Universal delivers 200,000DWT type bulk carrier
Universal
Shipbuilding Corporation has built a lot of ships
about the long history of the company, but these days are the
best and hardest project was launched. The company has delivered
the first 200,000DWT type bulk carrier (Newcastle Maxim), Shin
Kenryu (HN: 218), to its owner Erica Navigation S. A. of Panama
at the Tsu Shipyard. The ship was designed to be accommodated
in the main loading and unloading ports in the world, as one
of largest vessels of this type, although the capacity of the
cargo volume is more than 200,000DWT. Economic efficiency is
one of the focuses of the design development of the ship. In
order to achieve economic efficiency, the ship has a large cargo
hold capacity (=approx. 217,700m3) and DWT (=approx. 02,500t)
at scantling draft of 17.88m. Another feature of the ship is
the shallow design draft (=16.10m) ensuring access to the ports
in the Seto Inland Sea with large deadweight (=178,000t), where
many steel mills are located. Furthermore, the cargo
ships from this series are equipped with Ax-Bow, the technology
developed by Universal (ex-NKK) in 1996, which won The Ship
of the Year 2001 Award for the Dunkirk Max. Ax-Bow allows 20
to 30% reduction in the sea margin compared with the conventional
bow design as introduced in Sea Japan No. 293. The ship's technologies
and improved on such cargo vessel, before implementing them
to some of the newly build cruise
ships.
Ship's Specifications:
L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D: 299.95m x 290.00m x 50.00m x 24.10m
Draft (Design): 16.10m
Draft (Scant.): 17.88m
Deadweight (Design): 178,963ton
Deadweight (Scant.): 203,508ton
Gross Tonnage: 101,953ton
Service Speed: 14.5knots
Main Engine: MES MAN 6S70MC Mark VI
Output: 16,020kW x 91min-1
