Newsprint and general cargo ship of 4500 dw tons, joins fleet of 27 vessels owned by Unicorn Shipping Lines (Pty.) Ltd; arrangements for pallets, containers, paper in rolls and packets; side port enables fork-lift trucks to be driven in tween deck and lower hold; length oa 314 ft 1/4 in., breadth molded 47 ft 6-1/4 in., depth to upper deck 26 ft 8-1/4 in., draft to tonnage mark 18 ft 8-7/8 in. and dw 3465 tons, draft to freeboard 21 ft 6-1/ 4 in. and dw 4545 tons, block efficient 0.76, bale cargo capacity 199,965 cu ft; normal output of 6-cyl Sulzer engine is 3000 bhp at 215 rpm; plan. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 113 n 11 Mar 14 1969 p 362-5) (28218)
Tugela. South African-built ship for service between Cape Town and Durban
Shipping World Shipbuilder
Shipping World and Shipbuilder ; 162 , n 3832
1969
6 pages
Folding sheet
Article (Journal)
English
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