Single screw bulk ore/ oil carrier was built by Kure Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd, for S.A. di Navigazione Maritima DORADO of Switzerland; nine cargo holds, each with one cargo hatch, are arranged to take grain, ore, grade 'A' petroleum products or ballast water; length oa 834 ft 9 in., breadth molded 119 ft 8 in., depth molded 65 ft 7 1/4 in., maximum draft molded 42 ft 3 3/4 in., corresponding dw 79,450 long tons, grain cargo capacity (100% full) 3,398,786 cu ft; maximum continuous rating of Ishikawajima-Harima-Sulzer type 8 RD 90 diesel engine is 18,400 bhp at 122 rpm.
Balbina -- Japanese-built multi-purpose carrier
Shipg World Shipbldr
Shipping World and Shipbuilder ; 160 , n 3812
1967
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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