DELPHINUS LEADER 21,514-dwt Pure Car and Truck Carrier
This pure car and truck carrier DELPHINUS LEADER built at the Marugame Headquarters of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. was delivered to the owner, Milford Shipholding S.A. on August 31, 1998.
Features:
1. This vessel is a single screw diesel engine driven "pure car and truck carrier"(PCTC) having 12 car decks.
2. She has a big capacity stern ramp of S.W.L. 150 tons and two center ramps of S.W.L. 30 tons at both sides near midship. She has also five liftable decks, especially, the two decks over the freeboard deck are continuous two tiers liftable type for the sake of carrying taller or larger vehicles.
3. She has five movable slope ways connecting deck to deck in the hold and the slope ways can be moved to suitable positions due to kind of cargoes or the order of loading. In addition, many large cargoes can be loaded, because there are as few fixed slope ways as possible.