NEXT GENERATION OF GEARED BULKERS UNVEILED

The second of eight 28,000dwt multipurpose cargo vessels of the Fantasy class designed by the UK company GTR Campbell has been completed by the Dalian Shipyard, China and has entered service with Clipper Frontier Shipping Co of Nassau. The vessel class was designed to fill a need for a cargo vessel capable of entering secondary ports where water depth is limited, and where cargo handling facilities are basic or non-existent. The resulting vessel is an open, multipurpose geared dry cargo, container and self- trimming dry bulk carrier. A general arrangement drawing of the vessel is included in the article. Principal particulars are: propulsion Dalian-MAN B&W 5S50MC length, overall 181.00m length, between perpendiculars 172.00m breadth, moulded 26.00m depth, moulded 14.40m draught, design 9.67m tonnage, deadweight, summer draught 29 538t speed 14 knots cargo hold capacity, grain 36 311.3m3 cargo hold capacity, bale 35 452m3 container capacity 680 TEU (+450 TEU on deck) crew 20

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Motor Ship, v 77 n 914, Sept 1996, p 56 [4 p, 6 fig]
• Authors:
  • Ryle, M
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo ships
• Old TRIS Terms: Clipper frontier
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734055
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1997 12:00AM