BW
Broker is LPG carrier property of Fair Wind Navigation S.A. The
cargo ship is quite interesting in designer point of view, because
the hull shape is innovatively designed to be safety, environmental
and fast. The BW Broker has overall length of 226.00 meters, but
the length between perpendiculars is 222.00 meters. The beam of
the LPG Carrier is 37.20 meters and the depth of the board is 21.00
meters. When the vessel is fully loaded the draft reaches maximum
size of 11.20 meters. The ship has deadweight of 53,293 metric tons
and the gross tonnage of 45,805 gross tons. The ship BW Broker has
cargo capacity of 80,126 cubic meters. The ships from the class
are really dangerous, not as much as LNG Carriers, but also have
high restrictions and very strong requirements for ships’
safety. That is why it is quite hard to introduce some innovations
in such cargo ships. The builders of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
broke all the rules are created one very modern and very high quality
vessel in the Sakaide shipyard. The main
engine of the vessel is Kawasaki-MAN B&W 7S60MC-C with total
power of 14,000 kW at 94rpm. This engine provides enough power to
drive the vessel with cruising speed of 17.0 knots. The innovations
of the design of the bow, reduce the water resistance and provide
more power with low fuel consumption. The bow designed is called
from the ship-builder Kawasaki SEAARROW, which describes the shape
of the bow - Sharp Entrance Angle bow as an Arrow. In the same time
system reduces the CO2 emissions dropped in the air from the vessel.
The system is making the ship eco-friendly and environmental.
During
operation the ship is safety, but even the smallest spillage of
the cargo may cause ecological disaster. This is the main reason
the IMO to have high restrictions for such ships. The double hull
construction is keeping the cargo away from the water even in damages
of the tank coverage. The ship has four cargo tanks separated each
other to allow the vessel to carry 4 different types of cargo. The
tanks are created from special steel, durable to very low temperature
of minus 46 degrees of Celsius. The system for cargo handling and
cargo operations are decreasing the time for loading and discharging
and also decrease the time for staying in port of the vessel. date: 18th August, 2009
