Special door Jakob Pinkster MSc.

FRINA

MV Deo Volente
On Tuesday 2nd December 2006, the Urk based shipyard Hartman Marine BV delivered MV Deo Volen-
te to her owner, Hartman Seatrade, Urk, The Netherlands. Deo Volente is an ice strengthened 3650
tdw general cargo/heavy lift/container (MPC) vessel and is custom built to the owners specifications.
Design was carried out with the owners. Conoship and Marin also carried out calculations and model
testing. Hartman Seatrade has previously owned coasters that also sailed under the name Deo Volente.

MV Deo Volente, yard number 001, costs of the vessel (totaling around her non self-polishing silicon an-
operates in the free market while opera- eleven million euro) was reached by tifouling. None of the bunker tanks
tions will be managed by Amasus Ship- subcontracting the complete construc- are in contact with the hull plating;
ping Delfzijl. The new vessel was de- tion of the hull to the OAG/Partner, Possess an extremely high degree of
signed jointly by the Hartman brothers Stettin, Poland, and by outfitting her at maneuverability by the large rudder
(Hartman Marine BV Johan and Hartman Marine BV in Urk under su- and the high rudder turning angle
Berend Hartman) and by Conoship pervision of Hartman Seatrade, Urk. (65-0-65 degrees);
with Marin Wageningen acting as engi- Possess a high degree of automation
neering partner during design and con- The Design Challenge to decrease the crew requirements
struction. Exceptional for a vessel of her The main function of the Deo Volente and to reduce the risk of mistakes and
size (<3000 GT) is her high speed of is to: pollution. The vessel is equipped
eighteen knots (normally similar sized Reduce passage time under all cir- with a PLC control system control-
vessels sail around twelve knots) and cumstances without high fuel costs; ling ballast, power, loading, lighting,
her two large cranes which together can Maximize cargo lifting capabilities on engine room equipment and propul-
handle up to 240 tons SWL. vessel below 3000 GT (2 x 120 mt at sion plant;
Hartman Seatrade expects to be able to 16 m); Maximize the work and living atmos-
compete well with this ship on the open Maximize the floor space in the hold phere and comfort for the vessels
Jakob Pinkster is market by offering shorter sailing times and on deck by the tween decks and crew (swimming pool, world-wide e-
marine consul- and being able to make more trips per large clear weather deck; mail access, low noise, large cabins,
tant en docent year at reasonable operating costs as the Function in an environmentally separate crew officer mess rooms);
aan de TU Delft vessel sails on heavy fuel. The building friendly manner (green ship) by using Reduce the maintenance of the vessel

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 modern/innovative facilities such as
Main Particulars MV Deo Volente integrated pilot ladder, semi-auto-
Call sign : P.H.F.J. matic gangway, easy tween deck han-
IMO Nr. : 9391658 dling, one-handle closing system at
MMSI Nr. : 246518000 all doors and hatches including venti-
Port of registry : Urk lation flaps, etcetera);
Flagstate : The Netherlands Maximize the action radius to reduce
Classification : Bureau Veritas I 3/3 E bunkering frequency (12,600 nm);
: Deepsea Cross Mach 1 AUT-MS - Maximize the sailing speed in bad
: General cargo/Container ship weather by her slim lined and high
: Heavy cargo (15 mt/m2) bow and the enclosed forecastle deck.
: Unrestricted seagoing service In order to do this a seaworthy and
Delivered : January 2007 highly maneuverable MPC single-
Owners : Hartman Seatrade, Urk, screw green vessel of 105 meters length
The Netherlands has been built, fitted out with a bulbous
Managers/charterers : Amasus Shipping B.V., Delfzijl, bow. The vessel has one large cargo
The Netherlands hold with a clear opening of 63.60 x
G.T. : 2999 GT 11.50 m.
D.W.T. : 3650 t
Displacement : 5486 t The vessel
Lightship weight : 1736 t The vessel general design, as shown in
Draft max. above bottom of keel : 5.81 m the GAP of the vessel, from bow to
Length o.a. : 104.80 m stern is dominated by:
Length b.p. : 98.20 m A relatively small forecastle deck,
Breadth moulded : 15.60 m covered against the elements (ap-
Depth moulded : 7.40 m proximately twelve percent L.o.a);
Number of holds : 1 A large main deck and hatch cover
Hold capacity bale : 4850 m3/160243 cbft area for the carriage of deck cargo
Upper Hold (length/breadth/height) : 63.6/11.5/8.171 m covering approximately seventy per-
Lower Hold (length/breadth/height) : 31.5/11.0/3.50 m cent of the vessels overall length;
Hold floor surface : 1039 m2 One large hold;
Deck floor surface : 754 m2 Two large cargo handling cranes on
Tanktop load : 15 t/m2 starboard side on deck;
Deck length : 63.9 m A poop (approximately twelve percent
Deck breadth : 11.8 m L.o.a.) with a symmetrically placed
Maximum container capacity in hold : 73 TEU four story high superstructure for crew
Maximum container capacity on deck : 163 TEU accommodation and navigation bridge;
Total container capacity : 236 TEU Engine room aft housing a single
screw single engine installation along
Main engine : 1x Wrtsila 8L32 (MCR: 3,680 kW @ with auxiliary generators etcetera;
750 rpm) Steering gear room aft on main deck
Wrtsila gearbox : type SV 75-P48, 4,87:1, vertical offset level;
1400 mm Aftship with a gondola underwater
Propeller : Wrtsila/Lips, CPP, D= 4.0 m, form and a duck tail just below the
4 blades, high skew waterline aft exhaust outlet and air in-
Service speed (loaded) : 17.5 knots @ 5.81 m summer draft takes along with storage space above
Service speed (ballast) : 18.0 knots @ 5.00 m design draft the engine room in one single funnel
Fuel consumption : 14 mt/day (HFO 380) on port side of the accommodation.
Bow thruster : 1 x HRP F.P.P. (D=1300 mm, 300 Baring the large cranes and the accom-
ekW @ 1500 rpm) modation style and design in mind the
Rudder : Bot Spade rudder (deflection 65 degr. vessels overall appearance is more
to each side) modern compared to the latest genera-
Auxiliary engines : 2 x Scania 455 ekW @ 1500 rpm tion of MPC vessels of similar size.
Shaft generator : 1 x 1600 ekW/2000 kVA @ 1500 rpm The longitudinal subdivision under the
Action radius : appr.12640 nm (or 30 days) main deck is as follows:
(vessel speed 17,5 knots (90% MCR and shaft generator consuming 200 kW)) Forepeak (for water ballast and chain
lockers);
Bow thruster room;
by using stainless steel at driving multitude of lashing rings on deck One cargo hold which may be subdi-
parts at open areas (stainless steel and in the hold to handle project car- vided into a number of smaller holds,
fender alongside hull); goes and heavy lifts; both vertically and horizontally by
Maximize the lashing facilities by the Reduce work for crew by applying the tween decks, if required;

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 Raised double bottom forward in the
hold with tank space for fuel and wa- The tank capacities of the vessel (100%) are as follows (approximate
ter ballast; numbers):
Engine room (for main engines, shaft Total storage capacity of heavy fuel oil (including day + settling tanks) 420 m3
generator, auxiliary generators); Total storage capacity of marine diesel oil (including day tanks) 84 m3
Aft peak for water ballast, on top of Total storage capacity of lubricating oil 15 m3
which the steering gear room is situ- Total storage capacity of sludge/dirty oil 15 m3
ated. Total storage capacity of fresh water 49 m3
Ballast water is stored in aft and fore Total storage capacity of sewage/grey water 27 m3
peak tanks, double bottom and wing Total storage capacity of ballast water 2560 m3
tanks. HFO settling and day tanks,
MDO settling and day tanks, oil,
sewage, fresh water tanks are all con- therefore offers less space for cargo in utilised, six removable tweendeck hatch
tained in the vicinity of or in the engine the lower hold area. This disadvantage covers close the lower hold whereby the
room. has been turned into an advantage in permissible tweendeck load is equal to
that the said volume, forward of frame 2.5 t/m2. Both hatch covers and tween-
Cargo spaces 88 and below tween deck level, has been deck hatches are handled by an electric
On board this very versatile container utilized for deep tanks for fuel and bal- hydraulic driven gantry crane.
vessel, containers, general cargo or last water. Hatch covers fitted with dove tail fitting
heavy lift equipment can be placed in The single hold is accessible via a hatch for containers, placed in recesses and
the vessels one cargo hold which is cov- opening of 63.60 x 11.50 m and is closed tweendeck covers are fitted with flush
ered by pontoon type, closed hatch cov- by ten pontoon box-type construction container fittings. Container capacity
ers. The cargo hold can also be prepared folding hatch covers. These hatch cov- on deck allow a TEU lineload equal to
for the carriage of two cable reels in the ers are weather tight, constructed with 35 tons and a FEU loadline of 54 tons.
hold up to a diameter of 8.60 m by part- closed box construction. An electro-hy- The cargo hold is mechanically venti-
ly opening hatchcovers number 4, 5 and draulic Rodenstaal traveling hatch cov- lated with a minimum of six air changes
6 at the lower side. er crane is used to handle and transport according to class requirements. The
cargo hold sides, hatch covers, tween-
deck and gangway are amply fitted with
flush mounted lashing rings with a
maximum holding capacity of no less
than 500 kN.

Stabilization/Anti-heeling
An active anti-rolling tank system
(Frank Mohn) is situated in a large
structure between the deeptanks 2. The
stainless steel pump (capacity of 500
m3/hr) is a reversible propeller pump
operating in both directions by revers-
ing the electric motor. This active sys-
tem will perform automatic anti-heeling
ballasting operations during loading/
discharging in port.
The cargo hold is fitted with flush fit- the pontoon hatch covers which can
tings for containers. The cargo hold can then be stacked up to a maximum Bilge/Ballast/Fire Fighting
furthermore be divided vertically into height of covers. The same traveling The bilge/ballast/internal fire fighting
an upper and lower hold by placing a crane can be used for moving and set- system, complying both with the re-
pontoon tweendeck with the aid of pon- ting up the two transportable grain quirements of the Netherlands Ship-
toon hatches. Also horizontal subdivi- bulkheads fitted for bulk cargo stowing ping Inspectorate and the rules of Bu-
sion of the hold is possible whereby two purposes that can be slotted at several reau Veritas, consists of two bilge/bal-
tweendeck hatches can be used to to- positions in each hold. When not in use last pumps of 250 m3/h each, a general
gether form one transverse bulkhead. A the crane is stored against the front of service pump and an emergency
total of two transverse bulkeads can so the accommodation superstructure aft. fifi/deckwash pump, all placed in the
divide the single hold into three parts. The hatch covers are battened to the engine room serving the bilge, ballast,
The lower hold dimension (L x B) are coaming by quick acting cleats. In the fire fighting and deck washing system.
31.50 x 11.00 m and the upper hold di- stowage position, the covers are secured Ballasting and de-ballasting can be op-
mensions are 63.60 x 11.50 m. The total by manually operated locking devices. erated by the Vessels Control System
depth of the cargo hold is 8.17 m. In compliance with the rules of the clas- (Marble), (see Vessel Control System).
In order to accommodate the high speed sification society the maximum permis- Also placed in the engine room is a hold
of the vessel, the Deo Volente obviously sible hatch cover load (Weather Load) bilge ejector, a bilge ejector fore ship, a
has less breadth towards the bow and is calculated as being 3.4 t/m2. When ballast ejector, a fully MEPC 60(33)

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regulations compliant bilge water sepa- one 240 tons traverse and two spreader and controlling during cargo handling.
rator with less than 15 ppm cleaning beams of 120 t SWL. The PLC system can monitor and con-
standard. A portable bilge ejector is also The vessel can lift 240 mts to both sides trol the ballast system, the tank levels,
placed on board for use in void spaces if of the vessel. For weights above 130 mts operate ballast valves, start/stop all
necessary. the vessel can use her stabilizer to in- pumps, ventilations, heaters, lights and
Shipboard fire-fighting systems include crease the stability by connecting the all other equipment. The PLC system
a CO2 extinguishing plant, placed port- stabilizer alongside the aftship with the also monitors the vessels main engine
side on the main deck, for both cargo aid of a large beam. The stabilizer pressures, temperatures, rpms and run-
hold and engine room and two separate (lxbxh 11,4m x 5,5m x 2,0m) can be ad- ning hours and controls the vessels
CO2 bottles for incinerator room and justed in.height by a hydraulic cylinder. power system. Generators can be start-
separator room. When not in use the stabilizer is stored ed, synchronised together and taken
on the main deck behind the hatch over by the PLC system.
Accommodation coaming and the beam inside the stabi- Furthermore the PLC system can oper-
The accommodation on board Deo Vo- lizer top deck. ate the heeling pump and controls the
lente is for crew and officers (fourteen) Deck lighting and hold lighting is ample actual draught of the vessel by realtime
and is situated aft. It is of modern mod- for the complete deck area, including sensors and will calculate the displace-
ular design and contains ten private working range of both cranes, and in- ment, the ballast on board, cargo on
cabins of which six have individual san- cluding upper and lower hold with board and bunkers on board. The PLC
itary facilities and is furthermore hatchcovers and tweendeck in position. system tank sounding is connected to
arranged and equipped in accordance A store/car crane (type Sormec 4.5 the stability program delivered by
with modern Northern European stan- mt/7 m - 1.5 mt/13 m) is placed on the SARC and the system is connected to
dard. boat deck as far as possible to the aft, to the maintenance program to control the
During sea trials very low noise and vi- handle owner/masters car and stores running hours and related maintenance
bration levels were measured in and from shore. items.
The swimming pool on the boat deck A camera is also mounted in vessels
(when emptied) can be used as garage foremast and is connected to the PLC
for the car during winter. system, and all lighting can be moni-
tored and controlled via the system.
Life Saving
The vessel has been equipped with two Satellite Communication
inflatable, twelve persons, rafts at aft A V-sat installation (Telenor) for
ship, one MOB boat, six persons, han- worldwide satellite data (256 kb/sec)
dled with davit at aft ship and one and telephone communication is in-
freefall boat, thirteen persons, handled stalled. The large bowl antenna disk is
with davit. Further installed on board situated in the aftmast to avoid any ob-
are the usual personal life-saving appli- stacles from antennas or the cargo
ances for this type of trading vessel all in cranes. Officer cabins, messrooms of
compliance with statutory require- crew and officers and the switchboard
around the accommodation due to the ments. room have access to the worldwide web
high standard of equipment and assem- at all times, by plugging in their own PC
bly methods used (acc. deck 56 dB(A), Navigation Equipment or via the vessels network system. A
boatdeck, 56 dB(A), maindeck 58 - Further on board is the usual navigation network server is connected to the V-Sat
59dB(A)). equipment for this type of trading ves- system.
sel, supplied by Radio Holland,
Deck Equipment Datema and others. Maintenance
For mooring and anchoring purposes An Integrated Ecdis system from The vessel is designed and built with re-
the vessel has been fitted with one elec- Imtech (type Unimacs Blue Line) is duced maintenance in mind by the ap-
tro-hydraulic anchor/mooring winch placed in the practical developed con- plication of many of stainless steel parts
with two mooring drums and two warp- trol desk in the wheelhouse. One screen in open deck spaces. At vessels hullside
ing heads on the fore castle deck and one of the four screens of the Integrated a stainless steel fender of 120 mm is
electric-hydraulic mooring winch with bridge system is connected to the ves- welded to avoid damages by corrosion
one mooring drum on the aft ship. Con- sels network, to allow user access to sta- due to maneuvering and listing during
trol of all mooring winches is local and bility info, or access the world wide cargo handling. Also a maintenance
all run stepless in both directions thus web. program is installed which automatical-
allowing a variation of force and speed. ly adjusts and notes running hours and
For cargo handling purposes two cargo Vessels Control System temperatures and pressures of running
cranes (make Liebherr; each crane can No less than four PLC touch screens are components such as generators, engines
handle 81 tons at 24 meter; 100 tons at connected to the vessels control system and compressors.
20 meter; 120 tons at 16 meter) have (Marble). Three touch screens are The program automatically gives notice
been fitted out on the starboard side. placed in the engine room, switchboard regarding maintenance of the different
The cranes can work in tandem (han- room and bridge and a mobile screen items.
dling up to 240 t SWL) with the aid of can be plugged in on deck for ballasting

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