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From left: Magnolia State, Garden State and Bay State, all built by NASSCO for American Petroleum Tankers (APT).

NASSCO “Great Ships” of 2016

The ships were designed by DSEC, a subsidiary of

The Five Eco Class Tankers The LNG Fuelled Containership

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of Busan, South Korea. The design incorporates im-

Names: Bay State, Magnolia State, Garden State Name: Perla Del Caribe proved fuel ef? ciency concepts through several fea-

Owner: American Petroleum Tankers (APT) Owner: TOTE Maritime tures, including a G-series MAN ME slow-speed main engine and an optimized hull form. The tankers will

Names: Independence, Constitution NASSCO delivered the world’s second container-

Owner: SEA-Vista LLC also have dual-fuel-capable auxiliary engines and the ship to be operated by lique? ed natural gas (LNG), the ability to accommodate future installation of an LNG Perla Del Caribe. The ship was delivered two months

The 50,000 DWT ECO Class design product tankers fuel-gas system.

ahead of schedule and is the sister ship of the world’s measure is a 610-ft.-long, are LNG-conversion-ready The ECO Class are the ? rst in the Jones Act ? eet to ? rst LNG-powered containership, the Isla Bella, also with a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity. The ECO Class obtain a PMA+ Notation from the American Bureau of built by NASSCO for TOTE Maritime.

Shipping (ABS), representing compliance with one of tanker is one of the most fuel-ef? cient and environ- As part of a two-ship contract signed in December mentally friendly tankers in the world and symbolizes the highest standards of human factors in engineering 2012 with TOTE, the 764-ft. long Marlin Class con- design. The PMA+ notation is created to facilitate safe the emerging future of green shipping, with a 33 per- tainerships will be the largest dry cargo ships powered cent fuel ef? ciency improvement compared to product access to vessel structure and spaces in ways that are by LNG. The two ships serve the U.S. to Puerto Rico rooted in the fundamentals of human ergonomics.

tankers built only a few years ago. trade route for TOTE.

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