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GREAT SHIPS OF 1998 Shipbuilder Astilleros de Sestao - Astiileros Espanoles Group Vessel name Navion Britannia Vessel type Multi-purpose Shuttle Tanker Operator Statoil/Navion Astilleros Espanoles has once again proven its prowess in the building of high quality, high value shuttle tanker tonnage with the delivery of Navion Britannia earlier this year. Built at the Astilleros Sestao yard, the ship is for Norway's Navion, which is an 80/20 joint ven- ture between Statoil and Rasmussen. Navion Britannia is the first of three in a series for Navion, and is the 17th overall in the company's fleet. Aside from the sophisticated BL and STL cargo systems found on the most modern vessels of this type, Navion Britannia departed the Sestao yard fully equipped with a submerged turret production (STP) system, making the ship capable not only of submerged loading operations, but of offshore oil produc- tion as well. While the delivery of a high quality shuttle tanker from the yards of Astilleros Espanoles is hardly news — given the organization's strong history in fulfilling tonnage needs in this spe- cialty niche — Navion Britannia is unique in that it combines the experi- ences of both yard and owner to deliver some interesting refinements. For example: three loading tankers per section, with two longitudinal bulk- heads instead of one, are offered to reduce the release of volatile organic compounds (VOC) during loading; a fully redundant engine room, divided by a full-height double-insulation lon- gitudinal bulkhead; and direct automation, to receive and process 3,000 signals and act directly on the valves of the several circuits. The ship's main propulsion is provided by twin two-stroke Manises MAN B&W 6L60MC slow speed diesel engines, with an MCR of 15,600 hp (11,520 kW) at 123 rpm, each driving a six meter CP pro- peller. At 90 percent MCR, the ship's ser- vice speed is 15 knots. The dynamic positioning system, con- trolled and monitored from the bridge, is completed with two bowthrusters (each 2,200 kW) and one stern thruster (1,400 kW). All thrusters are retractable. To aid ship operations further, the ship fea- tures two highly maneuverable rudders driven by two rotary-vane electro- hydraulic steering gears. Hardware on the bridge is of the latest design and technology, as the ship is con- trolled by several independent integrated systems, including integrated control and monitoring systems, a cargo control system, a main engines remote control system, a dynamic positioning system, a thruster control system, and an inte- grated navigation system. In fact, the Novho Brit am Designer Astilleros Espanoles Flog Norway Classification DNV Contract date February 1996 Float out date September 1997 Delivery date April 1998 Length, o.a 869.4 ft. (265 ra) Length, b p 841.5 ft. (256.5 ml Breadth, molded 139.4 ft. (42.5 ml Depth, molded 72.2 ft. (22 m) GT 72.110 DWT, design 118,138 DWT, scantling 124,97 Displacement 152,750 tons Lightweight 27,772 tons Draft, design 49.2 ft. (15 m) Draft, scantling 51.3 ft. (15.6 m) Speed, service (90% ma) 15 knots Corgo capacity 139,500 cu. m. Water ballast 52,993 cu. m. Bunker 3,056.5 ai. m. heavy oil; 162.9 cu. m. diesel oil % high tensile steel 28% Main engine mftr. Manises Diesel Engine Co. Main engine type MAN B«W 6L60MC MCR 11,520 kW at 123 rpm Ballast tank coating Indasa Bow thrustera/stern thrusters powered by: Lohef Bow loading system Hitech Marine (Norway) Gundean COW lines Consilium Marine Inert gas plant Permea Tank radar system Saab Ballast tank gauging Bquip Saa Fuel oil level gauging equip Cargo pumps/centrifugal pumps/ ballast pumps/ engine room pumps Kvaerner Ships Equipment CP propeller Wortsilo e seal shaft bearings Blohm X Voss Hamworthy Sectro-hydraulk steering systems Porsgrunn Emergency engine MAN-DEMP Oil-fired boilers Porot Integrated bridge Kongsberg Norcontrol DGPS Trimble Gyro and steering control system C-Pkrlh Echo sounder Skipper GMDSS Sailo r facsimile Taiyo cm Aandero Cargo handling system Simrad Fire detection system Autronk Extinguishing system Helen Larsen Freefoll boat/rescue boat Norsafe tiferofts Viking integrated bridge meets the demanding requirements of DNV notation Watch One. Navion Britannia is built with a double skin and double bottom along the cargo space, with two longitudinal bulkheads and the correspon- dent transverse bulkheads to from 18 cargo tanks, two slop tanks, and wing and double-bot- tom tanks for water ballast. Crude oil can be loaded from an offshore • SAILOR SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) Radio-Holland Caribbean N V • Curacao N A. Phone: +599 94 612577 • fax: +599 94 612723 ARGENTINA SEN S.R.L. • Buenos Aires Phone: +541 361 1496 Fax: .541 361 2606 AUSTRALIA Rubin Marine Ailarmon NSW Plione: +61 2 94392333 Fax: +61 2 94392278 a.m.i. sales - O'Connor, Western Australia Phone: +61 89 337 3266 Fax: +61 89 314 2929 BAHRAIN Aeradio Technical Services Mina Salman Port Phone: +973 727790 Fax: +973 727811 BANGLADESH Graphics Communications Ltd. Dhaka Phone: +880 2 89 2440 Fax: +880 2 883627 BELGIUM Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V. • Antwerp Phone: +32 3 202 0499 • Fax: +32 3 202 0493 BRAZIL O.L. 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