HEAVY-LIFT CARGO-SHIP SAMSON SCAN

In June 1976, the Martin Jensen shipyard at Leer, West Germany, delivered the heavy-lift ship Samson Scan, the first of two such ships being built for the Blaesbjerg Group company K/S Bulk Tramp, of Aarhus (Denmark). She is equipped with 2 X 15-tonne lifting gear, and also has two 10-t derricks and a 10-t traversing crane on a travelling portal; this crane can be removed if it should form an obstruction. The owners chose this ship-type because it can be used for heavy-lift or for normal general-cargo service and because the heavy cargo items can be stowed below instead of on deck. The hatch opening to the single hold measures 52 by 13 m; two portable beams are used to solve some structural and other problems resulting from this large opening. Containers can be stowed in the hold (142 X 20-ft) and on deck (40 X 20-ft). The pontoon hatch-covers for the tweendeck can be used as transverse grain-bulkheads (longitudinal bulkheads are not required). The two 150-tonne derricks, one at each end of the hold, are supported by A-type portal masts braced by tubular stays, and are of Mannesmann design. They each have a twin topping-lift; at a topping angle of 30 deg. they can be slewed through 75 deg., corresponding to an outreach of 16.5 m; hydraulic support-arms are provided to restrain listing when loading at a quay. The heavy-lift arrangements, and the ship and her other equipment, are further described in the article, which includes general-arrangement drawings of the vessel and her cargo-handling gear.

• Corporate Authors:

  Schroedter (C) and Company

  Stubbenhuk 10
  Hamburg 11,   Germany 
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • HANSA
  • Volume: 113
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Heavy lift vessels; Stowage
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo stowage; Ship descriptions (Heavy lift)
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152878
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM