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2010 February 15   09:33

Hyundai shipyards starts 10- bulkers contract for UCL Holding

Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Chinese shipyard began building a DCV36 5280-dwt seagoing bulker, the fourth in a series of ordered 10 bulkers by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding. As of February 10th, there have been seven ships being built by the Hyundai shipyard, said Marine Engineering Bureau, designer of the vessels.

The new 10-ships project implies seagoing 5.000-dwt 85-m-length ships of unlimited navigation area with according safety margin, hull and main engines power capacity. Ships speed is 12 knots.

The DCV36 series ships are intended for seaborne shipments of general and bulk cargoes, including ISO 20-40-ft containers (including for perishables), metal, grain, timber, coal, bulky and heavy cargoes, dangerous goods of classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 and Annex B of the Code BC. The ships’ Ice3 class allows operating on the Baltic and White seas lines during winter navigation.
 
Ship design is in accordance with Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) Ice 3 AUT1.
 
Ship’s hull and main engine power fully comply with the new requirements of the Finnish-Swedish ice rules. The vessels will have installed diesel 8M25S engines manufactured by MaK, rated power 2.640 kW at 750 rpm.

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