BULK CARRIERS/CAPESIZE
RUBIN PHOENIX SU-OH FIRST JUPITER 170,000-dwt Dunkirk Max Ore/Coal Carrier Series
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. has completed 7 vessels of 170,000-dwt Dunkirk max ore/coal carriers since 1996. SU-OH is the sixth vessel of the series, and delivered to New Harvest S.A. on February 27, 1997 at Kure No. 1 Works. In addition, FIRST JUPITER and RUBIN PHOENIX were also delivered in 1996 and 1997 as part of this series.
The vessel is a conventional bulk carrier having 9 holds with side- rolling type hatch cover each. However its design was renovated to achieve good performance and aiming at simplicity and ease from operational point of view. To ensure safe operation of vessel, the hull structure was carefully examined by using the FEA (Finite Element Analysis). Also the performance of hull form and propeller was investigated intensively using CFD (computerized Fluid Dynamics) with interaction of many tank test data of this type of vessel.
