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GREAT SHIPS OF 1998 Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italian? S.p.A Tor Selandia RoRo freight ship Tor Line AB, Sweden Shipbuilder Vessel name Vessel Type Owner/ operator Marking its first newbuild pro- ject in two decades, Tor Line's new generation of RoRo freight vessels molds its extensive experience in the tough North Sea trades with an understanding of the changing transportation requirements of industry and commerce. Tor Selandia heralds faster transits, higher unit capacity, sys- tem-shipping efficiency and signif- icantly greater route productivity on the company's AngloBridge operation between Sweden and the U.K. But considerations of year- round service dependability and freight delivery in pristine condi- tion, and logistical planning matching just-in-time shipping and distribution practices, have complemented the advances in size and speed. All three Tor Selandia-class ves- sels, entrusted to Fincantieri's Ancona yard in the Adriatic, are to be phased into AngloBridge, to cut crossing times between Gothenburg and Immingham from 34 to 24 hours, and reduce port turnarounds from around 10-12 hours to six hours. Ranking among the highest capacity ships deployed on the North Sea, Tor Selandia provides for 2,820 lane meters of rolling freight, equating to approximately 200 trailers. She has been config- ured and dimensioned for a sub- stantial traffic mix, comprising rolltrailers and special cassettes, as well as road trailers, containers and trade vehicles. The 640 ft. (195 m) class has been built to the broadest width possible for pas- sage through the lock into Immingham Dock, a prominent U.K. interface for trade on indus- trial South Humberside. Industrial shipping provides baseload business for the AngloBridge operation, including inter-plant transfers between Avesta steelmaking facilities in Sweden and the U.K., and a con- tract of affreightment with Swedish producer Stora covering shipments of newsprint, paper reels and other products. Turnaround performance bene- fits from the obstruction-free main garage deck and Kvaerner Ships Equipment-designed cargo access and internal transfer arrange- ments, plus the adoption of a new trestle-based lashing system adopted throughout the cargo sec- tion. The arrangements involve a structure incorporating a recessed fifth wheel which couples directly to the trailer's kingpin, while the trestle is automatically clamped to the deck using four twistlock con- nections. Two web lashings are applied at the rear of the trailer to secure the unit against any move- ment at sea. Although Tor Selandia has become one of the fastest RoRo freight ships on the North Sea, the operator's concern with sustain- able speed performance through the year, given the difficult and extreme conditions often presented by that body of water, matched the requirement for more rapid Lindenau s Hornisse (Continued from page 49) approximate 5,000-cu. m of segre- gated ballast space is protected by an epoxy coating. Due account has been taken of future regulations governing mini- mum stability during cargo load- ing and discharge in the design of Buttner's new vessel The main engine was designed and manufac- tured at the nearby Kiel works of MaK Motoren, a Caterpillar Group business unit focused on the medi- um-speed marine business. The nine-cylinder plant employs the highly-regarded M32 design, which turns out 4,200-kW at a crankshaft speed of 600-rpm. Drive through Renk transmission reduces the rotational speed at the Lips controllable pitch propeller to 116-rpm, in a system which has added utility for its incorporation of a pto (power take-off) for a shaft generator running at 1,500-rpm. Reflecting her operating ambit, with a pronounced need for maneuverability in restricted waters and at tight berths, Hornisse is fitted with a high-effi- ciency, semi-spade rudder, and an electrically-driven, 550-kW Lips bowthruster. Circle 35 on Reader Service Card Hornisse Main Partkutars Classification Germanischer Lloyd length o.a 477.6 ft. (145.6 m) Length b.p 454 ft. (138.5 ml Breadth 64.3 ft (19.6 m) Depth to main deck 35 ft. (10.7 m) Draft, standing 27.5 ft. (8.4 m) DWT 13,000 Gross tonnage 8,08 Cargo capacity 14,803 cu. m. Main engine MaK 9M32 Propulsive power 4,200 kW Trial speed 15.2 knots Service speed 13.6 knots Cruising range 8,230 sea miles Variable pitch propeller lip Gearbox Renk Sterntube seals lips, John Crane Auxiliary engine Yanmar Generators Hyundai Heavy Industries, Siemens Emergency diesel generator MAN Cargo pumps Frank Mohn Auxiliary and exhaust gas boiler Aalborg Screw pumps Bornemon Gear pumps Steirnel Fuel and lube oil purification Westfolia Autom. fuel and lube ail filler Boll & Kirch Fresh water generator Sondex Plate-type heat exchanger GEA Ahlborn Other coolers Prang Marine centrifugal pumps IRON Starting air compressors Sauer & Sohn (Alup) C02 fire extinguishing system Unitor Bilge water separator DVZ Sewage treatment plant Hamworthy Engine room crane Fuchs Fordertechnik Central AC plant Heinen & Hopman Cooling plants Heinen & Hopman Switchboards Jonsse Nav/Com SIN Gyrocompass Anschutz Autopilot Anschut Machinery/ data monitoring Janssen Marine cable occ. DIN Siemens Manifold crane Acta Crane for freefold lifeboat and provision Act Steering gear Ulstein Anchor-mooring winches Hatlopa Freefall life boat and launching system Hatecke Rescue boat Hateck Accomodation ladder Fassmer Crane for rescue boot Acta Marine paints International Galley and laundry equipment Wesco Navy First MOR Installed By AB Welin The Sweden-based company AB Welin has recently delivered its first MOR, a Means Of Rescue system, that complies with the new SOLAS reg- ulations. The unit was installed on the new Alaskan ferry Kennicott and is approved by the United States Coast Guard. AB Welin's MOR is based on a floating rigid rescue platform which is suspended by four individual wire falls from a pair of davit arms mounted on a deck above. The four wire falls increase stabil- ity and safety and eliminate the risk of platform rotation. The MOR, made of sea water resistant aluminum, is equipped with handrails, protection nets, and two boarding ramps. The ramps and rails can be folded in for small footprint stowage. The system is ready for immediate use at all times and can be deployed in less than one minute by a single crew member. In a res- cue operation, the self-draining platform is lowered to water level where it can be loaded with people from the water, a small boat or from a rescue craft. The loaded platform is then hoisted to deck level where the people are transferred to the vessel. Circle 1 on Reader Service Card OTAL Launches North American Liner Agency West Africa shipping and logistics specialist, OT Africa Line (OTAL) has launched OTAL North America, a mar- itime agency in the U.S. and Canada. Using a series of inter-line agreements and its own ton- nage, the company provides reg- ular weekly sailings linking the U.S. and Canada with every major West African market between Nouakchott in Mauritania and Lobito in Angola. The company also manages transportation to and from the interior of West Africa using its own inland transportation net- work. OTAL (USA) Inc. and OTAL (Canada) Inc. will be headquartered in New York and Toronto, respectively. 60 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News