Vietnam: Ha Long Shipbuilding Launches Cargo Ship ANNA BOLTEN

Nhan Dan Online – The Ha Long Shipbuilding Company successfully launched the 53,000-tonne cargo ship ‘Anna Bolten’ in the northern city of Quang Ninh on May 9.

The 190-metre-long and 32.26-metre-wide Anna Bolten has 17.5 metres of freeboard height and cargo storage capacity of 65,700 cubic metres.

The ship, designed by the Carl Bro Company from Denmark and supervised by the Norwegian Register DNV, will be exported to Germany’s Orange Ocean Company.

This is the eighth in a series of 53,000 tonne ships built for export by the Ha Long Shipbuilding Company, a member of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group.

Specifications

Type: single-deck double-hull, bulk carrier

Dwat: 54.000 tdw

Grain/Bale: 2.327.192 cbft /

L.o.a.: 190,00 m

Beam: 32,26 m

Gear: 4 cranes x 36 mts

Speed/Consumption: 14kn / 33,4 ts IFO (no diesel at sea)

(NhanDanOnline)

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Source: NhanDanOnline, May 10, 2011; Image: Aug-Bolten