Kumano
Maru is the largest bulk carrier in the fleet of Golden Helm Shipping
S.A. The vessel was finished in October 2008 by the ship-builder
Oshima Shipbuilding. Kumano Maru is the third and largest from series
of 3 ships, which the shipbuilder should build for Golden Helm Shipping
S.A. The vessel has overal length of 254.62 meters and length between
perpendiculars of 249.62 meters. The moulded Breadth of the ship
is 43.00 meters and moulded depth is 19.39 meters. Kumano Maru has
deadweight of 106,507 metric tons and gross tonnage of 58,138 gross
tons. The ship is the largest bulk carrier with such deadweight
and so little draft, only 13.44 meters. This is because of increased
beam of Kumano Maru and optimised shape of the hull. The loading
capacity of the ship is 130,648 cubic meters and designing of so
large vessel and accurate operating will give high profits for the
ship-owner. the shipbuilders had introduced improved technologies
and modern hull coverage for increasing the power of the ship, and
decreasing water resistance. In spite of everything, all the weight
for moving the vessel is going to main engine, which is Kawasaki
MAN B&W 6S60MC, with total
power of 16,680 hp at 105.0 rpm. This power is giving high speed
for the vessel - 14.3 knots operating speed and 15.2 knots maximum
speed.
The measurements and innovations in the bulk carrier
are interesting, but there are also much more features of the ship.
Kumano Maru has wide hatch openings of all seven cargo holds, which
are increasing the rate of loading and discharging. Also two ballast
pumps can compensate discharging pretty enough with rate of 2,000
cubic meters per hour each. The mooring equippment is centralised
for easier and more safety use. For increasing ship's speed, the
vessel is using Seaworthy Bow, some innovation comming from different
types of ship, and best performed in bulk carriers and oil tankers.
All these features are producing one of the best looking and best
designed ships of Asian shipbuilding. Kumano Maru is also ecological
meeting all the requirements of IMo and SOLAS, and also decreasing
of fuel consumption is making the vessel profitable and low cost
for the owner. date: 6th April, 2009
