"HILLI": MOSS ROSENBERG'S FIRST 125,000 CU M LNGC

The 72,480 tdw LNG Carrier "Hilli" has a length oa of 293.00 m, a beam of 41.60 m, a draft (summer) 11.70 m and is powered by a Kvaerner Brug/GE MST-14 double reduction geared, cross compound impulse steam turbine developing 38 000 shp at a propeller rpm of 105 giving a service speed of 19.7 knots. The cargo containment system comprises six self-supporting spherical aluminum tanks, each sphere suspended at the equator by a vertical cylindrical skirt the upper part being made of aluminum and the rest of steel. Cargo capacity is 125,000 cu m.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Business Press Limited

  33-39 Bowling Green Lane
  London EC19 1AH,   England 
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Marine Week
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: IPC Business Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carriers; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Ships; Steam turbines; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Hilli; Spherical tanks; Steam turbine propulsion
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148161
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM