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 Sunny
Leo is new chemical tanker built in 2008 year into the ship-yard
of Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc. under hull number 0027.
The ships like this one are from lower class of chemical tankers.
Sunny Leo is pretty small ship with deadweight of 6,717.55 metric
tons. In spite of this fact, the chemical tanker is designed to
carry all kind of chemicals, even the most dangerous class. The
gross tonnage of Sunny Leo is 4,550 gross tons. The ship looks very
small, and compared with the giants of sailing this is only the
small sailing boat, but the price of the cargo and the voyages are
as important as the other ships. The overall length of Sunny Leo
is 109.61 meters and the length between perpendiculars is 103.00
meters. The beam of the chemical tanker is 17.20 meters, depth is
8.90 meters and the draft is 6.65 meters. These measurements are
giving to the ship capacity for 22 compartments for
cargo. As already mentioned in many articles the all 22 tanks are
separated with stainless steel and the manifolds allow to the loaded
each tank separately. There is no other ship like chemical tanker,
because here the lowest mistake can cause the existing of the whole
earth. That is why the restrictions to such kind of vessels to be
much higher than all other ships. Sunny Leo is designed and created
with the newest and best practices. The ship has low water resistance
shape and paint, which is increasing the power of the vessel. Also
Sunny Leo has main engine Hitachi Zosen-MAN B&W 5L35MC Mark
VI, which is new, modern and innovative engine designed from the
German company MAN to be high efficient and low pollutant. The CO2
emissions in this main engine are decreased to the minimum level
in comparison with older engines. The power of the ship is 3,250
kW x 210rpm, which is sign for increasing ship’s speed. This
is real,  because
the maximum speed of the Sunny Leo is 15.35 knots, while the cruising
one is 14.67 knots. The ship is really interesting and new, designed
with new technology to be safety and environmental.
The ship was designed and completed by the ship-builder
Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, Inc. and is operated from the
Solar Shipping and Trading S.A. The chemical tanker Sunny Leo is
registered under Liberian flag, which is convenient registration
for many chemical tankers and ships at all, because of lower restrictions,
taxes and requirements. This is very important for the ship-owner
of one chemical tanker, because on these kind of ships, each detail
is looked under magnifier. But Sunny Leo is really modern and good
ship. The cargo system is with new generation to increase the speed
of loading and discharging, but also do everything more safety.
The risks of pollution are decreased with 10% according to ship-builders,
with some innovations in loading system and deck shape.
date: 27th January, 2009 |
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