The large bulk carriers are interesting in engineer point of view in all the times. The newly built vessel Owari Maru is one bulk carrier with definitely very interesting structure and outlooking. The vessel is designed to carry ore, which is very heavy product and situates the center of weight very low and the rolling of the vessel will be a serious problem for her safety and for condition of the crew while sailing through the oceans. The deadweight of the vessel 229,013 metric tons and the gross tonnage of the vessel is 113,928 metric tons. The measurements of the whole ship are pretty big. The overall length of Owari Maru is 319.58 meters and the length between perpendiculars is 308 meters. The beam of the vessel is 54 meters and draught is 24.3 meters. The draft, when Owari Maru is fully loaded is 18.12 meters. This measurements are making this vessel too big and large for sailing wherever it wants, so the restriction for Panama channel still exist. The ship is property of the ship-owner company Samarinda Maritima S.A. and the building yard is Namura Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The vessel is one of the most modern bulk carriers and the shape is designed specially to reduce the consumption of fuel and to increase the effect from the engine power. The main engine of the vessel Owari Maru is MAN B&W 6UEC 85 LSII diesel, which is giving the full power of 22,432 kW to the ship. This is enough for the vessel to sail with the economy speed of 15.1 knots, while the maximum speed is 16.4 knots. This is very high speed for such kind of vessel, carrying bulk cargo. The innovations on board of Owari Maru are not so little as on the other ship. Together with differences with the shape of the vessel and innovative outlooking, we should add some other features in the engine control room, where the technique is from the new century. All indicators of the main engine are possible to be seen by the engine officer while staying on his place. There is a video from the main engine and also very sensitive sensors for temperature and rpm. So the Japanese company, designed this vessel decided that everything should be with exact data and no way to let the engine to get warm, or to work with wrong rpm. In fact the much of the fixing methods are automatic and very easy for usage and operating. That is why, the new series of bulk carriers are very qualited and very high interesting in designed point of view.
