L23/30H

Bhp or kW ...................................................1053 kW

Propellers ......6.8-m Samwoo, Fixed Pitch, 4 blade

Radar ........................................................JMR-9200

Fuel Consumption (t/d) .....................19.5 tons/day

Bunkers ...................................MGO, MDO, and HFO

Ballast Control System .....Frank Mohn AS (FRAMO)

BWTS ....................Techcross – Electro-Chlorination

Courtesy General Dynamics NASSCO Courtesy General Dynamics NASSCO 48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JANUARY 2016

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