Bulk Carriers-Handy Size
Log/Bulk Carrier J.MICHELLE
The 27,000-dwt log/bulk carrier J. MICHELLE ordered by CHI LING (PANAMA) S.A. was completed on April 23,1996 at the Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI).
J. MICHELLE is the first of two handy-size sister bulk carriers to be built by MHI. Each will have up-to-date economical features for simple and easy operation.
Her hull structure and cargo handling system were designed to be compatible for transport of a wide variety of different cargoes.
General Arrangement
The J. MICHELLE is a flush decker with a fore castle and a poop. Her engine room and accommodation space are located aft. Cargo space is divided into five holds aft of the fore peak ballast tank. The cross section of the cargo holds is of the conventional type for bulk carriers. Ballast tanks are located topside and on both sides of the double bottom. Fuel tanks are in the center. The No. 3 cargo hold can also be used as a ballast tank to maintain deeper draught in rough seas when the ship is not carrying cargo.
Cargo hatch covers
J. MICHELLE is equipped with Mitsubishi electro-hydraulic end folding type steel hatch covers. The hatch cover for No. 1 cargo hold is 8.1m long and 13.5m wide. Those for other holds are each 18.9m long and 18.0m wide. Wide hatches contribute to easy operation when loading long cargoes such as steel pipes and rails or when handling dry cargo.
Deck cranes
The vessel's four Mitsubishi electro-hydraulic single-jib deck cranes make more efficient cargo handling possible.
Lumber lashing
Fixed stanchions are installed on upper deck and deck store sides for lumber lashing. Setting-up stanchions, handled by deck cranes in a single action, are also provided on both sides of the upper deck.
Engine Department
Mitsui-MAN B & W marine diesel engine 5L50MC (derated) can be remotely operated from the engine control room, and alarm boards for major instruments in the control room permit centralized remote control and monitoring of the engine room.
The vessel's power generation plant consists of two diesel-driven generators.
One of these can sufficiently supply onborad power requirements at sea. Two are used for entering and leaving port.
The steam generating plant consists of a compact vertical, cylindrical watertube composite auxiliary boiler. The exhaust gas heating section of this unit alone is capable of meeting steam needs while under way.
PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS
Length(o.a.)……………163.50m
Length(b.p.)……………156.00m
Breadth(mld.)……………27.00m
Depth(mld.)……………13.50m
Draft(mld.)……………9.605m
Gross tonnage……………16,285
Deadweight……………27,079MT
Main engine……………Mitsui-MAN B & W 5L50MC
MCR……………7,300PS×125rpm
NOR……………6,570PS×120.7rpm
Speed(max.trial)……………15.64knots
(service)……………14.1knots
Complement……………25
Classification……………NK NS* (Bulk Carrier), MNS*
Handling gear……………Electro-Hydraulic Single Crane, 30.5T×18m/min×4
Loading capacity(grain)……………35,065.7m3
(bale)……………34,437.0m3
