COASTAL BITUMEN TANKER ENGELSBERG

This ship is a highly-specialized tanker to carry bitumen products and has a number of novel features in her tank arrangement, machinery and fire-fighting equipment. Four Hedemora-Pielstick engines running at 1500 rpm are geared to a single KaMeWa propeller. The cargo tanks are heated by circulation of thermal oil from a Thermopac boiler. Details of construction are given, along with particulars of the arrangement, machinery, cargo system, and planned operating procedure.

• Corporate Authors:

  Whitehall Technical Press Limited

  Wrotham Place
  Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent ME14 1PE,   England 
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 194-9
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineer and Naval Architect
  • Volume: 92
  • Issue Number: 1118
  • Publisher: Whitehall Technical Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Diesel engines; Heating (Structures); Propulsion; Tankers; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo heating; Diesel propulsion; Liquid bulk heating
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1973 12:00AM