Kawasaki Completes 145000M3 LNG Carrier Energy Frontier
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No. 301 Oct. - Nov. 2003 Kawasaki completes 145,000m3 LNG carrier Energy Frontier ment. This allows more easy operation than the previous arrangement of navigation equipment distributed in the wheel- house. The wheelhouse has 360-degree visibility due to windows provided around the wheelhouse. One-man control navi- gation is possible in open sea. The cargo monitoring and control- ling room is provided just before the accom- modation quarters be- low the bridge, where Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation delivered the first good visibility is possible to watch over the vast cargo han- 145,000m3 class LNG carrier, Energy Frontier (HN: 1520), dling area. to Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., Ltd. The LNG carrying capac- The cargo handling control room is equipped with a ity is 10,000m3 larger than the conventional 135,000m3 newly developed integrated monitoring and control sys- class LNG carrier. tem (IMCS). The system allows monitoring and control- Kawasaki designed the carrier to have a larger capac- ling of cargo handling as well as the engine operation sta- ity based on similar dimensions to those of the conven- tus. IMCS is designed based on opinions and experiences tional carrier to provide the capability to visit various LNG of operators for improved operability. terminal ports worldwide. Principal particulars The carrier has four units of the MOSS type indepen- Length (o.a.): 289.50m dent spherical tank for LNG transport. The total LNG Length (b.p.): 277.00m containment capacity is 145,385m3. The LNG tank insu- Breadth (mld.): 49.00m lation applies the Kawasaki Panel System for higher effi- Depth (mld.): 27.00m ciency of thermal insulation to achieve 0.10% boil-off rate Draught (mld.): 11.404m per day. Gross tonnage: 119.381t The cargo tank compartments are protected by double Deadweight: 71,642t hull structures (double side shell and bottom), and the LNG Cargo tank capacity: 145,385m3 (at -163oC, 98.5%) tanks are installed inside the double hull structures. This Main engine: Kawasaki UA-400 steam turbine x 1 unit prevents direct damage to the LNG tanks if the hull is MCR: 26,900kW x 80rpm damaged in an accident. The LNG tanks are thus ensured Speed, service: about 19.5kt to be safe. Complement: 43 The wheelhouse is fully equipped with advanced elec- Classification: NK tronic navigation equipment, which are integrated in one Completion: Sept. 16, 2003 corner to allow centralized operation of navigation equip- For further information please contact: 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. 301 Oct. - Nov. Page 2 MHI launches large cruise ship, Sapphire Princess, for P&O Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has launched the 113,000GT cruise ship, Sapphire Princess (HN: 2180), for P&O Princess Cruises In- ternational plc at the Koyagi Ship- yard. The launching ceremony at the shipyard was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Micky Arison, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation & plc and his wife, and Mr. Peter G. Ratcliffe, Chief Execu- tive Officer of P&O Princess Cruises International plc, as well as Mr. Kazunori Ohta, Managing Director of Koyagi Shipyard for delivery in May Gas turbine-generator 25,000kW x 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 2004. These ships will enter service unit About 900 people including schoolchil- on routes in North America including Propulsion motors: 21,000kW x 2 dren observed the launch. Alaska. units The Sapphire Princess is the sister Principal particulars Fixed pitch propellers (FPP) x 2 units ship of the Diamond Princess to be L (o.a.) x B x D x d: 290.0m x 37.5m x Side thrusters: 3 units each for bow delivered to the same owner from MHI 41.3m x 8.05m and stern in February 2004. These ships are the Gross tonnage: abt. 113,000t Passenger cabins: 1,337 largest cruise ships ever built in Ja- Speed, service: 22.1kt Passengers: 3,100 (max.) pan. The Sapphire Princess is now Diesel generators: 9,450kW x 2 units, Complement: 1,238 moored at the outfitting pier of the 8,400kW x 2 units Completion: May 2004 Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. the world’s largest class output secur- completed the container carrier, NYK Imabari completes ing high-speed navigation. A water- Phoenix (HN: 2148), for Japanese tube boiler (380cSt/50oC) is used, owner at Koyo Dockyard Co., Ltd., a 6,586-TEU which has high reliability during navi- company of the Imabari group on Oc- gation or cargo handling. tober 3, as the second of a series of container carrier, Other machinery includes a waste two ships constructed by the Koyo gas economizer [5,500kg x 0.7MPa], Dockyard. The ship can carry NYK PHOENIX four units of generators [3,500KVA 6,586TEU containers. accommodate nine tiers and 14 rows. (2,800kW) x 720rpm,] and an emer- For increasing container loading The lashing bridge is adopted to gency generator [325KVA (260kW) x capacity, the ship is designed and allow loading of seven tiers on the 1,800rpm]. employed girderless construction to hatches. Loading of 45 feet contain- Principal particulars the hold parts. Thus the cargo hold ers is also possible. 500 plugs for reefer Ship Type: 6,586TEU Type Container midship has high loading efficiency to containers are provided, 400 plugs for Carrier the hatches and L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 299.95m 100 plugs in the x 287.00m x 40.00m x 24.00m x cargo holds. 14.00m Two bow DWT/GT: 80,270t/76,199t thrusters are Main engine: DU SULZER provided to en- 12RTA96C diesel x 1 unit sure ship maneu- MCR: 64,200kW x 100.0rpm vering for NOR: 54,570kW x 94.7 rpm berthing and un- Speed, service: 25kt berthing. The Classification: NK main engine is a Complement: 36 DU-SULZER Endurance: abt. 18,000 miles 12RTA96C die- sel, which has Topics No. 301 Oct. - Nov. Page 3 World’s first fuel cell underwater vehicle successful —Deep-sea exploring robot Urashima of JAMSTEC— Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Hydrogen is dis- (MHI) has succeeded in the sea trial charged from the of a completely closed cycle fuel cell alloy with the system installed as a power source on thermo control an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle system, and this (AUV) called Urashima. method is safer Urashima has been developed by than the use of a Japan Marine Science and Technol- high-pressure ogy Center (JAMSTEC) for exploring tank in handling the deep sea. hydrogen. The sea trial conducted by the The hydro- JAMSTEC was the world’s first gen-occlusion alloy can occlude hydro- The fuel cell container is shown achievement. Tests on the Urashima gen at 20oC and discharge below 60oC. below with the top cover opened were carried out in Suruga Bay in Water generated in the process of elec- August 2003. The Urashima first tricity generation is stored in a tank dived down to 300m deep. At that mounted on the vehicle to avoid level, the acoustic communication sys- weight loss. Thus a completely closed tem was tested, and subsequent tests fuel cell system is provided. were conducted on cruising using the Fuel cell specifications fuel cell. The total trial subsea cruise Type: Closed polymer electrolyte fuel range was approximately 2.5km. cell The fuel cell of the Urashima is the Rated output: 4kW polymer electrolyte type and is con- Rated voltage: 120V tained in a titanium alloy container Urashima specifications with a cocoon-like appearance. Oxy- Length: Approx. 10m gen is charged into the cell from a Weight in air: Approx. 10t high-pressure oxygen container and Max. diving depth: Approx. 3,500m hydrogen from metal hydride con- Max. speed: Approx. 4kt tained in a high-pressure container. Cruising speed: Approx. 3kt Water ingress alarm system installed on ship during cargo handling work Oshima Engineering Co. Ltd. stalled on a 51,000DWT Handymax The system called WIN-OSY Sys- (OEC), a subsidiary of Oshima Ship- bulk carrier built by Oshima Ship- tem, which uses a capacitance type building Co., Ltd., has mounted a building when the vessel called at alarm sensor, has a simple mecha- water ingress alarm system on a bulk Tokuyama Port. nism and procedure for setting up on carrier during cargo handling work for Installation work demonstrated board the ship. The crew can install the first time. The system was in- the device can be easily installed on a during navigation or loading/unload- ship without hot ing work. Other shipyards can install work (no need for the system with only necessary infor- welding, etc.), and mation (e.g. length of wire) and instal- disturbing the lation procedures provided by OEC for other work on shipyards. board the ship. It The WIN-OSY System has advan- was completed in tages including “installation by the three days includ- crew during navigation or cargo han- ing the certifying dling,” “no hot work (welding and gas inspection by the cutting),” “cheaper than installation American Bureau work in a dock,” and “less time re- of Shipping. The quired for work.” OEC has already inspection was received WIN-OSY system orders for Alarm board attached to the wheel house wall (left) and completed three over 200 ships, including potential and hold sensor attached to the cargo hold (seen along the hours before the provisional inquiries. ladder) ship departure. Topics No. 301 Oct. - Nov. Page 4 MES completes large double hull VLCC Selene Trader Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding form, efficient pro- Co., Ltd. (MES) has delivered the peller, and RBS-F 300,000DWT class double hull VLCC, energy saving de- Selene Trader (HN: 1558), to Regulus vice.