New 22,000 dw tanker Paul Endacott is capable of carrying 5 LPG products at once; refrigerated tanks enable liquefied gas to be transported at atmospheric pressure, allowing substantial reduction in weight of cargo tank steel and corresponding gain in payload capacity; tanker has all-welded hull (incorporating compulsory riveted crack arrestors) and is strengthened for navigation in ice; 5 refrigerated storage tanks will hold their liquid cargo at -51 C in case of propane.
Trends in tanker construction
Petroleum
Petroleum ; 27 , n 1
1964
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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