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Photo by Henk Zuur-Delfzijl,The Netherlands GOUVERNEUR FERUS SMIT COMPLETES 6000 TDW DRY CARGO CONTAINER VESSEL

Builders: Ferus Smit ,Westerbroek,The Netherlands Owners: Family Ter Stege, Zwartsluis,The Netherlands

On April 19th, 2007, Ferus Smit delivered the operate the vessels. The focus in the design sel. In the parallel midship, bilge keels are fit- 111 m coaster ‘Gouverneur’ to her owners, has been on carrying capacity, both in bulk ted to dampen the rolling motions.The spade Ben and Thea Ter Stege from Zwartsluis.The and as containers, a high service speed, and rudder is equipped with a flap to increase ship is the eleventh vessel in an impressive unrestricted service. manoeuvrability at low speeds. series of 15.The same family also owns sister The ships are ice-classed for navigation in ice- On deck, the ‘Gouverneur’ features a forecas- vessel ‘Ambassadeur’, which was delivered in infested waters and are also certified for tle, a raised quarterdeck and a deckhouse. She January 2007. operation on the Great Lakes. They sail on has two box-shaped cargo holds with two Ferus Smit operates two shipyards. One of heavy fuel oil for economy. hatch ways. The vessel is built with a double these is located in Westerbroek in The hull construction and is suited for unrestrict- Netherlands, while the other is located in Hull ed trading worldwide. Leer, Germany.The ‘Gouverneur’ was built at Under the waterline, the ships lines are com- the shipyard in Westerbroek. posed of a large bulbous bow, a long parallel Accommodation The series of 6000 ton ice-strengthened mul- midship to provide for a practical cargo hold, The aft superstructure accommodates the tipurpose ships was developed by Ferus Smit and a wide but shallow transom stern. The galley, mess room and cabins. The accommo- in collaboration with the various owners of transom plating is slightly curved, providing dation has private cabins with sanitary facili- the vessels and Wagenborg Shipping who will extra strength and a beautiful look to the ves- ties for the captain, three officers, four crew

HSB INTERNATIONAL MAY 2007 - 9 members and the owner. The wheelhouse is The cargo holds have the following dimen- situated on top of the superstructure. The sions: Cargo hold Cargo capacity ...... 7,946 cu.m complete accommodation is air conditioned Tank top load ...... 15 ton/sq.m with a Novenco Hi-Pres single pipe air condi- Hold I Hold II Hatch cover load ...... 1.5 ton/sq.m tioning system supplied by Johnson Controls Length 27.59 m Length 50.88 m Propulsion Systems & Services Beam 11.50 m Beam 11.50 m Engine ...... 2,640 kW Depth 9.00 m. Depth 9.00 m Speed ...... 14 knots Cargo Holds The holds have a maximum stack weight Ice Class capacity of 50 tonnes and the hatch covers The design and construction comply with the CPP can handle a maximum stack weight of 48 requirements of Bureau Veritas.The ship has In order to maximise propulsion efficiency tonnes.The ‘Gouverneur’ has a total capacity the following class notation: General cargo under varying load conditions, the ship is of 242 TEU (114 FEU) of which 138 TEU (66 ship and , Class 1A HULL and equipped with a single controllable pitch pro- FEU) can be placed in the holds and 104 TEU MACH, Unrestricted navigation, AUT-UMS, peller (CPP).The main engine is a MaK medi- (48 FEU) on the hatch covers. ICE CLASS 1A (Finnish-Swedish Ice Class um-speed diesel engine, type 8M25, develop- The cargo holds are covered with hatch cover Rules). ing 2,640 kW at 705 rpm using heavy fuel oil. pontoons which are handled by a travelling Built under yard number 371, the The cooling system features separate HT and gantry . The hatch covers have a maxi- ‘Gouverneur’ features the following main LT cooling circuits with a pre-heating circulat- mum stacking height of five pieces.The hatch characteristics. ing pump. The heat exchanger of this pre- cover crane is utilised for lifting and stacking heating system is integrated in the hot the weather deck hatch covers and for the Principal Particulars potable water system.The temperature of the handling of the grain bulkheads. The hatch Length o. a...... 110.78 m main engine is controlled by a freshwater Length p.p...... 105.14 m cover pontoons and the crane have been sup- Breadth mld...... 14.00 m cooling system outfitted with NRF box cool- plied by Coops & Nieborg. Depth ...... 8.13 m ers.A Vulkan Benelux flexible coupling is fitted The hold is also fitted with two grain bulk- Draught ...... 6.09 m between the engine and the Flender GMCP heads. Each bulkhead consists of two parts Tonnage 670 reduction gearbox The propulsor con- and can be placed in four different positions. Deadweight ...... 6,000 t sists of a Wärtsilä Lips 4D1000 controllable The bulkheads are stowed against the engine Gross tonnage ...... 3,990 t pitch propeller with a diameter of 3,200 mm. room bulkhead. The cargo hold is suited for Tank capacities The propeller shaft runs in an oil lubricated the carriage of dangerous cargoes.Ventilation Water ballast ...... 2,541 cu.m stern tube.The rudder and steering gear con- of the cargo hold is carried out mechanically Fresh water ...... 45 cu.m sist of a single Barke flap type rudder con- Heavy fuel oil ...... 394 cu.m at a maximum refreshing rate of six air Diesel oil ...... 44 cu.m trolled by a Tenfjord electro-hydraulic steer- changes per hour. ing engine. At low speeds manoeuvring capa-

HSB INTERNATIONAL MAY 2007 - 10 bility is enhanced by an electrically driven Lawrence Seaway. The Coops & Nieborg pump. Alfa Laval has supplied a self-cleaning Jastram bow thruster producing 335 kW. hatch cover crane features two storage fuel oil separator, a diesel oil separator and a cranes each with a SWL of 1000 kg.. lube oil separator. A Heatmaster hot water Electric Power system is used for heating the HFO tanks, the Auxiliary power is supplied by either a Fibreglass piping separators and the AC system. This heating Stamford shaft generator, type HCM 534 E, The engine room accommodates auxiliary system consists of a 300 kW heat exchanger 240 kW/400 VAC, 50 Hz or by two diesel systems such as the bilge and ballast system, fitted in the cooling water system of the main generator sets, both consisting of a Cummins the fire-fighting and deck washing system. engine, an electrical 48 kW heater, an oil fired hot water boiler of 285 kW, four circulation pumps, and heating coils in five bunker tanks, the settling tank and the daily service tank. The bilge water is treated by a B+V Turbulo bilge water separator.The bilge water separa- tor and sludge pump have been supplied by Uittenbogaart. Potable water is supplied throughout the vessel by a hydrophore set which is fed by two centrifugal pumps. Potable water can also be generated by means of an evaporator which has a capacity of 4 m3 per day.The tank sounding system is pneumatical- ly controlled. The ballast, fuel and potable water tank levels can be viewed on a control panel situated in the engine room.Working air and starting air is supplied by two Sperre air compressors, each with a capacity of 25 m3 per hour at 30 bar.

Heating,Ventilation and AC Installation The complete HVAC installation for the ‘Gouverneur’ has been supplied by Johnson A MaK diesel engine delivers 2640 kW of propulsion power Controls Systems & Services.This installation consists of the accommodation, the engine 6 CTA 8.3 D(M), 140 kW diesel engine, driv- These systems all use Azcue pumps.The bilge room and the two cargo holds. ing a Stamford UCM 274H generator, 175 and ballast lines in the engine room are made The central air handling unit (including the kVA.The emergency power is supplied by an of galvanized steel pipe fitted with manually cooling plant) of the accommodation has emergency generator set consisting of a controlled valves. The main bilge and ballast received a lot of careful thought and this has Cummins 4 BT 3.9 G3 diesel engine with a lines in the double bottom, including the resulted in a compact unit, where compres- Stamford UCM 224E generator. The genera- branch pipes leading to the tanks, are made of sor, condensing unit and the air handling unit tor sets have been supplied by De Ruyter fibre glass and fitted with pneumatic remote are assembled on one small frame. The air Dieseltechniek. control valves. The ballast tanks have been handling unit is controlled by a PLC, resulting The electrical supply system on board con- treated with a Hempel Hempadur 350 DE in an extremely accurate control of the cool- sists of the following three electric power cir- coating. The fuel oil system uses an Azcue ing plant, heating plant and the humidifier at cuits: HFO transfer pump and a diesel oil transfer variable climate conditions. Each unit is tested – 3-phase 400 V AC, 50 Hz as main supply, The hatch covers are manoeuvered by a travelling gantry crane – 230 V AC, 50 Hz for lighting/emergency supply, – 24 V DC for instrumentation. The electrical installation has been installed by Eekels Elektrotechniek, who also fitted the alarm & monitoring systems.

Deck Equipment The forecastle carries two SEC anchor han- dling and mooring winches, each equipped with a chain wheel, a mooring drum and a warping end.The windlass handles two bower anchors with anchor chain cables, supplied by Wortelboer. Two chain stoppers of the fall- over type are situated in front of the anchor winches. Aft, the poop deck carries two mooring winches, each with a mooring drum and a warping end.The mooring arrangement complies with the regulations of the St.

HSB INTERNATIONAL MAY 2007 - 11 in the workshop to ensure and confirm the Fire-Fighting Equipment performance before delivery to the shipyard. The fire-fighting equipment includes fire-fight- All of the used components are first class ing pumps which consist of the general serv- brands and ensure a durable and reliable ice pumps situated in engine room and an installation. emergency fire-fighting pump which is situat- Johnson Controls Systems & Services has also ed in the bow thruster space.All pumps have supplied the other components to complete a capacity of 38 m3 per hour.The cargo hold the installation for the accommodation and engine room are fitted with two separate including the Novenco cabin units, individual CO2 fire extinguishing systems.The fire-fight- reheat system with thermostats for each ing equipment furthermore includes a water cabin, and pre-manufactured spiroduct with mist installation for local protection of the 15mm thick insulation. main engine, auxiliary engines, boiler and sep- The engine room has been equipped with arators.The CO2 and water mist installation Novenco two-speed fans and mist elimina- have been supplied by Fire Protection tors. Throughout the engine room the air is Systems, based in Amsterdam. redistributed by air ducts and the heating is provided by heating units. The heating of Navigation equipment other technical spaces is provided by separate The wheelhouse is situated on top of the aft heating units. Some of the installed heating superstructure. The ‘Gouverneur’ has been units are using hot-water and others use elec- equipped with the highly sophisticated trical heating elements.The ventilation of the NACOS System (Navigation and Command two cargo holds is provided by special System) and GMDSS for regions A1+A2+A3. Johnson Controls Systems & Services fans. The package of navigational aids and electron- – one TrackPilot-1100,Track keeping system These fans for each hold are fitted with spark ic communications systems was supplied by with dedicated Conning Monitor; minimizing features and a special explosion- SAM-Electronics Nederland BV. – one AIS unit (DEBEG-3400),fully integrated proof Eexd IIC T6 electric motor. The Integrated Navigation and Command into the NACOS / Radar system; System NACOS 35-5 includes the following – one complete VDR system / DEBEG-4300; Life-Saving Appliances main components: – one Doppler-speed log / Consilium; The life-saving equipment consists of a – one X-Band Chart Radar 1100 series – one Echo sounder 100kHz transducer / Hatecke free fall lifeboat and two 12-person systems, with 8ft scanner; DEBEG-4630; life rafts, situated on each side of the boat – one additional X-Band fore mast gearbox – one DGPS receiver / DEBEG-4422D, deck on a cradle with hydrostatic release. with 5ft scanner,with the SAM KVM – one Anemometer for wind speed and Appliances furthermore include a rescue boat Interswitch technology.That means you can direction; handled by a davit which can also be used for select the scanner you want to display; – one Gyrocompass system (Anschuetz), the life rafts. – one S-Band ChartRadar 1100 series system Standard 22 G/GM with repeaters; The davit has a fixed radius of 3 m. Nautische with 14ft scanner; – one Anscheutz PilotStar-D autopilot 2. Note : Unie Hunfeld has supplied most of the life- –two ECDIS-systems / Chart Pilot-1100 SAM 1100 Trackpilot is autopilot 1; saving appliances. (for paperless sailing); – one Magnetic compass system (Anschuetz), A free fall lifeboat is located on the aft deck with camcourse system.

Communication equipment The GMDSS radio station fulfilling the requirements of IMO/SOLAS 74 for sea area A1,A2,A3 consists of the following: – one MF/ HF SSB/DSC radio telephone / DEBEG-3105 –two VHF/DSC radio telephones –two Inmarsat-C terminals / DEBEG-TT3000E – one Inmarsat F-55 terminal; – one EPIRB / DEBEG-3545 –two Radar transponders system / DEBEG-5900 – one Navtex / DEBEG-2902, – three GMDSS handheld VHF sets / DEBEG SP-3300,

Brewery transport The ‘Gouverneur’ is a repeat build of a design which has already proven its worth.The first assignment of the ‘Gouverneur’ was to ship an entire Heineken brewery from Riga (Latvia) to Tunisia. This happened under the

12 - HSB INTERNATIONAL MAY 2007 command of her captain Danny Harms, Eekels Elektrotechniek, Kolham : electrical installation; alarm Nicoverken Marine Services, & monitoring system; Schiedam ...... : Blücher Metal stainless steel whose partner Sandra de Wit christened the bridge console, MCC drainage system ship.An impressive video of the side-launching cabinets & switchboards; Noordhof Schilderwerken, Aqua Signal lighting; Tyco fire Kropswolde ...... : painting of the ‘Gouverneur’ into the narrow alarm system Reikon, Spijkenisse ...... : Azcue pumps; Gefico Flender Bruinhof Marine, freshwater generator; Winschoterdiep canal can be downloaded Rotterdam ...... : Flender reduction gearbox Trojan Technology UV- from the builders site at www.ferus-smit.nl. In Haan, Gebr.De , Hoogezand . . .: heating-, ventilation- and sterilizer sanitary systems Rolls-Royce Marine Benelux, 2010, the yard can celebrate its hundredth Hatecke, Ernst, Drochtersen (G): free fall life boat, MOB boat, Pernis RT ...... : steering gear; tank level year of operation. MOB crane gauging equipment Heatmaster, H.I.Ambacht ...... : heating system for the Rotor, Eibergen ...... : electric motors cargo Ruyter Dieseltechniek, De, Subcontractors and suppliers of equipment Helmers, Sappemeer ...... : carpentry and insulation Sliedrecht ...... : Cummins/Stamford diesel fitted on board the ‘Gouverneur’ Hempel, Vlaardingen ...... : paint systems generator sets (partial list) Imtech Marine & Offshore, Snijder Filtertechniek, Hasselt .: Separ fuel filters / water Rotterdam ...... : Mitsubishi Electric circuit- separators Alfa Laval, Utrecht ...... : separators; heat exchangers breakers SAM Electronics Nederland, Atlas Copco Ketting Marine International Paint ...... : International® marine Rotterdam ...... : communications & Center, IJmuiden ...... : starting air receivers; coatings navigation systems working airdryers Johnson Controls Systems & SARC, Bussum ...... : LOCOPIAS loading Beeker Marine Systems, Services (York), Dordrecht . . . .: airconditioning installation; software for intact stability Reinbek (G) ...... : Barke rudder mechanical ventilation and strength calculations, Bendit Isolatietechniek, systems including loading options Groningen ...... : insulation Jong T.H.,A. de, Dordrecht . . . . .: Ellehammer ejectors for grain loading and Boer Staal, De, Uitgeest ...... : steel plates & profiles JVS Scheeps- en Industrie- general cargo Bosch Rexroth, Boxtel ...... : air preparation units & techniek, Papendrecht ...... : Jastram bowthruster unit Shell Marine Products, pneumatic ballast control Kroon, Hoogezand ...... : Alvedoor fire doors; ship’s Vondelingenplaat RT ...... : lubricants system hardware; manhole covers Ship’s Equipment Centre Börger Machinefabriek, and rings;engine room (SEC), Groningen ...... : winches; mooring Hoogezand ...... : mooring rope containers; equipment. equipment grain bulkhead pockets; Leeuwen Buizen,Van, Sperre, Ridderkerk ...... : starting air compressors gangway; coaming Zwijndrecht ...... : : steel pipes and Theunissen, Malden ...... : SeaTeleCom communication platforms; engine components equipment; Pesch searching foundation components; MaK (Nederland), Dordrecht . .: main engine lights. oil- and expansion tanks. Mar-In Controls, Trinoxx, Hardinxveld-Giessendam : portholes & windows Bureau Veritas, Rotterdam . . . . .: classification Krimpen a/d IJssel ...... : fuel supply module Uittenbogaart,T.B., Caldic Techniek, Rotterdam . . . .: Stamford generators MaraSoft, Urk ...... : Marad planned maintenance Rotterdam ...... : B+V bilge water separator; Cappellen Consultancy,Van, system Megator sludgepump Papendrecht ...... : noise and vibration Mx Brandbeveiliging, Almere . .: Fixed CO2 firefighting Viking Life-Saving Equipment, measurements installation for engineroom Zwijndrecht ...... : life rafts; lifesaving Castrol Nederland, and cargo holds, inclu equipment Rotterdam ...... : lubrication smoke and sampling Vulkan Benelux, H.I.Ambacht . .: Vulkan Rato-R highly flexible Centraalstaal, Groningen ...... : prefab steel sections kit systems for the cargo couplings Coops & Nieborg, holds; local application Wärtsilä Propulsion Hoogezand ...... : hatch covers; hatch cover watermist for engineroom; Netherlands, Drunen ...... : Lips CPP propeller; seals crane engineering and nozzles with ceramic coated liner Corrosion & Water-Control, waterspray (sprinkler) and viton seals; white metal Moerkapelle ...... : impressed current anti- system Cargo hold I bearing fouling (ICAF) system; Nautische Unie Hunfeld, Winel, Assen ...... : watertight musketeer impressed current cathodic Farmsum ...... : life-saving appliances; doors; fire doors; Bolero protection (ICCP) system nautical & medical tank vent check valves Discom, Alblasserdam ...... : silencers for the main inventory; fire fighting Wortelboer, Rotterdam ...... : anchors & anchor chains engine equipment; navigation lights

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