Kiho
is cargo vessel with very large size. This ship is carrying crude
oil and has deadweight of 300,866 metric tons. The gross tonnage
of the vessel Kiho is 159,923 gross tons. The VLCC was built by
IHI Marine United Inc in 2006. The ship is high quality, designed
according to latest requirements of IMO and created to be environmental
and profitable. The ship was built in Kure Shipyard, which is well
known Asian Shipyard. The ship Kiho has length of 333.00 meters
and beam of 60.00 meters. The depth of the VLCC is 29.00 meters
and the draft, when the ship is fully loaded reaches 20.50 meters.
Such large vessel will need strong and reliable main engine. The
one installed on board of Kiho is DU-Wartsila 7RTflex84T-D, which
provides total power of 27,160 kW at 74.0rpm, which is enough for
the ship to reach service speed of 15.5 knots. Such large crude
oil carriers are not in need of high speed, but mostly from large
amount of cargo. This is the reason for the shipbuilders to create
the vessel with improved shape, which is not decreasing the water
resistance, but to have
maximum cargo space with these measurements. The measurements are
calculated to be maximum for passing through Malacca Strait, which
size is called also Malaccamax. This is really important tactical
shape and size for decreasing the expenses of the ship operator.
The
innovations in the shape for low fuel consumption and high power
were not possible due to the type of the vessel. That was the reason,
for shipbuilders to pay more attention to coverage of the hull.
They used special new paint, which reduces the overgrowth of the
hull. Together with new bow shape and improved engine of Wartsila,
which is giving high power at low revolutions, the ship is getting
higher power with lower consumption of fuel. The engine is the first
electronically-controlled diesel one, used in VLCC for regulating
engine. This provides more efficient usage of the engine, which
gives higher power. Also the CO2 emissions dropped in the air are
regulated by system. The ship Kiho is designed to be environmental
and profitable. date: 29th August, 2009
