CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF CHEMICAL TANKERS

The Author, of the Ankerlokken Shipyard, Floro, Norway, gives some brief general information on chemical-tanker design and describes the cargo arrangements in a 30,000-dwt chemical tanker delivered by his yard in Feb. 1977. This ship, the second of a series of two (they are not named in the article), has a length of 170-7 m overall and 162.6 m b.p., and features extra breadth (moulded breadth is 29.5 m) and a shallow draught (10 m). The ship is designed for sulphuric and phosphoric acids and other cargoes, and has six 3,000-cu m stainless steel centre tanks. The wing tanks are of ordinary steel, epoxy-coated and all tanks have heating coils. The lower part of each centre tank, up to a height of 2.3 m, is of a different grade of stainless steel from the rest of the tank. The transverse bulkheads are horizontally corrugated; all stiffeners are on deck. There are three pump-rooms. The article gives some further information on these cargo arrangements, and mentions that care in working with stainless steel is just as important as the steel quality. Order from: BSRA as No. 47,091.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Uddeholm Technical Seminar, "Nor-Shipping 77", May 12, 1977, Section 5.
• Corporate Authors:

  Uddeholms AB

  S-68305 Hagfors,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Focas, C
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical tankers; Tankers; Tanks (Containers); Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo tanks
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168334
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM