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GREAT SHIPS OF 2016

Name: NYK B J LUE AY Propulsion “World First”

Builder: Marine United Corporation

Operator: Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Photo: NYK) (Photo: Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd.)

Japan Marine United Corporation de- and manufactured by Diesel United Ltd. a dual rating, which is offering the ship design with exceptional hydrodynamic livered the 14,000 TEU container ship in Japan, which means the engine and owner the possibility to adapt the engine ef? ciency. And of course the central at-

NYK Blue Jay, which is chartered by ship can respond more quickly to chang- to different trade patterns (speed). With traction is theWärtsilä brand Generation

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yu- ing market conditions. “This engine was this dual rating we can also make the X two-stroke diesel engine, the 9-cylin- sen Kaisha (NYK), the ? rst of 10 that originally designed for the VLCC tanker engine very fuel ef? cient at these slower der Wärtsilä X82.

the shipyard is building for NYK for op- market. But with the change of the trad- speeds. That is the bene? t we’re offering Speci? cally designed and developed eration on the Asia-European shipping ing pattern in container shipping, with with this engine.” In spite of its smaller by WinGD to meet ship owners’ de- lanes. While on the outside NYK Blue slower speeds, different engines were capacity, the new container ship series is mands for the lowest total cost of own-

Jay may appear a standard container- required. It became suitable for large designed to be able to compete in terms ership (TCO), the Generation X diesel ship, inside it is anything but standard as containerships after a revision of certain of operating economy with new genera- and dual-fuel engines are conceived for it houses a world ? rst in marine power: technical features,” said Rolf Stiefel, tion of ultra large container vessels car- maximized vessel payloads combined a dual-rated Wärtsilä X82 diesel engine Vice President Sales & Marketing, Win- rying around 20,000TEU. The advanced with low fuel consumption and emis- designed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel terthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. “By doing the propulsion concept includes a narrow di- sions and for rational, economic produc- (WinGD) in Winterthur, Switzerland, revisions of these features we developed mensioned engine room allowing a hull tion by WinGD’s licensees.

Texas LNG-ready tanker for Crowley

Crowley Maritime Corp. took delivery of Texas, the second of four new

Jones Act product tankers from Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSINC). The 50,000 dwt, 330,000-barrel Texas joins sister ship Ohio, which was received by

Crowley in October, as the ? rst ever tankers to receive the ABS LNG-

Ready Level 1 approval, meaning Crowley has the option to convert the tanker to lique? ed natural gas (LNG) propulsion in the future. The re- maining two product tankers being built by PSINC (formerly known as

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.) for Crowley are under construction with planned deliveries in 2016. The new 50,000 dwt product tankers are based on a Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) design which incorporates numer- ous fuel ef? ciency features, ? exible cargo capability and the latest regula- tory requirements. The vessel is 600 ft. long and is capable of carrying crude oil or re? ned petroleum products. Crowley’s Seattle-based, naval architecture and marine engineering subsidiary Jensen Maritime provided construction management services for the product tankers. (Photo: Crowley) 34 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • DECEMBER 2016

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