ECO class
.jpg) The Garden State
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The ECO class is a class of product tankers for the US market with a load capacity of around 49,000 tons. Since the ships are intended for the American domestic market, which is protected from international competition (“ Jones Act ” ships), they were built at the American NASSCO shipyard in San Diego .
history
In May 2013, American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan , ordered four ECO-class ships from General Dynamics NASSCO . In June 2014, American Petroleum Tankers ordered a fifth ship in the class. Three more ships have been ordered by SEA-Vista, a joint venture between SEACOR Holdings and Avista Capital Partners.
The ships were built from 2014 to 2017. The APT units of Intrepid Ship Management of Jacksonville, the SEA Vista ships Seabulk Tankers from Fort Lauderdale bereedert .
technology
The design comes from DSEC .
The 13 cargo tanks have a volume of 52,475.5 m 3 , they can be filled with 50,154 m 3 when fully unloaded .
The ships are equipped with a slow-running two-stroke diesel engine from MAN (type: 6G50ME-B) with 7,700 kW output, which was built under license by the Korean manufacturer Doosan . The ship's propulsion system can be converted to run on LNG . Three generator sets are available for power generation, powered by duel fuel engines with an output of 1,240 kW.
The ships also meet the new requirements for ballast water treatment.
The ships
| ECO class | ||||
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| Building name | Build number | IMO number | Keel laying, launching, delivery |
Renaming and whereabouts |
| Lone Star State | 551 | 9697985 | October 31, 2014 September 9, 2015 December 4, 2015 |
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| Independence | 552 | 9710191 | February 12, 2015 December 12, 2015 April 28, 2016 |
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| Magnolia State | 553 | 9697997 | February 20, 2015 May 19, 2016 |
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| Garden State | 554 | 9698006 | June 30, 2015 May 7, 2016 July 25, 2016 |
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| Bay State | 555 | 9698018 | August 4, 2015 July 16, 2016 September 26, 2016 |
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| Constitution | 556 | 9710206 | September 30, 2015 August 27, 2016 November 8, 2016 |
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| Liberty | 557 | 9719886 | December 18, 2015 December 10, 2016 March 1, 2017 |
2017: Texas Voyager |
| Palmetto State | 558 | 9747584 | December 18, 2015 March 25, 2017 June 7, 2017 |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entries at Equasis
- ↑ a b c d APT ECO-Class Product Tankers , ship-technology.com
- ↑ NASSCO delivers first ECO tanker for SEA-Vista , Professional Mariner, May 5, 2016.
- ↑ General Dynamics NASSCO delivers second LNG-ready tanker to SEA-Vista , LNG World News, November 9, 2016.
- ↑ a b Technical data of the Lone Star State at ABS (English)
- ↑ NASSCO delivers first LNG-ready tanker to ATP , LNG World News, December 7, 2015.
- ↑ NASSCO delivers LNG-ready Independence to SAE-Vista , LNG World News, May 4, 2016.
- ↑ NASSCO delivers LNG-ready Magnolia State to APT , LNG World News, May 23, 2016.
- ↑ General Dynamics NASSCO delivers LNG-ready Garden State to APT , LNG World News, July 27, 2016.
- ↑ NASSCO delivers LNG-ready Bay State to APT , LNG World News, September 28, 2016.
- ↑ General Dynamics NASSCO delivers second LNG-ready tanker to SEA-Vista , LNG World News, November 9, 2016.
- ↑ General Dynamics NASSCO delivers SEA-Vista's third LNG-ready tanker , LNG World News, March 3, 2017.
- ↑ General Dynamics NASSCO deliveres APT's fifth LNG-ready ship , LNG World News, June 8, 2017.