Container Carriers
5,250-TEU Container Carrier LUHE
A post-Panamax container carrier of 5,250-TEU capacity, one of the world's largest class, LUHE, for COSCO International Trading Company was launched at the Sakaide Yard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. in September 1996. The ship is the first of the six sister ships to be delivered to the Owner in series by October 1997.
Features
1. The ship is furnished with 7 container hold; 6 forward of and 1 aft of the engine room.
2. Containers can be stowed in 9 tiers and 14 rows in the holds and in 5 tiers and 16 rows on the hatch covers in the midship area. The ship is designed taking ac- count of heavier containers loading (14t/TEUXabout 4,330TEU) in full utilization of her wider hull and supreme stability performance. Lashing bridges are fitted to secure 5 tiers of containers to be loaded on the hatch covers.
3. The hull form was newly developed in order to minimize the wave making resistance at the fore and aft part while maintaining the stability performance.
The Kawasaki-MAN B & W 10 L90MC engine (58,600 PS×82 rpm) and a large diameter and low revolution propeller (9.2m dia. ×82rpm) have been adopted to maximize the propulsive performance. As the result, the ship has achieved a great reduction in the horsepower and the fuel consumption for this class of the ships.
4. The ship provides good comforts for the crew characterized with reduced vibration and noise levels by adoption of the Kawasaki Damp Tank and the optimized (uneven) firing orders of the main engine, despite the large main engine.
5. With ultra-automated/ultra-labor saving equipment such as an integrated bridge system intended for one-man operation and touch-panel type remote start/stop of auxiliaries in the machinery room, the ship can be operated by a crew of 25.
PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS
Length(o.a.)……………280.0m
Length(b.p.)……………267.0m
Breadth(mld.)……………39.8m
Depth(mld.)……………23.6m
Draft(mld.)……………14.0m (Summer draft)
Gross tonnage……………abt. 65,500
Deadweight……………abt. 68,950T
Main engine……………Kawasaki-MAN B & W 10L90MC MK V
MCR……………58,600PS×82rpm
NOR……………52,740PS×abt. 79rpm
Speed(service)……………24.5knots
Complement……………25
Classification……………LRS
Loading capacity(container)……………5,250TEU
