MV PASCAL: 15,000 CBM LPG/NH3 TANKER

The gas tanker Pascal, designed and built by Boele's Shipyards & Engineering Co. for Gazocean, can carry anhydrous ammonia, propane, butane, propane/butane mixtures, propylene, vinyl chloride, propylene oxide, and isoprene. Two different cargoes can be carried, and loaded and discharged, simultaneously. The cargo is carried in six horizontal cylindrical tanks equipped with deepwell pumps designed for a discharge time of 10 hr. Nos. 2 and 3 tanks are arranged athwartships; the others are mounted fore and aft, with Nos. 4 and 5 side-by-side below No. 6. The article gives a brief description of the ship, her machinery, and reliquefaction plant, safety, and other equipment, and includes general- arrangement drawings and a list of equipment suppliers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute of Shipbuilding and Shipping

  10 Burgemeester & Jacobplein
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Holland Shipbuilding
  • Volume: 25
  • ISSN: 0018-3571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Liquefied gases; Liquefied petroleum gas; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Reliquefaction systems; Ship descriptions (Lpg)
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157135
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM