Bow Bahia

Bow Bahia is one of Ahrenkiel chemical tankers, which are sailing all over the world, but mostly in the Atlantic ocean and The Mediterranean Sea. The ship was built in 1996 in the ship-yard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castello S. A. in Portugal. The whole series of chemical tankers of Ahrenkiel were built in the ship-yard in Portugal. The chemical tankers of Ahrenkiel are some of the best qualited and very good tankers sailing. Bow Bahia is also in very good condition and very good looking. The risk of prolusion with such kind of cargo is very big, but the ships of Ahrenkiel are certified by Germanishe Lloyd Register and this makes the crew very reliable and ready for inspection in every port. Inspections from ISM, Port State Control and Lloyd are a daily work for the crew of chemical tankers, which is very important for the condition of the ship.

Bow Bahia has deadweight of 5,846 metric tons. The gross tonnage of the vessel is 3,726 metric tons and the net tonnage is 1,668 metric tons. The vessel has a length of 99.98 meters and the beam is 16.5 meters. Bow Bahia has a draught of 6.79 meters. The cargo capacity, which this vessel has is 5,947 cubic meters, when it is loaded to 98%. Bow Bahia is one of the very good ships of chemical tankers fleet. The main engine of the chemical tanker is MAN B&W 7S35 MC with a power of 4,165 kW at 145 rpm. This engine is giving enough power for the ship to fight the waves and to sail with maximum speed of 16.4 knots, under ballast, and economy speed of 15 knots with cargo on board. But this engine cannot be used in the ports, mostly while maneuvering, or just loading and discharging cargo. So then the officers start auxiliary diesel generators. They are two Caterpillar CAT 3508 – DI-TA generators. They are giving a power of 653 kW each, which is enough for the systems on board. As IO mentioned, the ship has bow thrusters, which are very useful for maneuvering in ports. They have a power of 300 kW each, and the control over them can be transfered to the wings, for easier and better maneuvering of the vessel. Mooring of Bow Bahia is very easy, because the engines help to winches and this makes them very strong.

But when the ship is at sea the main work comes to the officers (except tank cleaning of course). The engine control room is operated by 2 officers – Chief Engine and 2nd engine, and also 2 motormen. The control room offers a good information about the whole engine and indicators are giving a signal even for a little mistake. For vessel built in 1996 this is very good, and some of the systems are innovative. The night watch of the machine room is trasfered to the bridge, where officers are watching over the machine indicators. The cargo operations are made by officers in the cargo control room, situated just in the front, left part of superstructure. There are all systems and indicators of the manifolds, cargo tanks and pressure in them. If the vessel is carrying a dangerous cargoes the tanks are filled with inert gas, but this can be done only from the shore. The vessel has own inert gas system, which can only compensate the losing of the gas while changing of the temperature of the cargo, but cannot fill the tanks by itself.
That is Bow Bahia, one of the best vessels of Ahrenkiel Group. It is chemical tanker wearing very dangerous cargoes many times, but very safety for the environment.

Ship's Facts
Name: Bow Bahia
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 99.98 m
Beam: 16.5 m
Draft: 6.79 m
Deadweight: 5,846 m.t.
GT: 3,726 m.t.
Year: 1996
Speed: 15 kn
Engine: MAN B&W
Power: 4,165 kW

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Tarantella

Tarantella is one chemical tanker, which I hadn’t heart till today. I met somewhere information about this ship and definitely became speechless, because this ship is one perfectly designed vessel. Tarantella has an overall length of 182.90 meters and length between perpendiculars of 176.00 meters. The beam of the chemical tanker is 32.20 meters and the depth is 17.10 meters. While fully loaded the ship has a draft of 12.18 meters. These measurements may be looks too small for people, who had seen VLCCs (which have more than 300 meters length), but for chemical tankers this is pretty large, and the measurements are amazing. The deadweight of Tarantella chemical tanker is 46,764 metric tons. The vessel was built in the Croatian Trogir Shipyard. The ship is part of contract for 6 sister-ships for the companies Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Company and Laurin Maritime. The vessel has 16 tanks, with whole cargo capacity of 52,969 cubic meters. The chemical tanker Tarantella has own inter gas system, which has a capacity to fill almost the whole cargo space with inert gas. That is important for each tanker, carrying dangerous goods. The main engine is consisted of pair of MAK 8M32C, which is making one very Tarantella chemicalstrong engine and gives a pretty high reliability of the propulsion system.

The maximum power of the main engine is 3,840 kW each, or a total power of 7,680 kW. This main engine gives to the vessel a possibility to realize a maximum speed of 15.45 knots. The economy, or cruising speed is much lower of about 14.50 knots, but this is much enough for the ship to do the required job.

The bad sector of all chemical tankers is loading and discharging. It should be done very strictly and the machinery should be reliable. On board of Tarantella chemical tanker had been installed 14 Marflex electrical submerged centrifugal pumps. The pumps in the cargo tanks 2,3,4 (from both boards) have capacities of 400 cubic meters per hour. The other cargo pumps have capacities of 250 cubic meters per hour. The tank solar system is made by Saab, and the tank cleaning is made automatically by two Scan-Jet machines for clod and hot water cleaning. The tank cleaning in dirty job, but it should be done strictly, because mixing of cargo may cause not only problems with the cargo, but also explosions or some other accidents. The ship is operated by 21 crew members, without electrician, who is boarded temporary on board for solving some problems with the electricity system.

Ship's Facts
Name: Tarantella
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 182.90 m
Beam: 32.20 m
Depth: 17.10 m
Draft: 12.18 m
Deadweight: 46,764 m.t.
Speed: 15.45 kn
Engine: MAK 8M32C
Power: 7,680 kW

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Golden Nori

The vessel Golden Nori is multi purpose tanker property of Dorval Kaiun Shipping, Japan. The vessel was built by Fukuoka Zosen K.K., which is high rated Japanese shipyard. The year, which the ship was built was 1997 and the month was March. The chemical tanker Golden Nori is not so big vessel, but with large measurements in comparison with other chemical tankers. The vessel Golden Nori has an overall length of 117.00 meters and a beam of 20.00 meters. The depth of the vessel of 11.75 meters and the draft while the ship is fully loaded and bunkered is 8.70 meters. The deadweight of the ship Golden Nori is 11,677 metric tons and the gross tonnage of the vessel is 6,253 GT. The ship is very useful for the purpose of building, because she can carry a lot of very expensive cargo. To be sure that this vessel will sail properly and also the inert gas systems will work properly, this ship is in need of strong and very useful engine. The shipbuilders of Japan are on the first place in this point of view, because they are integrating all the new and modern equipment on board of their vessels. The chemical tanker Golden Nori is just a good prove for my words.

The vessel has a main engine of Mitsubishi, which gives a full power to the ship of 12,547 kW. This is very high power for such small ship, but ship-builders had thought about everything.

The vessel is very interesting in designers and engineers point of view. It is created with some innovations, while building, most of them about the shape, which is dynamic and water resistant is reduced much to have a low fuel consumption and increase the speed. The maximum speed of the vessel Golden Nori is about 14.8 knots, but the cruising or economy one is much lower of about 13 knots. The ship is classified by IMO and Lloyd Register. Golden Nori is sailing under the flag of Panama and the IMO number is 9151137. This is one of the interesting chemical tankers and we tried to tell some words about this ship. I hope that you liked it, because this type of vessels is great and dangerous part of Maritime transport of the world. Many people are scared, when they hear about chemical tankers, but I have seen many vessels and I worked to such ship, so I know that if the vessel is modern and in good condition there is no matter what is carrying, because everything is sure and very ecological.

Ship's Facts
Name: Golden Nori
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 117.00 m
Beam: 20.00 m
Depth: 11.75 m
Draft: 8.70 m
Deadweight: 11,677 m.t.
GT: 6,253 GT
Year: 1997
Speed: 13 kn
Engine: Mitsubishi
Power: 12,547 kW

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Multitank Britannia

Multitank Britannia is the best known chemical tanker is the fleet of Ahrenkiel Group. The vessel was built in 1996 in the ship-yard of Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo S. A. The ship-yard is high qualited and Multitank Britannia is part of the six sisterships built in this ship-yard for the German company. The parcel tanker has a length of 99.81 meters and a beam of 16.50 meters. The draft of the vessel is 6.79 and these measurements are giving to the ship deadweight of 5,800 metric tons, gross tonnage of 3,726 GT and net tonnage of 1,673 NT. The vessel is among the largest chemical tankers in the year of building, but today this is just a sailing boat compared with the large vessels of the all companies. The ship is pretty modern for the years of building and the main engine is MAN B&W 7S35 MC, which is giving a power of 4,165 kW at 145 rpm. The ship can reach maximum speed of 16.3 knots and cruising one is 14.2 knots fully loaded and 15.6 knots under ballast.

The vessel has 2 auxiliary diesel generators, which are Caterpillar CAT 3508 - DI-TA, which are giving full power of 673 kWMultitank Britannia Bridge each at 1,500 rpm. Additional there is one shaft generator enough for cargo operations and maneuvering into ports. The heavy fuel oil used on board is HFO RMG 380. This is not bad fuel used for sailing, which is pretty ecological very environmental. In fact I have seen many times this vessel and I can tell that this ship is among the best vessels of the company. Many about this had made the resident captain of the Multitank Britannia, who is Kruse. The bridge is very good designed and high modernized.

Multitank Britannia is built in high rated ship-yard and all machinery and equipment is well reliable and well tested. The vessel has most modern cargo room equipment and the tanks are built from stainless steel. The category of cargo, which Multitank Britannia can carry, is class B (II category). The chemical tanker can carry 20 different cargoes, because the cargo systems is designed to parcel style. The navigational equipment on board is modern for the years of building, but in spite of this it is quite difficult for using from the navigational offices. We already explained about the features in navigational equipment of one of the sister-ships of this parcel tanker – Multitank Bolognia. That is why today we will not mention many information about this part of the ship.

Ship's Facts
Name: Multitank Britannia
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 99.81 m
Beam: 16.50 m
Depth: 11.75 m
Draft: 6.79 m
Deadweight: 5,800 m.t.
GT: 3,726 GT
Year: 1997
Speed: 14.2 kn
Engine: MAN B&W
Power: 4,165 kW

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Chemical Tankers - Bow Bahia

Chemical Tankers - Bow Bahia

Bow Bahia is one of Ahrenkiel chemical tankers, which are sailing all over the world, but mostly in the Atlantic ocean and The Mediterranean Sea. The ship was built in 1996 in the ship-yard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castello S. A. in Portugal. The whole series of chemical tankers of Ahrenkiel were built in the ship-yard in Portugal. The chemical tankers of Ahrenkiel are some of the best qualited and very good tankers sailing. Bow Bahia is also in very good condition and very good looking. The risk of prolusion with such kind of cargo is very big, but the ships of Ahrenkiel are certified by Germanishe Lloyd Register and this makes the crew very reliable and ready for inspection in every port. Inspections from ISM, Port State Control and Lloyd are a daily work for the crew of chemical tankers, which is very important for the condition of the ship.
Bow Bahia has deadweight of 5,846 metric tons. The gross tonnage of the vessel is 3,726 metric tons and the net tonnage is 1,668 metric tons. The vessel has a length of 99.98 meters and the beam is 16.5 meters. Bow Bahia has a draught of 6.79 meters. The cargo capacity, which this vessel has is 5,947 cubic meters, when it is loaded to 98%. Bow Bahia is one of the very good ships of chemical tankers fleet. The main engine of the chemical tanker is MAN B&W 7S35 MC with a power of 4,165 kW at 145 rpm. This engine is giving enough power for the ship to fight the waves and to sail with maximum speed of 16.4 knots, under ballast, and economy speed of 15 knots with cargo on board. But this engine cannot be used in the ports, mostly while maneuvering, or just loading and discharging cargo. So then the officers start auxiliary diesel generators. They are two Caterpillar CAT 3508 – DI-TA generators. They are giving a power of 653 kW each, which is enough for the systems on board. As IO mentioned, the ship has bow thrusters, which are very useful for maneuvering in ports. They have a power of 300 kW each, and the control over them can be transfered to the wings, for easier and better maneuvering of the vessel. Mooring of Bow Bahia is very easy, because the engines help to winches and this makes them very strong.

But when the ship is at sea the main work comes to the officers (except tank cleaning of course). The engine control room is operated by 2 officers – Chief Engine and 2nd engine, and also 2 motormen. The control room offers a good information about the whole engine and indicators are giving a signal even for a little mistake. For vessel built in 1996 this is very good, and some of the systems are innovative. The night watch of the machine room is trasfered to the bridge, where officers are watching over the machine indicators. The cargo operations are made by officers in the cargo control room, situated just in the front, left part of superstructure. There are all systems and indicators of the manifolds, cargo tanks and pressure in them. If the vessel is carrying a dangerous cargoes the tanks are filled with inert gas, but this can be done only from the shore. The vessel has own inert gas system, which can only compensate the losing of the gas while changing of the temperature of the cargo, but cannot fill the tanks by itself.
That is Bow Bahia, one of the best vessels of Ahrenkiel Group. It is chemical tanker wearing very dangerous cargoes many times, but very safety for the environment.

Ship's Facts
Name: Bow Bahia
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 99.98 m
Beam: 16.5 m
Draft: 6.79 m
Deadweight: 5,846 m.t.
GT: 3,726 m.t.
Year: 1996
Speed: 15 kn
Engine: MAN B&W
Power: 4,165 kW

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Bow Orania

Bow Orania is one of the newly built chemical tankers from the fleet of Ahrenkiel. The chemical tanker is among the largest in the company and has deadweight of 19,993 metric tons. The ship is pretty large for parcel tanker and the gross tonnage of the ship is 11,561 GT. The vessel Bow Orania has net tonnage of 6,052 NT, which can show you easily about the measurement of this vessel. The length of the chemical tanker is 145.53 meters and the beam is 23.73 meters. Bow Orania has 5 more sisterships - Bow Olivia, Bow Ophelia, Bow Octavia, Bow Omaria and Bow Orelia. The ships are from the newest order to Usuki Shipyard Co. Ltd. in Japan. The ship Bow Orania is fantastic with high quality and very good and modern equipment. The vessel has draft of 9.67 meters. With these measurements the vessel has a cargo capacity for 22,500 cubic meters divided into 20 cargo tanks built from stainless steel. The size of each cargo tank is pretty large, in comparison with smaller ships from the same ship-owner. The main engine of the ship is MAN B&W 6S42MC with full power of 6,150 kW at 136 rpm. The main engine is low revolution and high reliable for not so high speed, but very economy in fuel and luboil consumption. The heavy fuel oil is HFO RMG 380, which is from middle quality and very often used on board of the ships of Ahrenkiel. Bow Orania has 3 auxiliary diesel generators Yanmar 6N18AL-SV with power of 500 kW each at 900 rpm. And these diesel generators are used mostly in regime of maneuvering and cargo operations, when the main engine is not so efficient, or do not have enough power. On board of Bow Orania there is a bow thruster with power of 616 kW, which is providing easy maneuvering into ports and in chanels.

On board of Bow Orania you will be able to see all the new and modern equipment, which is used on board of chemical tankers. The new and improved programs for cargo operations are installed in the cargo room. Now the time for loading and discharging is reduced to minimum and staying into port is with nearly 5% less. Of course, on such vessel not all time from staying into port is cargo operations because there is long procdure for discharging cargo and visits of surveyors and chemical analyse of the cargo, which time cannot be avoided, but loading is pretty faster. Also the cargo pumps are with higher rate, and discharging of the cargo is faster. At all Japan is very high quality ship-yard and chemical tankers built there are very modern. The ship is ceritifed by Germanisher Lloyd Register, IMO and the flag of the vessel is Philippines. The vessel is registered under IMO number 9340427 ad the call sign of Bow Orania is DYOE.

Ship's Facts
Name: Bow Orania
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 145.53 m
Beam: 23.73 m
Depth: 11.75 m
Draft: 9.67 m
Deadweight: 19,993 m.t.
GT: 11,561 GT
Year: 2007
Speed: 14 kn
Engine: MAN B&W
Power: 6,150 kW

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Stolt Sagaland

The largest chemical parcel tanker of the famous company Stolt Nielsen is m/t Stolt Sagaland. The vessel has deadweight of 44,044 metric tons, and is not only the largest, but also the most modern and newest tanker from the fleet of the Norwegian ship-owner. The chemical Tanker Stolt Sagaland is registered under the flag of Cayman Islands and was built in 2008 in the ship-yard of Aker and the vessel is the first from all 6 ordered sister-ships. The ship has overall length of 182.72 meters and length between perpendiculars of 175.00 meters. The beam of Stolt Sagaland is 32.00 meters and the depth is 15.60 meters. While the ship is fully loaded the draft reaches 11.85 meters. The vessel Stols Sagaland is among the largest chemical tankers of the world, and this can be easily seen by her measurements. The ship has cargo capacity for 44,500 cubic meters, divided into 39 cargo tanks. The ship has notation for 1A1 Tanker Chemicals ESP / Oil Products E0 CCO VCS-2 HL(1.5) TMON, which means that this vessel is ceritifed for all kind of chemicals and this is typical for the highest rated companies. The vessel is pretty large and the technical equipment is very reliable. Also the machinery of the vessels is pretty strong to give high power of the ship with low fuel consumption.

The main engines are two MAN Diesel 7S50MC-C and the power, which are giving to the ship’s propulsion system is enough for Stolt Sagaland to reach 17 knots maximum speed. The full power of the main engine of Stolt Sagaland is 11,060 kW and the cruising speed of the vessel is 15.1 knots. This is pretty high speed for one chemical tanker and this proves my words that this vessel is new generation of chemical tankers fleet.

The cargo tanks are built from highest quality and from highest certificates. The all 39 tanks are divided into two categories. 24 from all tanks are made from stainless steel and 15 are coated. This divides the capacity for very dangerous cargo and not so much dangerous. The cargo system is from highest quality, because the loading and discharging of the chemical tanker Stolt Sagaland is made to be fast and very easy. The ship can be loaded from 39 points, absolutely independent. This is practically not possible and the ship is loaded from not more than 3-4 points, but the import rate is higher and this gives so high production of the vessel. Stolt Sagaland is among the largest chemical tankers of the world, and also is very dangerous because not so much chemical tankers are ceritifed by highest danger category. The measurements of the chemical tanker are big and this ship is amazing. Stolt Nielsen is among the largest companies of the world, and chemical fleet of this company is really amazing. Stolt Sagaland is one of the pearls in the crown of Norwegian Chemical Tanker’s fleet.

Ship's Facts
Name: Stolt Sagaland
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 182.72 m
Beam: 32.00 m
Depth: 15.60 m
Draft: 11.85 m
Deadweight: 44,044 m.t.
Year: 2008
Speed: 17 kn
Engine: MAN B&W
Power: 11,060 kW

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Piltene

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

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Bow Saga

Bow Saga is one the newest chemical parcel tankers of the company Odfjell, which is among the largest ship management companies of the world. The vessel has deadweight of 40,085 metric tons and the Gross Tonnage of the vessel is 29,965 gross tons. Bow Saga has net tonnage of 11,269 net tons, and the measurements of such parcel chemical tanker are amazing, because most of the ships in this sector of Maritime Transport are smaller because of the type of cargo they are carrying. But Odfjel are innovating and modernizing their fleet. The simple prove for my words is the newest ship of Odfjel and exactly the ship we are talking about - Bow Saga. The overall length of the chemical tanker is 182.79 meters, the length between perpendiculars is 175.19 meters and the length on the water line, while the ship is fully loaded is 176.26 meters. The beam of the vessel Bow Saga is 32.24 meters and the draft of the vessel is 11.50 meters.

The chemical tanker is very interesting very modern and good looking. I'm sure that designers and builders of this ship are creating one of the best qualited Bow Saga shipvessels and one of the most useful and realiable ship. The ship was built in Stocznia Szczecinska in Czeck Republic. The ship builder is very serious and very high qualited. I have seen this vessel and know that it is very good. The main engine of Bow Saga is MAN 6L28 32H Diesel. The engine has full power of 11,450 kW. But main engine is not everything in one propulsion system. The vessel Bow Saga has propeller with controllable pitch designed from Rolls Royce AB, which is very high qualited company for producing such parts for vessels. The main engine system is designed from Wartsila NSD Switzerland Ltd. The auxiliary diesel engines are produced in Aalborg Industries A/S. The whole propulsion system and engine are reliable. The main engine is low revolution and very strong.
The ship is property of the Nordic Leasing Limited and managed by Odfjell Management AS. The vessel Bow Saga is registered under Norwegian flag, in the port Bergen. The call sign of the chemical tanker is LADM7 and the IMO number is 9215309. The vessel is very good looking, news and well innovated for high profits, very environmental sailing and also secure.

Ship's Facts
Name: Bow Saga
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 182.79 m
Beam: 32.24 m
Draft: 11.50 m
Deadweight: 40,085 m.t.
Gross Tonnage: 29,965 g.t.
Net Tonnage: 11,269 n.t.
Speed: 14.3 kn
Engine: MAN 6L28 32H

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