No. 305 June - July 2004

Kawasaki completes 145,000m3 LNG carrier, Muscat LNG

Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation (Kawasaki) has
delivered the Muscat LNG (HN: 1527), an LNG carrier
with a cargo capacity of 145,000m3 LNG, to Oasis LNG
Carrier S. A. of Panama.
The carrier is the second of the 145,000m3 type developed by Kawasaki and designed with 10,000m3 larger capacity than the conventional 135,000m3 type carrier, although the ship dimensions are almost the same as theconventional type. Therefore, the carrier can visit many
LNG terminal ports worldwide.
Four LNG cargo tanks of independent spherical MOSS
type are provided. The heat insulation is the Kawasaki
panel system, which has a high heat insulation effect. The
boil-off gas rate is maintained at about 0.15% per day by
the system. The cargo tanks are installed inside the compartment built with double side shells and double bottom
to ensure safety so that the cargo tanks are not damaged
directly.
The wheel-house is equipped with the advanced integrated navigation equipment, which has improved ship
operation tasks. Windows around the wheel-house proFor further information please contact:vide a panoramic view of 360 degrees, allowing one-man
operation during ocean-going navigation.
Cargo-handling operation is carried out at the cargohandling room located in front of the accommodation quarters, where the Kawasaki IMCS (Integrated Management
Control System) is installed for monitoring and control ofcargo handling operation as well as monitoring engine conditions. The IMCS is very easy to use since it was developed by incorporating experience and opinions from many
operators.
Principal particulars:
L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 289.50m x 277.00m x 49.00m
x 27.00m x 11.90m
DWT/GT: 77,351t/118,219t
Cargo tank capacity: 145,494m3 (at -163oC, 98.5%)
Main engine: KAWASAKI UA-400 steam turbine x 1 unit
MCR: 26,900kW at 80rpm
Speed, service: approx. 19.5kt
Complement: 45
Classification: NK
Completion: Apr. 12, 2004
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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 Machinery Works. The ceremony to celebrate
her delivery took place on May 27, attended by Mr. Peter Ratcliffe, Chief
Executive Officer of Princess Cruises,
Mr. Kazuo Tsukuda, President, andKazunori Ohta, Managing Director,
both of MHI.
The Sapphire Princess was built inparallel with her sister Diamond Princess, which was delivered to her ownerin February this year. The best of
MHI’s resources was put into the parallel construction of these two large
cruise ships, which was unprecedented in the world shipbuilding industry, and has now been successfullycompleted with the delivery of the
Sapphire Princess.
The approximately 116,000 GT
Sapphire Princess measures 290 m inoverall length and 54 m high from thesea surface, a height comparable toan 18-storey building on shore. The
cruise ship is provided with gorgeous
public spaces including restaurants,
a theater, a disco, a casino and a tennis court together with seven swimming pools. This floating luxury hotelhas 1,339 private cabins.
A cogeneration system and an electrical propulsion system combining agas turbine converted from an aircraft
engine with low emission type diesel
engines achieve high power output
while suppressing noise and vibration.
Thus the vessel embodies thoroughpursuit of high maneuverability, quietness and comfort, which are priority requisites of passenger ships.
The Sapphire Princess is further
equipped with a state-of-the-art emission cleaning device and a waste water treatment system embodying nextgeneration biotechnology. The cruise

ship thus represents thorough consideration for the global environment as
exemplified by these facilities which
can dispose of all the wastes generated on board and discharge none into
the sea.
Principal particulars
Gross tonnage: About 116,000
Overall length: 290.0 m
Maximum breadth: 41.5 m
Height above sea level: 54.0 m
Total number of passenger cabins:
1,339
Maximum passenger capacity: 3,078
persons

Toyohashi completes Panamax car carrier, Hual Dubai
Toyohashi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has completed construction of the Hual Dubai, a pure car carrier with a carrying capacity of 6,402 vehicles for Dynamic Rainbow
Marine S. A. of Panama.
The Hual Dubai is designed to carry passenger cars,
trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (RV), and bulldozers.
This is the first of the series of car carriers, which are be-

ing built successively by Toyohashi.
The PCC has 12 car decks including four liftable decks.
Car holds above the freeboard deck have no partial bulkheads for the convenience of loading and unloading vehicles.
The main engine is a low-speed and long-stroke type
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

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No. 305 June - July Page 3

Sanoyas completes Panamax bulker, Ikan Bilis
Sanoyas Hishino Meisho has completed completion of the Panamax
bulk carrier, Ikan Bilis (HN: 1217), for
the Mi-Das Line S. A. at the Mizushima Works and Shipyard. The
vessel is the 46th of the Panamax series, or the 20th as the 75,000DWT
type, developed by Sanoyas.
Seven cargo holds are arranged
along the ship centerline, and the accommodation quarters and engine
room are located aft. Cargo holds areconstructed with topside tanks andhopper bottoms for efficient cargo loading and unloading.
Hatch covers are the side rollingtype driven by hydraulic motors andchains for opening and closing. The
main engine is a low-speed, longstroke, and 2-cycle diesel engine. The
engine coupled with a large diameter
propeller attains less fuel consump-

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tion.
Principal particulars:
L (o.a) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d: 225.00m
x 217.00m x 32.26m x 19.30m x
13.994m
DWT/GT: 75,729mt/38,871t
Cargo hold capacity: 89,250m3

Onomichi completes 71,000DWT crude oil
carrier Sanko Confidence
Onomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd. hascompleted the Sanko Confidence(HN.; 499) for Deepsea Agency Ltd.
of Liberia. The vessel is a
71,000DWT crude oil carrier, which
was developed by Onomichi as astandardized oil carrier with adouble hull construction, complying
with the latest marine pollution regulations.
The cargo space is segregated topermit loading of three types of crude
oils simultaneously. Three self-stripping type pumps efficiently achieve
simultaneous
unloading andloading of thethree types ofcargoes.
A leakage preventive device retains harmful
gas in the cargotanks, and ananti-explosion
system will minimize explosion at
an accidental

leakage of harmful gas into the
double hull space. Thus safety measures are fully taken into account forsafe ship operation.
The engine room is equipped with
unattended machinery, and the main
engine uses a low-speed, long-stroke,and low-fuel consumption diesel thatturns a large-diameter propeller
Principal particulars:
L (o.a.) x B x D x d: 228.55m x
32.20m x 19.60m x 13.70m
DWT/GT: 71,000t/38,700t
Main engine: MAN B&W 6S60MC(grain)Main engine: MAN B&W 7S50MCC diesel x 1 unit
Output: 12,200ps
Classification: NK
Completion: May 18, 2004

(Mark-VI) x 1 unit
Output: 16,641ps x 105rpm
Speed, max. trial: 16.1kt
Classification: ABS

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MHI installs anti-rolling gyros on luxury yachts of Ferretti group of Italy
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(MHI) and the Ferretti Group havesigned an important exclusive European agreement for installing a newstabilization system on vessels produced by the companies of the FerrettiGroup. This innovative system, called
ARG or Anti Rolling Gyros, is produced by MHI, and applies the operating principle of a control moment
gyro (CMG) to suppress a boat’s rolling motion or rolling angular velocity
on the water surface, the main cause
of seasickness, thus enabling passengers to sail in comfort.
MHI will supply three models of its
ARG systems, MSM-2000, 4000 and
12000, but mainly MSM-4000, toFerretti Group until 2006, marking
the first export of ARG units. The
ARG, developed by MHI based on its
CMG technology for attitude controlof satellites, automatically reduces
boat rolling by more than 50%, for amore comfortable ride. In essence, an
ARG consists of a flywheel, damper,
gimbal (on which the flywheel is suspended) and a motor (to drive the flywheel). Based on the same principle
as that of a spinning gyroscope, thehigh-speed rotation of the flywheel

produces force to counter a boat’s rolling motion.
Although other devices that reducerolling during cruising exist, for example fin stabilizers, the ARG is thefirst system in the world capable ofreducing rolling of a small boat evenat anchor or when trolling. Finally,
thanks to the ARG’s extreme quietness, the stabilizers can be activatedat night without disturbing the sleepof passengers.
MHI’s first ARG, the MSM-500,
was developed and marketed in 1995
for small boats with displacements
below 5 tons. The MSM-500 features
angular momentum of 500 Nms(Newton meter second), weighs 130kg,
and measures 710mm in width,
516mm in height, and 470mm inlength. Subsequently, MHI developed
higher-power models, the MSM-2000/
4000/12000, in response to customer

needs.
By installing ARG systems in multiple units, it is possible to accommodate vessels with displacements above
5 tons all the way up to 500 tons. In
Japan, MHI has already sold 220 ARG
systems for public-sector, commercial
and private use, including cruise
ships, sightseeing boats, fishing boats,pleasure craft and patrol boats.
Major Specifications of MSM-4000
ARG
Angular momentum: 5000 Nina
(Newton meter second)
Dimensions (width x height x length):1000 x 700 x 700 mm
Power consumption (max/reg): 4300/
3000 W (AC200V, 3-phase)
Weight: 700 kg

Anti Rolling Gyro MSM-4000(above) and Custom Line Navetta 30(left: By courtesy of the Ferretti Group)

18,000DWT product tanker, Kirana Tritya, completed at Naikai Zosen
Naikai Zosen Corporation has completed the Kirana Tritya (HN: 682),
an 18,000DWT product tanker for
Kirana Tanker Pte. Ltd., at the Setoda
Works. The tanker has been put inservice to transport refined petroleum
products such as jet engine and automobile fuels on S. E. Asian routes centered on Singapore and Indonesia.
The Kirana Tritya is designed witha wide beam and a shallow draughtof 7.0m for operation on the routes.
Cargo tanks including slop tanks aresegregated into 12 tanks. The cargospace construction is ensured bydouble side shells and double bottom
to prevent marine pollution caused by
accidental cargo leakage.
Cargo tanks have a total capacityof 24,568.4m3, and three units of
600m3/hr electric screw pumps perform cargo unloading. As the tanker
is the shallow draught and wide beam
type, the new hull form has been developed with consideration of propulsion performance and maneuverability. The rudder is a larger design. Thus
the total design allows exact course
keeping and changing in shallow waters.
The bunker oil tanks are installedat the bow and stern, and the bunker
oil can be shifted to either of the twotanks to provide even keel of the ship
during navigation.
Principal particulars:
L (o.a.) x L (b.p) x B x D x d: 160.00m
x 152.00m x 27.90m x 11.20m x

7.00m
DWT/GT: 18,774t/13,203t
Cargo tank capacity: 24,568.4m3
Complement: 25
Main engine: Hitachi Zosen B&W
7S35MC (MK6) diesel x 1 unit
MCR: 4,900kw x 170-1
NCR: 4,420kw x 164-1 (90%)
Speed, service: 13.7kt
Classification: NK

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Industry News in Brief

Niigata Shipbuilding acquires ISO9001 certificate
Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair,Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
Co., Ltd. (MES), has obtained theISO9001 certificate authorized by The
Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB), which is a
private nonprofit foundation and theonly organization in Japan responsible for almost all accreditation under the conformity assessment
scheme, and the examination and registry was performed by Nippon Kaiji
Kyokai (NK), the Japanese ship classification society.
The certificate will cover designand development, shipbuilding andrepairing, and the related services
for commercial ships (LNG carriers
excluded), government ships, defense
ships, fishery ships, high-speed ships,
passenger vessels, ferries,
workvessels, and steel structures.
The Niigata head office, the Misaki

Works (Kanagawa Prefecture), and theTokyo Office (Minato-ku) are also
covered by thecertificate.
Niigata Shipbuilding started
preparation
work to obtainthe certificate in
From left are president K. Yashiki, ex-president Y.
August 2003. Akutsu, and Y. Tsudo, vice president of NK
Through eightmonth preparation work, the qualNiigata Shipbuilding is the ex-shipity policy and the quality manage- building department of Niigata Engiment system were established, i.e., neering Co. that was dissolved in 2003
to adhere closely to the related rules and restarted as a subsidiary of MES
and customers’ requirements, and in April 2003. The company is headed
the quality management system re- by President Kazuki Yashiki and hasquired by the ISO9001 must be 180 employees with headquarters inmaintained. Further satisfaction of Niigata City, Niigata Pref.
users will be continuously improved
through the quality system.

19th International Shipping Exhibition, Posidonia 2004
The Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA) participated in the 19thInternational Shipping Exhibition
Posidonia 2004 held at the Exhibition
Center of Piraeus, Greece, for five days
from June 7 to 11. Posidonia 2004 attracted 1,662 companies and organizations from 74 countries, and was visited by 16,338 people including the
public.
At the opening ceremony held on
June 7, Mr. Costas Karamanlis, thePrime Minister of Greece, gave theopening address. After the ceremony,
the Prime Minister, Mr. Manolis
Kefaloyiannis, the Minister of Mercantile Marine of Greece, and Mr.
Nicos Efthymiou, the Chairman of the
Shipowners Association of Greece, visited exhibition stands. Mr. Toshio
Mochizuki, Japanese Ambassador to
Greece and Mr. Toshimichi Okano,
JSEA president met the Minister at
the Japanese stand.
The participation of JSEA consisting of 11 Japanese shipbuilders was
carried out with the financial supportof The Nippon Foundation and in cooperation with The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan. JSEA, The Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders, and the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
used a 261m2 co-exhibition area where
Japanese shipbuilding technology waspresented.

On June 9, Ambassador and Mrs.
Mochizuki, and JSEA president Mr.
and Mrs. Okano co-sponsored a cocktail party at the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel with 900 guests
including government officials andothers concerned with the shippingand shipbuilding industries.

From left are Japanese Ambassador, Mr. C. Karamanlis, Mr. M.
Kefaloyiannis, and Mr. Okano at the Japanese Stand

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Shipyard Activities

Clipper Horizon

Ferry OkiStar Osakana

Owner: Colas Horizon Ltd.
Builder: The Hakodate Dock Co.,Ltd.
Hull No: 796
Ship type: Bulk carrier
L (pp) x B x D x d: 168.56m x 29.40m
x 13.50m x 9.56m
DWT/GT: 32,040t/19,730t
Main engine: Mitsubishi
6UEC52LA diesel x 1 unit
Speed, service: 14.0kt
Classification: ABS
Completion: March 12, 2004

Owner: Oki Kisen Kabusiki Kaisha
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Hull No.: 1100
Ship Type: Passenger/car ferry
L (b.p.) x B x D: 90.00m x 16.OOm x
30m (at upper deck)
DWT/GT: 895t/2,366 (at 4.5m
draught)
Main engine: Daihatsu 6DKM-36(L)(4,500ps x 2 units)
Speed, service: abt. 18.9kt
Classification: JG
Completion: Mar. 18, 2004

Owner: Masterbulk Pte Ltd.
Builder: Oshima Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd.
Hull No.: 10333
Ship Type: Bulk carrier
L (o.a.) x B x D x d: 199.00m x
32.26m x 19.00m x 12.00m
DWT/GT: 48,712t/36,324t
Main Engine: Kawasaki MAN B&W
6S60MC x 1 unit
Speed, max. trial: 17.0kt
Classification: DNV
Completion: Apr. 23, 2004

Scarlet Ibis

Olympic Flag

Nichioh

Owner: Green Garden Navigation S.
A.
Builder: Imabari Shipbuilding Co.,
Ltd./Iwagi Zosen Co., Ltd.
Hull No.: S-Z223
Ship type: Chemical & producttankerL (o.a.) x B x D x d: 179.0m x 32.20m
x 19.05m x 11.85m
DWT/GT: 46,719t/30,411t
Main engine: 7S50MC-C diesel x 1
Unit
Speed, service: 15.4kt
Classification: NK
Completion: Jan. 23, 2004

Owner: Onassis Group
Builder: Namura Shipbuilding Co.
Ltd.
Hull No.: 242
Ship type: Crude oil tanker
L (o.a.) x L (b.p.) x B x D x d:
273.97m x 263.00m x 47.00m
23.30m x 17.126m
DWT/GT: 155,009t/80,591t
Main Engine: Mitsubishi
7UEC68LSE (18,630kW at
91.0rpm) x 1 unit
Classification: ABS
Completion: Mar. 26, 2004

Owner: Golden Pacific Maritime S.
A. (Panama)
Builder: Universal Shipbuilding
Corporation
Hull No.: 5005
Ship type: VLCC
L (o.a.) x B x D x d: 332.98m x
60.00m x 29.40m x 20.48m
Completion: Mar. 30, 2004
DWT/GT: 303,994t/159,872t
Main Engine: Hitachi Zosen-MANB&W 6S90MC-C diesel Engine
Speed, service: 16.1kt
Classification: NK

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