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Great Ships of 2004 Ship Name Almarona Ship Type LPG Ship Owner Qatar Shipping Ship Builder STX Shipbuilding STX Shipbuilding officially broke into the LPG Tanker market with the deliver of Almarona, the first of two Vessels to Qatar Shipping, in May. This new opti- mized LPG Tanker has three pairs of cargo tanks and each cargo tank has two deepwell cargo pumps with the capacity to discharge the cargo in approximately 13 hours based on 98 percent of tank volume and density of 0.97 ton/cu. m., and cargo pump (6 sets x 350 cu. m./hr.) and ballast pump (2 sets x 600 cu. m./hr.) are fitted. Almarona is designed primarily to carry the fully refrigerated liquefied gases into the tanks that are designed for a maximum density of 0.97 t/cu. m., a maximum vapor pressure of 0.25 bar and lowest temperature of -48oC. The STX-MAN B&W 6S50MC (MK6) installed in engine room devel- oping 12,900 bhp full power at 127 rpm is intended to burn fuel of 380 cSt at 50oC. This engine, which is well matched with STX designed propeller, produced a sea trial speed of 17.04 knots, 0.5 knots higher than guaranteed. Free and forced vibration analyses were performed using a 3-D finite ele- ment model to investigate all the possi- ble vibrations of the vessel. And the global vibration measurement during the sea trial was done in accordance to the stepwise RPM sweeping method as rec- ommended in ISO 4867. The electrical supply derived from three sets of main diesel generator pro- duces 900 kW at 900 rpm each and one oil-fired composite boiler supplies Ship Name Bilbao Knutsen Ship Type LNG Ship Owner Knutsen OAS/Repsol YPF Ship Builder Izar Sestao Izar Sestao delivered Bilbao Knutsen to Knutsen OAS, which will operate it for Repsol YPF. The ship has an LNG capacity of 138,000 cu. m. and it is the second ship with these characteristics built by the yard, following the FOC Inigo Tapias. The burgeoning gas carrier segment is a key market for Izar, which has ample technical and industrial capacity in Sestao and Puerto Real. There are two more LNGs under con- struction at Izar's Puerto Real shipyard. Bilbao Knutsen was launched in September 2002. The ship underwent sea trials in November and the gas trials in December, which consisted on the cooling, loading and unloading of the tanks. For this pur- pose 5,000 cu. m. of LNG from Bahia de Bizcaia were used. Main Particulars Length 933 ft. (284.4 ml Breadth 139 ft. (42.5 m) Draught 37.3 ft. (11.38 m) Depth 83.3 ft. (25.4 m) Speed 19.5 knots Crew 40 Propulsion28,000 kW at 83 rpm generated by one Kawasaki-IZAR steam turbine, pro- vided by IZAR's Turbine Factory. This factory, located in Ferrol, has also provided the condenser of the propulsion plant. steam. The wheelhouse is equipped with a console incorporating navigation, con- trol and alarm system. Cargo loading is monitored to ensure the ship's condition is within strength and stability criteria limits. Accommodation is provided for a complement of 18 officers and six crew, plus six Suez crew in the aft superstruc- ture with one set of gravity type lifeboat handled by fixed electric motor driven lifeboat winch. Main Particulars Flag Qatar Class DNV Length, (o.a) 560.6 ft. (164.8 m) Length, (b.p.) 509.5 ft. (155.3 m) Breadth, (molded) 85.9 ft. (26.2 m) Depth, (molded) 50.2 ft. (15.3 m) Draft, (designed) 27.2 ft. (S.3 m) Draft, (scantling) 27.8 ft. (8.5 m) GT 17,357 DWT. (at design draft) 16.769 DWT. (at scantling draft) 17.446 Speed 17.04 knots Main engines MAN B&W 6S50MC(MK7) Total installed power 12.900 bhp @ 127 rpm Propellers FPP Cargo control system .Hydraulic Actuator. Computer Control Ballast control system . .Hydraulic Actuator. Mimic Control Radars JRC JMA-9832-SA. JMA-9822-XA Auto Pilot Tokimec DGPS JRC SatCom INMARST-B. MODEL Mooring equipment 6 Sets Fire detection system Sarhcom Heat exchangers Plate Heat Exchanger Steering control Rotary Vane Type Tank Capacities! 100 percent full) . .23,165.7 cu. m. Water Ballast Tanks 8.694.4 cu. m. Heavy Fuel Oil Tanks 1.201.4 cu. m. Diesel Oil Tanks 209.4 cu. m. Fresh Water Tanks 244.4 cu. m. Ship Name Ship Type Ship Owner Ship Builder CSCLEUROPE Container Vessel SEASPAN Samsung Heavy Industries Main Particulars Flag Cyprus Class LRS Length, (o.a) 1096 ft. (334 m) Length, (b.p.) 1046.5 ft. (319 m) Breadth, (molded) 140.4 ft. (42.8 m) Depth, (molded) 80.7 ft. (24.6 m) Draft, (designed) 42.6 ft. (13 m) Draft, (scantling) 47.5 ft. (14.5 m) GT 90,645 DWT, (at design draft) 84,200 MT DWT, (at scantling draft) 101,700 MT Speed 25.2 knots Accommodation 31 P + 6 Suez (30 Cabins) Main engines MAN B&W 12K98MC-C Total installed power 93,120 bhp Auxiliary engines MAN B&W 6L32/40, 4 sets Propellers 1 set x FPP Bow Thnisters 1 set x 3,000 kW Anti heeling system 1 set x 1,200 cu. m./h, reversible type pump Generators 4 sets x 2,700 kW Engine controls HKM, Bridge control Deck machineryEle-hyd.(high pressure) type with auto tension Ballast control system .Hyd. Valve control in ballast control console Electronics HKM, Alarm monitoring system RadarsJRC, 2 radars, 2 ARPA, JMA-9932, JMA-9922 Depth Sounders JRC, JEF-582 Radios JRC, JH5-180 Auto Pilot YOKOGAWA, PT500A-J-T2 GPS JRC, 2 DGPS, JLR-7077MK2 GMDSS JRC, A3 AIS JRC, JHS-180 Weatherfax JRC, JAX-9A SatCom JRC, INMARSAT-B, JUE-310B Boilers 1 set, 5.5 ton/h x 7 bar, KANGRIM Mooring equipment Mooring winch (16 drums), fair- lead, mooring chock Fire extinguishing systems . .C02 for engine room / cargo hold Fire detection system .Saracom-Thorn, Conventional Motor starters Samsung Steering control W/H and local A/C Central air conditioning system Lifeboats 34 P, Conventional type Liferafts4 x 17 P + 1 x 6 P inflatable throw overboard type Davits Hinged gravity type lifeboat davit (ele. motor driven) Firefighting C02, Local fire fighting for E/room, Sea water, Portable fire extinguishing Tank Capacities (100% full) Water Ballast Tanks 25,200 cu. m. Heavy Fuel Oil Tanks 10,700 cu. m. Diesel Oil Tanks 560 cu. m. Fresh Water Tanks 450 cu. m. 22 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
