OLYMPIC SERENITY: A LARGE DOUBLE-HULLED TANKER

OLYMPIC SERENITY, built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan was contracted as a conventional single-hull crude oil tanker, however, the design was changed to a double hull configuration, to meet the owners wish to follow the U.S. movement in that direction, aimed at the prevention of marine pollution (The 1990 Oil Pollution Act). Principal particulars and general arrangement drawings are given.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Significant Ships of 1991. Pubs by RINA, London, 1992. ISBN 0 903055 1 39, p 77 [2 p, 2 fig]
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Double hulls; Olympic serenity
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00702950
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM