CHEIKH EL MOKRANI: A 'MediterraneanMax' LNG carrier Shipbuilder:...........Universal Shipbuilder:........... Universal Shipbuilding Corp Corp (USC), Tsu yard, Japan Vessel's Vessel' s name:...................... name:........................Cheikh El Mokrani 055 5 Hull number: .............................. ................................................. ...................05 9324332 IMO number:................... number:......................................... ......................9324332 Transport Owner/operator: .Mediterranean LNG Transport Corp/Hyproc Corp/Hypr oc Shipping Co, Algeria Universal Shipbuilding Corp, Japan Designer:...Universal Designer:... Model test establishment used: ..........Universal ..........Universal Shipbuilding Corp, Corp, Tsu Laboratory Laboratory Bahamas Flag: ................................ .................................................... ....................Bahamas Total number of sister ships already completed: ............................Nil ............................Nil Total number of sister 1 ships still on order: ............................. ......................................... ............1
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OINT vent ventures ures are are not an uncommon uncommon form of shipownership owner ship,, and Cheikh El Mokrani , th thee fir first st of tw two o sister ships building building at the Tsu shipyard of Universal Shipbuilding, has entered service under the parentage of just such such a partnership partnership.. This was formed formed in 2004 2004 as the Mediterranean LNG Transport Corp (MLTC) by the Algerian Algerian national national oil oil company company Sonatrach, Sonatrach, its subsidiary subsid iary shipping shipping arm Hyproc, Hyproc, and Japanes Japanesee shipowners Mitsui OSK and Itochu Corp, with Hyproc acting as ship manager. The vessel has been put into servi ce transp ortin g LNG produced produced in Algeria, Algeria, to European European countries countries bordering the Mediterranean such such as France, Italy, and Spain. It has been been designed designed with with the optim optimum um dimensions, suitable for the various receiving ports in these count countries ries,, thus coining the descri description ption 'Mediterranean-Max' or 'Medmax'. The Gaz Transport and Techni Technigas gas (GTT) (GTT) Mk III, membra membrane ne cargo containment system has been adopted for the transport of the cargo, cargo, which is is carried carried in four stainle stainless ss steel steel tanks, fitted into a double-skin cargo hold. The tanks are separ ated from each other by cofferdams, and extend above the upper deck to form a fore and aft raised trunk, with the surrounding side and double bottom spaces used for water ballast. Each cargo tank is equipped with two Ebara electricallydriven, driv en, subme submerged rged cargo pumps pumps of 1000m 1000m³/h ³/h capacity capacity and a spray pump. pump. An emergency cargo pump is also available, for use as required required in any tank. Two low-duty and two high-duty compressors are installed in the compressor room, located on the upper deck. A corr ugated stainl ess steel membra ne for ms the primary barrier barrier of the GTT Mk III cargo containmen containmentt system, with an aluminium foil/glass-cloth composite material providing providing the secondary barrier. Reinforced polyurethane foam insulation panels prevent tank structure distortion and leakage leakage of LNG in the event event of an accident. accident. Construc Construction tion of the tanks tanks is designed designed to withstand the thermal contraction resulting from the cryogenic temperatu temperature re (-163°C) (-163°C) of the LNG, and to resist the loads arising from the cargo sloshing under severe sea conditions. The machinery installation follows traditional LNG carrier specification by featuring a Mitsubishi type MS21-2 steam turbine, turbine, with an output of of 15,000k 15,000kW W, designed to operate on steam produced in two 32
36tonne/h boilers, boilers, also manufactured by Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, burning either heavy heavy fuel oil or the boil-off gases from the cargo. Mitsubishi also supplied a double-reduction, tandem-articulated gearbox, providing an output speed of 94rev 94rev/min /min at the FP propeller. propeller. Propulsion is assisted by fitting Universal Shipbuilding Shipbui lding's 's Super-Strea Super-Stream m Duct and Surf Bulb adaptions adapti ons to the propeller propeller and rudder, enabli enabling ng a servicee speed of 17.5 servic 17.5knot knotss to be attained. attained. Elec Electric trical al supply is derived from two 2500kW Nishishiba alternators coupled to Mitsubishi 2630kW steam turbinee prime turbin prime move movers, rs, also from a 2500kW 2500kW Yanmar/Nish ishib a diesel set. A Kawas aki 2000kW bow thruster is installed to assist manoeuvring. TECHNICAL TECHNICA L PA PARTICULARS RTICULARS Length, oa................ oa................................. .................................. ...............................22 ..............220.00m 0.00m Length, bp. ................ ................................. ................................... .............................210 ...........210.70m .70m Breadth, moulded..................... moulded...................................... .................................3 ................35.00m 5.00m Depth, moulded, upper deck ................. .................................. ...................22.55m ..22.55m Draught design ................ ................................. .................................. .................................. ..................9.75m .9.75m scantling...................................... scantling..................... .................................. .........................10.75 ........10.75m m Gross ................. .................................. .................................. .................................. ...................52,855gt ..52,855gt Deadweight, design............. design.............................. .................................3 ................38,000dwt 8,000dwt Speed, service, 90% MCR................. MCR.................................. ..................17.50knots .17.50knots Liquid cargo capacity ............... ................................ .............................75, ............75,500m³ 500m³ Bunkers heavy oil............................... oil................................................ ................................2 ...............2100m³ 100m³ diesel oil............................... oil................................................ .................................. .................300m³ 300m³ Water ballast................... ballast.................................... .................................. .......................25,000 ......25,000m³ m³ Fuel consumption (oil) main engine only ............... ................................ .......................103ton ......103tonnes/day nes/day Classification.....................Bureau Veritas, I + Hull + Mach, Liquefied Gas Carrier/LNG Fatigue Life 40 Years, Unrestricted Navigation, + AUT-UMS, + SYS-NEQ-1, IWS, STAR, MON-SHAFT, ETA, CLEAN Main engine Steam turbine Number................................................. Number............................... ................................... ....................1 ...1 Type.................................. Type................ ................................... ..............................MS21 .............MS21-2 -2 Manufacturer................ Manufactur er.................................. ...............................Mitsu .............Mitsubishi bishi Output............................................. Output............................ .............................15, ............15,000kW 000kW Gearbox Number................................................. Number............................... ................................... ....................1 ...1 Type................Double-reduction Type................D ouble-reduction,, tandem articulated Manufacturer................ Manufactur er.................................. ...............................Mitsu .............Mitsubishi bishi Output speed............................. speed.............................................. .................94rev/min 94rev/min Propeller Material..................................... Material.................... .................Nickel-aluminium-bron Nickel-aluminium-bronze ze Designer/manufacturer.......Nakashima Designer/manufa cturer.......Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd Number ................ .................................. ................................... .................................. .......................1 ......1 Pitch................................... Pitch.................. .................................. ................................... .....................Fixed ...Fixed Diameter.................................. Diameter................. .................................. .................................. .............................Speed ............... ................................ .................................. ...............................94 ..............94rev/min rev/min Steam-turbine driven alternators Number ................ .................................. ................................... .................................. .......................2 ......2 Turbine make/type...........................Mitsubishi/AT42CT-B
Output/speed............................2 Output/speed.................... ........2 x 2630kW/180 2630kW/1800rev/min 0rev/min Alternator make ................ .................................. ...............................Nishis .............Nishishiba hiba Output/speed.................... Output/speed... ...........................2 ..........2 x 2500kW/18 2500kW/180rev/min 0rev/min Diesel-driven alternator Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................1 .......1 Engine make/type........ make/type......................... .....................Ya ....Yanmar/6N330L-G nmar/6N330L-GV V Type of fuel used ................. ................................... ................................... ..................MDO .MDO Output/speed.................... Output/speed... .................................2 ................2630kW/720r 630kW/720rev/min ev/min Alternator make/type............................ make/type.......................................Nishishiba ...........Nishishiba Output/speed.................... Output/speed... .................................2 ................2500kW/720r 500kW/720rev/min ev/min Boilers Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................2 .......2 Type........................... Type.......... ................................... ....................Two ..Two drum, water tube Type of fuel used ............... ................................. ...................HFO, .HFO, boil-off gas Make ............... ................................ .................................. ................................Mitsu ...............Mitsubishi bishi Output............................... Output.............. .................................. ........................2 .......2 x 36tonnes/h Cargo tanks Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................4 .......4 Construction.....................GTT Mk III membrane system Cargo pumps Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................8 .......8 Type...................................... Type..................... .............................Elect ............Electric ric submerged Make ............... ................................ .................................. .................................. ......................Ebara .....Ebara Stainless steel.................. steel................................... .................................. ..........................Y .........Yes es Capacity...................................... Capacity..................... .................................8 ................8 x 1000m³/h Cargo/ballast control systems Make............................... Make.............. .................................. ................................JR ...............JRCS CS Corp Type............SMS-32K Type............S MS-32K integrated monitoring and control Complement Officers....................................... Officers...................... .................................. .................................. .................10 10 Crew .................. ................................... .................................. .................................. .........................20 ........20 Spare.......................................... Spare......................... .................................. .................................. ...................8 ..8 Suez/repair crew ................ ................................. .................................. ...........................6 ..........6 Stern appendages Make/type ..........USC/Super-Str ..........USC/Super-Stream eam Duct and Surf Bulb Bow thruster Make ................ ................................. ................................... ................................Ka ..............Kawasaki wasaki Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................1 .......1 Output ................. .................................. .................................. ...............................20 ..............2000kW 00kW Bridge control/integrated navigation system Make ............... ................................ .................................. .................................. ....................Furuno ...Furuno One man operation.......... operation........................... .................................. ..........................Y .........Yes es Fire detection system Make .................. ................................... ........................Consilium/Nitt .......Consilium/Nittan an Marine Type........................... Type.......... .................................. .................................. .........................NSAC-1 ........NSAC-1 Radars Number ............... ................................ ................................... ................................... ........................2 .......2 Make ............... ................................ .................................. .................................. ....................Furuno ...Furuno Models.................................. Models................. ........................FA .......FAR-2827, R-2827, FAR 2837-S Incinerator.......................................Su Incinerator....................... ................Sunflame nflame OSV600 SDAI Waste compactor...................... compactor....................................... .................Electrolux Electrolux TT TT-100 -100 Shredder/crusher Shredder/crush er ................. .................................E ................Electrolux lectrolux 520-MC60 Sewage plant...................... plant....................................... .......................Hamworthy ......Hamworthy ST3A Contract date ............... ................................ .................................. ....................31 ...31 July 2004 Launch/float-out Launch/flo at-out date ............... ................................ ........................28 .......28 April 2006 Delivery date.......... date........................... ................................... .........................21 .......21 June 2007
SIGNIFICANT S HIPS OF 2007
