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 Clipper
Sky is the newly built LPG carrier built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding
Corporation. The vessel is property of Partrederiet Clipper Sky
DA. and will be operated by the large ship-owners of Bergesen D.Y.
ASA and Solvang ASA of Norway. This was a great deal for the companies
of Bergesen D.Y. ASA and Solvang ASA of Norway, which ordered 4
more LPG carrier, from this series.
Clipper Sky has a cargo capacity of 59,200 cubic
meters. The deadweight of the new LPG carrier of Bergesen is 44,617
metric tons and the gross tonnage of the vessel is 35,158 metric
tons. The length of Clipper Sky is 204.91 meters, the length between
perpendiculars is 200,45 meters, the beam is 32.20 meters and the
draught is 20.20 meters. The vessel has a draft of 12.10 meters,
while fully loaded. Clipper Sky ship has a main engine Kawasaki-MAN
B&W, with low-speed and 2-cycle, which can give to the vessel
a maximum speed of 14.1 knots, and the cruising one is 13.5 knots.
The main engine is designed from  new
generation of fuel-saving super-long stroke type, which can reduce
fuel consumption with 7.8% from the old MAN B&W types. Kawasaki
tuned this engine, to reduce fuel consumpion and CO2 emissions.
The Kawasaki SEA-ARROW bow and Rudder Bulb System with Fins are
installed to increase propulsion efficiency. The new system is installed
also into the lubrication system, which also reduces the consumption
of lubricant for cylinders. The integrated automation system is
managing the engine and cargo section operations. The valves of
both sections can be monitored and controlled at the central control
room.
The vessel Clipper Sky has four cargo tanks of
the independent tank type that allows contraction of the tanks due
to liquefied cargoes at low temperatures. the tanks are constructed
with steel, which is specialdurable to the lowest teperature of
minus 50 degrees of Celsius and insulated with urethane foam. This
vessel is new and very modern and part of the Bergesen fleet, which
is very good for the ship-owner and we can tell only good words
for Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, where this vessel was built.
date: 21st June, 2008 |
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