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)


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    Title :

    Tugela. South African-built ship for service between Cape Town and Durban


    Additional title:

    Shipping World Shipbuilder


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1969


    Size :

    6 pages


    Remarks:

    Folding sheet


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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