SIGNIFICANT SHIPS of 2019

W elcome to Significant Ships of 2019, the 30th

edition in this long-running series. As is
customary, the following is a selection of some of the
vessels to 23,000TEU mega ships and including
specialised reefer container ships, wood chip and
wood pulp carriers, general cargo ships and even a
largest vessel by gross tonnage ever produced by
Austal, and Zhong Hua Fu Xing, claimed to be the
largest luxury cruise ferry in Asia. The freight ro-ro
most notable vessels over 100m in length delivered rare reefer ship included in the following pages. Tasmanian Achiever II earns its place for various
during 2019. By significant we mean ships that are The vessels come from yards around the globe reasons, including being the largest vessel under the
the first in a series or type for a particular shipowner with examples from China and South Korea, of Australian flag.
or builder, vessels that may be one-offs or those course, but also from Azerbaijan, Australia, At the other end of the scale, Lachin is one of
which differ in some important way from an earlier Germany, Romania, Turkey and Russia, to name just the smallest ships to feature in this year’s
sister ship. some. The owners are based in an even wider range selection. But size isn’t everything and as the first
At some point in what may be the not too distant of nations. In some instances the ships represent a ever tanker built in Azerbaijan few would argue
future, the first autonomous ships and those breakthrough for a yard that has constructed the first that it is not a significant ship. Its importance
powered solely by fuel cells or with zero carbon ship of a type and for some owners, the divergence was certainly recognised by the government of
emissions will begin appearing in this publication. into new markets and industry sectors. Azerbaijan, with the country’s president
However, while there are vessels within that feature No selection of significant ships will please performing the launching ceremony.
cutting-edge power systems or which run on everyone and without doubt some readers will find Innovation, and being the first ship to feature a
alternative fuels, the majority have what would be that one ship or another which they would expect to new development, is another way of being
considered conventional power arrangements. be included is not there. Those involved in producing considered as significant. Hourai Maru meets that
A very large number of the ships in the following this publication have spent much of the year criteria by being a new type of LPG carrier, with the
pages have been constructed in compliance with identifying candidates and asking the yards and world’s first IMO type B independent prismatic
the 2020 global sulphur cap as a prime owners to provide the technical details that make up cargo tanks. So too does Maran Gas Andros, the first
consideration. This means that the number of dual- the accompanying text. Unfortunately, some of those ever LNG carrier fitted with an air lubrication system
fuel and LNG-fuelled vessels is quite high this year, yards and owners have declined to participate, which and Saga Dawn, the world’s first LNG carrier to
reflecting the growing popularity of gas-fuelled explains the absence of some of the ships that are, by feature the LNT A-BOX gas containment system.
vessels, but there are also many scrubber-fitted any definition, significant. SamnØy – a hybrid ferry built in Turkey for
ships. In some cases, shipowners have kept their So, what of the ships which have been included? Norwegian owners – is included on its merits as a
options open so that ships may be LNG or scrubber There is MSC Gulsun for a start – delivered as the ship, but also as it is the first ship, along with its sister,
ready. Alternative fuels have not been overlooked, world’s largest container ship, a title which has to bunker with LNG at the Spanish port of Ferrol.
with ships able to run on methanol, ethane or LPG changed hands with monotonous regularity over
also making an appearance. recent years. It is just one of several of the included
This year’s crop of significant ships contains a wide ships that will be using an exhaust gas cleaning
spread of vessel types. There are bulk carriers, crude system to meet the 2020 sulphur rules.
oil tankers, chemical tankers, FSRUs, LNG and LPG There is a certain cachet about being the largest of
carriers, ore carriers, cruise ships, passenger ferries a type. Among this year’s selection there is Bow Malcolm Latarche
and freight ro-ros. Container ships are heavily Orion, the chemical tanker claimed as the world’s Associate Editor,
featured, ranging in size from 1,800TEU feeder largest stainless steel vessel of the type, Express 4, the February 2020

Notes
In the tables which form part of each ship description, all dimensions, also deadweight and displacement tonnages, are metric unless otherwise stated. Machinery powers have
been specified as ‘bhp’ or ‘kW’ in accordance with information received from the shipbuilder or owner. Emergency alternators are not normally included in the number of alternators.
When a dash (-) has been included against an item, this generally denotes lack of information but where it is known that features have not been included, this is indicated by ‘nil’.
The number of sister ships completed or on order does not include the ship presented. Some ships shown as ‘on order’ may have been delivered by the time this publication
appears.

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ORANGE STREAM: Reefer

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Shipbuilder: .. Guangxin Shipbuilding & Heavy .

Industries Co., Ltd. . .
Vessel’s name: ..........................Orange Stream
Owner/Operator:................................... Seatrade
Country: ..........................................Netherlands
Designer: ...........................Seatrade/GSHI/GSD . .
Country: .................Netherlands/China/Norway .
Model test establishment used: ............Maritime .
Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) . .
Flag: .................................Netherlands Antilles . .
IMO number: ........................................ 9795983 .
Total number of sister ships already completed . .
(excluding ship presented): .............................. 3 . .
Total number of sister ships still on order: ...... nil
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O range Spirit, the first in a four ship series of

new reefer vessels, was delivered in December
2018 but too late to appear in last year’s Significant
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Ships. With three sisters; Orange Sea, Orange .

Stream and Orange Strait being delivered in .
January, March, and April respectively, this class .
deserves its place in this issue. .
The 7,738dwt vessels were built at Guangxin
Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry to a design by .
Groot Ship Design in the Netherlands. They have . .
been designed secifically for the transport of . .
frozen fish and cooled citrus fruits, with the former .
being loaded at sea in ship-to-ship operations. .
The ships each have two different hold . .
refrigeration systems, one using ammonia and the .
other brine. The four cargo holds with a total .
323,318ft3 capacity are fully equipped with . .
aluminium gratings and the cooler rooms are no
longer situated in the cargo holds, allowing cooler .
defrost operations to be separated from the cargo. .
In addition, there are 52 reefer points for .
containers on deck although the ship can .
accommodate 65 2.89m FEU reefer boxes on deck. . .
Cargo handling is done by four sets of derricks .
with a SWL of 7tonnes which can be operated in . .
union purchase mode. There is battery operated . .
trolley system, which operates on either side of the
main deck for transferring cargo to the holds. .
A Yichang-built MAN B&W 5S35ME-B9.5 main . .
engine of 3,325kW at SMCR driving a 4.6m propeller . .
give the ships a 14.5knots service speed. . .
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TECHNICAL PARTICULARS .
Length oa: .............................................. 115.1m .
Length bp: .............................................. 109.5m
Breadth moulded: ..................................... 18.0m .
Depth moulded
to main deck: ........................................ 10.3m .
Width of double skin .
bottom: ................................................. 1.25m .
Draught . .
scantling: .............................................. 7.83m
design: .................................................... 6.3m
Gross: ..................................................... 6,088gt . .
Deadweight .
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scantling: ................................ 7,738 at 7.83m .

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SEATRADE GREEN: Reefer .

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Shipbuilder: ................ Yangfan Group Co., Ltd . .

Vessel’s name:..........................Seatrade Green . .
Owner/Operator: .................................. Seatrade . .
Country: ..........................................Netherlands .
Designer: ..............Seatrade / Yangfan / SDARI . .
Country: .............................Netherlands / China .
Model test establishment used: ................ HSVA .
Flag: ........................................................Liberia .
IMO number: ........................................ 9810915 . .
Total number of sister ships already completed .
(excluding ship presented): ............................Nil .
Total number of sister ships still on order:.......Nil . .
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D elivered by China’s Yangfang shipyard to Dutch

reefer specialist Seatrade in January, Seatrade
Green is the fifth ship in the owner’s Colour Class

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but has several design departures from the earlier . .

ships. The Colour Class ships are built to the SDARI
2200 Feeder container ship design but specially adapted .
to trade as full reefer vessels, the first four being .
delivered in 2016-17. Seatrade Green has been modified .
based on experience gained with those vessels. The hull . .
dimensions remain the same but the forward hull . .
shape optimised above the waterline to decrease air . .
resistance and improve performance in waves. . .
The ship has a nominal container capacity of 2,266TEU . .
split 1,378TEU under deck and 888TEU on deck. Since . .
reefer boxes are usually 40ft long, it is normal to speak in
terms of FEUs. The overall capacity of Seatrade Green is .
similar to the earlier four ships, but the number of reefer .
plugs has increased from 674 to 776. . .
Removing the heat produced by the refrigeration units . .
is done by way of a water-cooling system for the reefer .
containers located inside the cargo holds. The sea and . .
freshwater pumps in this system are frequency controlled .
to permit energy usage to be matched to actual number of .
reefer boxes. The main switch board is prepared for future . .
high voltage shore connection transformers and for a . .
portable control atmosphere/nitrogen generator unit. . .
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TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
Length oa: .............................................. 185.0m .
Length bp: .............................................. 176.0m .
Breadth moulded: ..................................... 30.0m
Depth moulded .
to main deck: ........................................ 16.5m .
Width of double skin
side: ...................................................... 2.10m
bottom: ................................................. 1.58m .
Draught . .
scantling: .............................................. 10.0m .
design: .................................................... 9.0m
Gross: ................................................... 24,876gt .
Displacement: .
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scantling: .............................. 26,573 at 10.0m .

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