IHIMU delivers Panamax container carrier
IHI
Marine United Inc. delivered the MOL Encore (HN: 3163), a 4,500TEU
Panamax container carrier, to Lunar River Line S.A. of Panama
on March 25, 2003. The MOL Encore is the first of a series of
four 4,500 TEU Panamax container carriers chartered by Mitsui
O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and the ships are scheduled to enter the
Asia- North America route. This series of 4,500TEU Panamax container
carriers has been newly designed adopting an environmental friendly
technology developed together with Mitsui O.S.K. ines, Ltd.
Conventional container carriers store their fuel mainly in the
double bottom tanks formed between the outer hull plate and
tank top plate in the cargo holds, but this series of ships
applies environmentally friendly technology with the new arrangement
of fuel oil tanks located in spaces between the bulkheads of
cargo holds in order to significantly reduce risks of oil spills
in emergencies such as collision and grounding. Applying this
new fuel oil tank arrangement, 60% of the total fuel capacity
of the ship, approx 4,200t fuel, enough for a 10,000-mile voyage,
is shifted from the double bottom tanks to the spaces between
bulkheads.
Ship's Specifications:
L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 294.130m x 282.00m x 32.26m
x 19.03m x 13.54m
DWT/GT: 61,441t/53,096t
Speed, service: 24.5kt
Main engine: DU-Sulzer 9RTA96C diesel x 1 unit
MCR: 49,410kW at 100.0rpm
NOR: 42,000kW at 94.7rpm
