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hemical and oil product carrier 3 ascale Knutsen to owner K/S £nutsen Produkt Tanker III of laugesund, Norway. The vessel is approximately 464 eet long with a breadth of about 75.5 feet and a design draft of about 23 feet, and is classed by Grermanischer Lloyd as a+100 A5E3 chemical tanker, type 2/oil tanker IW +MCE3 AUT. One MAN B&W single-acting crosshead main engine with exhaust turbochargers and air coolers drives a cp Liaaen four-blade propeller to a maximum speed of 13.45 knots at 80 percent power. The 14,848-dwt vessel also has one KaMeWa fp 4-blade side thruster and an electrohydraulic steering gear by Hydrapilot. For more information on Astilleros Espanoles, Circle 48 on Reader Service Card Yard: Daewoo Vessel: Siam Type: Double-Hull VLCC On May 15, Daewoo Shipbuild- ing & Heavy Machinery Ltd. deliv- ered what they say is world's largest double-hull VLCC as well as the first double-hull VLCC built by a Korean yard, the Siam, to World- Wide Shipping, Hong Kong. The third of a six-VLCC contract, the 302,300-dwt vessel is designed PASCALE KNUTSEN EQUIPMENT LIST Main engine MAN B&W Auxiliary engines Bergen Diesel Propeller Liaaen Side thruster KaMeWa Steering gear Hydrapilot Rudder Becker Generators Alconza Ballast pumps Iturllsi Compass Jupiter Gyrocompass Sperry Autopilot Sperr Echosounder JRC Satellite communications Furuno Radios Crame, Sailor Daewoo's double-hull VLCC "Siam." Yard: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Vessel: Polar Eagle Type: LNG Carrier Delivered to owner Phillips/Mara- thon on June 4, the 48,817-dwt Liq- uid Natural Gas carrier Polar Eagle is approximately 784 feet long, 131 feet wide and 88 feet deep, yet it can reach 18.5 knots. Classed by ABS, it was built at IHI's Aichi yard and is the first vessel equipped with IHI's SPB system (Self-supporting Pris- matic IMO type B) independent tanks, which are incorporated into the hull, allowing a flat upper deck. The hold and tank spaces of the Polar Eagle have been configured for easy inspection, and its flat up- per deck facilitates maintenance of deck pipings and equipment with- out stagings. The vessel also has special fea- tures that make it especially fit for Alaska trade: underdeck passages for easy tank dome access, mooring winch areas, a flat accommodation wall and lower piping arrangement on deck to combat freezing. For more information on Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Indus- tries, Circle 54 on Reader Service Card December, 1993 WE BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW Our confidence in shipbuilding is rooted in the knowledge that we have the latest technology. And the excellence of technology is just what we perform for building a better tomorrow. A HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. Circle 254 on Reader Service Card 39
