Kawasaki Heavy Industries delivers the bulk carrier
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has delivered the bulk carrier, Navios Primavera, with a capacity of 81,000 DWT (Kawasaki hull No. 8088, NACKS hull No. NE410) for Eastern Cross Shipping S.A. and Sanshin Kaiun CO., LTD. at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS), which is located in Nantong City, China and operated jointly with China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (China COSCO Shipping).
Principal Particulars
Length overall 228.90 m
Molded breadth 32.24 m
Molded depth 20.20 m
Molded draft 14.50 m
Gross tonnage 44,175 T
Deadweight 82,003 t
Hold capacity 97,745 m3
Main engine One set of MAN B&W 6S60ME-C8.5 diesel engine
Speed Approx. 14.2 knots
Complement 25 people
Classification American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Country of registration Panama
Delivery July 27, 2022
The vessel has a flush deck with a forecastle and seven holds that are designed for optimum transport of grains, coal and the other products.
The vessel employs various technologies to achieve maximum fuel economy, including an energy-saving, electronically-controlled main diesel engine, high propulsive efficiency propellers, and the Kawasaki rudder bulb system with fins (RBS-F) and semi-duct system with contra fins (SDS-F), which all contribute to the vessel’s enhanced propulsion performance.