The chemical tanker Piltene is one of the newly built and very modern vessels in this class of maritime transport. The ship is very high qualited and very dynamicaly designed. The overall length of parcel tanker Piltene is 195.16 meters, while the length between the perpendiculars is 187.30 meters. The chemical tanker has a moulded beam is 32.20 meters and moulded depth is 17.80 meters. The ship is very modern and very spaceful designed to carry high profits to the ship-owner. Mt Piltene has deadweight of 52,648 metric tons and the gross tonnage of 30,641 gross tons. The ship has maximum draft of 12 meters and the distance between the keel and the top of the mast is 47 meters. The ship was built in the ship-yard of "3rd Ma" in Croatia. The ship-yard is very high qualited and the parcel tanker built there is from good class. Multitank Piltene carry clasification 1A1 ICE-1B Tanker for Chemicals and Oil, IMO SHIP TYPE 3. The chemical tanker is property of LASCO, LSC Shipmanagement SIA, Skrunda Navigation Inc. And so large and spacefull ship designed to carry so dangerous good should be veryreliable and very strong.
The main engine of Piltene is MAN PilteneWartsila 7RTA48T, which has full power of 9,650kW. The propulsion system of the vessel is produced in Wartsila Switzerland Ltd. The maximum speed of the tanker Piltene is 16.2 knots while the ship is under ballast and 15.4 knots while the ship is fully loaded. Unfortunately this chemical tankerdo not need so high speed and fuel consumption increases hard with so high speed. So the cruising speed of the vessel is mostly used in voyages and it is 15.5 knots under ballast and 14.2 knots while the ship is fully loaded. In spite of all the words told by me in the previous sentences the ship is very fast for such type of vessel. Also the main engine is reliable and low revolution to give high power and low fuel and luboil consumption. The ship is part from the contract for 14 parcel tankers ordered by the company Lasco to innovate and fill its fleet. And chemical tanker Piltene has also three three auxiliary boilers produced in Saacke Marine Systems in Zagreb, Croatia. The ship is not equipped with bow thrusters but due to type of the vessel Piltene is useful and very maneuverable. The ship is from low category, mostly designed to carry lub oils and some other cargoes, but in spite of this the chemical tanker is very useful.Ship's Facts
Name: Piltene
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 195.16 m
Beam: 32.20 m
Draft: 12 m
Deadweight: 52,648 m.t.
Gross Tonnage: 30,641 g.t.
Speed: 15.2 kn
Engine: Wartsila
Power: 9,650 kW
Shipyard: 3rd May
