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No. 305 June - July 2004 Kawasaki completes 145,000m3 LNG carrier, Muscat LNG Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation (Kawasaki) has vide a panoramic view of 360 degrees, allowing one-man delivered the Muscat LNG (HN: 1527), an LNG carrier operation during ocean-going navigation. with a cargo capacity of 145,000m3 LNG, to Oasis LNG Cargo-handling operation is carried out at the cargo- Carrier S. A. of Panama. handling room located in front of the accommodation quar- The carrier is the second of the 145,000m3 type devel- ters, where the Kawasaki IMCS (Integrated Management oped by Kawasaki and designed with 10,000m3 larger ca- Control System) is installed for monitoring and control of pacity than the conventional 135,000m3 type carrier, al- cargo handling operation as well as monitoring engine con- though the ship dimensions are almost the same as the ditions. The IMCS is very easy to use since it was devel- conventional type. Therefore, the carrier can visit many oped by incorporating experience and opinions from many LNG terminal ports worldwide. operators. Four LNG cargo tanks of independent spherical MOSS Principal particulars: type are provided. The heat insulation is the Kawasaki L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 289.50m x 277.00m x 49.00m panel system, which has a high heat insulation effect. The x 27.00m x 11.90m boil-off gas rate is maintained at about 0.15% per day by DWT/GT: 77,351t/118,219t the system. The cargo tanks are installed inside the com- Cargo tank capacity: 145,494m3 (at -163oC, 98.5%) partment built with double side shells and double bottom Main engine: KAWASAKI UA-400 steam turbine x 1 unit to ensure safety so that the cargo tanks are not damaged MCR: 26,900kW at 80rpm directly. Speed, service: approx. 19.5kt The wheel-house is equipped with the advanced inte- Complement: 45 grated navigation equipment, which has improved ship Classification: NK operation tasks. Windows around the wheel-house pro- Completion: Apr. 12, 2004 For further information please contact: Website: http://www.jsea.or.jp JAPAN SHIP EXPORTERS' ASSOCIATION 15-16, Toranomon 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 Tel: (03) 3508-9661 Fax: (03) 3508-2058 E-Mail: [email protected] Topics No. 305 June - July Page 2 Large Cruise Ship Sapphire Princess Delivered to Princess Cruises Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) recently completed the large cruise ship Sapphire Princess, built at its Nagasaki Shipyard and Machin- ery Works. The ceremony to celebrate her delivery took place on May 27, at- tended by Mr. Peter Ratcliffe, Chief Executive Officer of Princess Cruises, Mr. Kazuo Tsukuda, President, and Kazunori Ohta, Managing Director, both of MHI. The Sapphire Princess was built in parallel with her sister Diamond Prin- cess, which was delivered to her owner in February this year. The best of MHI’s resources was put into the par- allel construction of these two large has 1,339 private cabins. ship thus represents thorough consid- cruise ships, which was unprec- A cogeneration system and an elec- eration for the global environment as edented in the world shipbuilding in- trical propulsion system combining a exemplified by these facilities which dustry, and has now been successfully gas turbine converted from an aircraft can dispose of all the wastes gener- completed with the delivery of the engine with low emission type diesel ated on board and discharge none into Sapphire Princess. engines achieve high power output the sea. The approximately 116,000 GT while suppressing noise and vibration. Principal particulars Sapphire Princess measures 290 m in Thus the vessel embodies thorough Gross tonnage: About 116,000 overall length and 54 m high from the pursuit of high maneuverability, qui- Overall length: 290.0 m sea surface, a height comparable to etness and comfort, which are prior- Maximum breadth: 41.5 m an 18-storey building on shore. The ity requisites of passenger ships. Height above sea level: 54.0 m cruise ship is provided with gorgeous The Sapphire Princess is further Total number of passenger cabins: public spaces including restaurants, equipped with a state-of-the-art emis- 1,339 a theater, a disco, a casino and a ten- sion cleaning device and a waste wa- Maximum passenger capacity: 3,078 nis court together with seven swim- ter treatment system embodying next- persons ming pools. This floating luxury hotel generation biotechnology. The cruise Toyohashi completes Panamax car carrier, Hual Dubai Toyohashi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has completed con- ing built successively by Toyohashi. struction of the Hual Dubai, a pure car carrier with a car- The PCC has 12 car decks including four liftable decks. rying capacity of 6,402 vehicles for Dynamic Rainbow Car holds above the freeboard deck have no partial bulk- Marine S. A. of Panama. heads for the convenience of loading and unloading ve- The Hual Dubai is designed to carry passenger cars, hicles. trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (RV), and bulldozers. The main engine is a low-speed and long-stroke type This is the first of the series of car carriers, which are be- diesel engine. Adoption of the high performance propeller with turbo ring saves fuel oil consumption. Principal particulars L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 199.99m x 192.00m x 32.26m x 35.80m x 9.60m DWT/GT: 18,369t/59,217t Main engine: Mitsui-MAN B&W 7S60MC (Mark 6) diesel x 1 unit MCR: 14,280 kW (19,416 PS) x 105 min-1 (rpm) NOR: 12,138 kW (16,504 PS) x 99.5 min-1 (rpm) Speed, max. trial: 21.83kt Speed, service: 19.8kt Classification: NV/KR (Double Class.) Complement: 25 Topics No. 305 June - July Page 3 Sanoyas completes Panamax bulker, Ikan Bilis Sanoyas Hishino Meisho has com- pleted completion of the Panamax bulk carrier, Ikan Bilis (HN: 1217), for the Mi-Das Line S. A. at the Mi- zushima Works and Shipyard. The vessel is the 46th of the Panamax se- ries, or the 20th as the 75,000DWT type, developed by Sanoyas. ¡ Seven cargo holds are arranged along the ship centerline, and the ac- commodation quarters and engine room are located aft. Cargo holds are constructed with topside tanks and hopper bottoms for efficient cargo load- ing and unloading. Hatch covers are the side rolling tion. (grain) type driven by hydraulic motors and Principal particulars: Main engine: MAN B&W 7S50MC- chains for opening and closing. The L (o.a) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 225.00m C diesel x 1 unit main engine is a low-speed, long x 217.00m x 32.26m x 19.30m x Output: 12,200ps stroke, and 2-cycle diesel engine. The 13.994m Classification: NK engine coupled with a large diameter DWT/GT: 75,729mt/38,871t Completion: May 18, 2004 propeller attains less fuel consump- Cargo hold capacity: 89,250m3 Onomichi completes 71,000DWT crude oil (Mark-VI) x 1 unit Output: 16,641ps x 105rpm carrier Sanko Confidence Speed, max. trial: 16.1kt Onomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd. has leakage of harmful gas into the Classification: ABS completed the Sanko Confidence double hull space. Thus safety mea- (HN.; 499) for Deepsea Agency Ltd. sures are fully taken into account for To our readers of Liberia. The vessel is a safe ship operation. • Please notify us of any change 71,000DWT crude oil carrier, which The engine room is equipped with in address by letter or telefax was developed by Onomichi as a unattended machinery, and the main together with the old mailing standardized oil carrier with a engine uses a low-speed, long-stroke, label to ensure you continue double hull construction, complying and low-fuel consumption diesel that to receive SEA-Japan. with the latest marine pollution regu- turns a large-diameter propeller • We welcome your comments lations. Principal particulars: about SEA-Japan. Please ad- The cargo space is segregated to L (o.a.) x B x D x d: 228.55m x dress all correspondence to permit loading of three types of crude 32.20m x 19.60m x 13.70m the Japan Ship Exporters' As- oils simultaneously. Three self-strip- DWT/GT: 71,000t/38,700t sociation (JSEA), or the Ja- ping type pumps efficiently achieve Main engine: MAN B&W 6S60MC pan Ship Centre in London. simultaneous • Address (Tokyo): 15-16, Tora- unloading and nomon 1-chome, Minato-ku, loading of the Tokyo 105-0001 / Tel: (03) three types of 3508-9661 Fax: (03) 3508- cargoes. 2058 A leakage pre- E-mail: [email protected] ventive device re- • Address (London): Ground tains harmful Floor, 9 Marshalsea Road, gas in the cargo London SE1 1EP, UK / Tel: tanks, and an +44 (0) 20 7403 1666 / Fax: anti-explosion +44 (0) 20 7403 1777 system will mini- E-mail: [email protected] mize explosion at URL: http://www.jsc.org.uk an accidental Topics No. 305 June - July Page 4 MHI installs anti-rolling gyros on luxury yachts of Ferretti group of Italy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. produces force to counter a boat’s roll- needs. (MHI) and the Ferretti Group have ing motion. By installing ARG systems in mul- signed an important exclusive Euro- Although other devices that reduce tiple units, it is possible to accommo- pean agreement for installing a new rolling during cruising exist, for ex- date vessels with displacements above stabilization system on vessels pro- ample fin stabilizers, the ARG is the 5 tons all the way up to 500 tons.