Arklow W Class (2003)
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The Arklow W-Class is a three-unit former class of ships owned by the Irish shipping company Arklow Shipping.
history
The ships of the class were on the 2003 and 2004 Japanese shipyard Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture built for the Irish shipping company Arklow Shipping. They were the shipping company's first ships that were not built in European shipyards.
The ships were sold and renamed in 2016 and 2017. The Arklow Wave was converted into a cement freighter in 2017 .
description
The ships are from a four-stroke - six-cylinder - diesel engine the manufacturer Wärtsilä (type: 6L38B) with 4,320 kW power driven. The motor acts on a controllable pitch propeller via a reduction gear . The ships reach a speed of around 13 knots . They are equipped with a bow thruster with an output of 526 kW.
A shaft generator with an output of 1,000 kW is available for power generation. Two diesel generators were also installed, each with a Yanmar diesel engine with 550 kW power driving a Taiyo Electric generator with 480 kW power, as well as an emergency generator with a Deutz diesel engine with 114 kW power and a Taiyo Electric generator 100 kW power drives.
The ships have four holds closed with folding hatch covers . The cargo holds are box-shaped, only cargo hold 1 tapers slightly in the front area.
Hatch 1 is 14 × 12.6 meters, hatches 2 and 3 each 21 × 17.6 meters and hatch 4 is 12.6 × 17.6 meters. The rooms are 9.91 meters high and have forward and backward Unterstaudach . The capacity of the cargo holds is 17,311 m³ for bulk goods (room 1: 3,234 m³, room 2: 5,321 m³, room 3: 5,439 m³, room 4: 3,317 m³) and 16,841 m³ for general cargo (room 1: 3,131 m³, room 2: 5,177 m³, room 3: 5,293 m³, room 4: 3,240 m³). The hatch covers can be loaded with 1.8 t / m², the tank cover with 20 t / m².
The deck superstructures are located in the rear of the ships. A free-fall lifeboat is located behind the superstructures .
Ships
| Arklow W class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Build number | IMO number | delivery | Later names and whereabouts |
| Arklow Wave | 447 | 9287302 | November 5, 2003 | 2016: NACC Toronto 2018: NACC Argonaut |
| Arklow wind | 448 | 9287314 | January 15, 2004 | 2017: Longwave |
| Arklow Willow | 460 | 9314600 | November 2004 | 2016: Florence Spirit |
The ships were operated by Arklow Shipping under the flag of Ireland with home port Arklow. With identical dimensions and equipment, they differ slightly in their measurement and load-bearing capacity.
Whereabouts of the ships
The Arklow Wave was sold to the Swiss company Nova Marine Carriers in Lugano in 2016 and initially operated as NACC Toronto under the flag of Malta . In 2018, the ship in Turkey was converted into a cement carrier and brought into the NovaAlgoma joint venture operated with the Canadian company Algoma Central Corporation by Nova Marine Carriers for the transport of cement on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie .
The Arklow Wind was the last of the three ships to be sold to the Dutch shipping company Longship in 2017 . The ship, renamed Longwave , came under the flag of the Netherlands.
The Arklow Willow was sold to the Canadian company McKeil Marine in 2016 . Now operating under the Canadian flag, the ship was renamed Florence Spirit after the wife of Evans McKeil, the founder of McKeil Marine .
Web links
- Datasheet Arklow Wave , Arklow Shipping (PDF, 350 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Cargo Boats and MPCs , Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ a b Final 'W' Class Arklow Bulker Disposed to Owners Under Dutch Flag , Afloat, September 8, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Longwave , Longship (PDF, 168 kB). Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ Arklow Wave ( Memento of November 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Arklow Shipping.
- ^ Arklow Wind ( Memento of November 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Arklow Shipping.
- ^ Arklow Willow ( Memento November 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Arklow Shipping.
- ↑ Winds of Change Await Final 'W' Class Arklow Bulker In Service , Afloat, January 27, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2019.
- ^ NACC fleet welcome the first Japanese lady , Nova Marine Carriers, January 25, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2019.
- ^ Fleet , Nova Marine Carriers. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Bear Facts , Algoma Central Corporation Newsletter, Spring 2018 (PDF, 3.2 MB). Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ NovaAlgoma . Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ NACC - The Fleet , Nova Algoma. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Seaway optimistic cargo shipments will grow after slow start , St. Catharines Standard, June 13, 2018. Accessed July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Bear Facts , Algoma Central Corporation Newsletter, Winter 2017 (PDF, 2.7 MB). Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Our Fleet , Longship. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Launch and Disposals At All Changing Mixed Flagged Fleet , Afloat, October 21, 2016. Accessed July 11, 2019.
- ↑ Florence Spirit , McKeil Marine. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ↑ McKeil Marine Expands fleet with additional ship , McKeil Marine. Retrieved July 11, 2019.