South Korea: HMD Shipyard Delivers New Addition to Atlantic Bulk Carriers Fleet

Yesterday on October 18, 2011, Atlantic Bulk Carriers‘ Captain Petros Tsialiamanis along with Chief Engineer Mr. Theofilis Alexandros attended the delivery of the latest addition to Atlantic Bulk Carriers fleet, M/V Desert Glory at HMD Shipyard.

Vessel characteristics:

LOA – 193,07m

BEAM – 32,26m

SUMMER DRAFT – 13,00m

GRT – 31.9m

NRT – 19m

GRAIN(CFT) – 72.868

HATCH SIZE – 16,40×18,40 19,68×18,40m

CRANES – 4x30T

ENGINE MODEL / HORSE POWER – HYUNDAI MAN B&W 7S50MC-C8/ 13,074HPx121,8RPM,

HMD had started shipbuilding in the early 1980′s and strengthened its newbuilding business since 1996 according to mid-term business strategy. Over the last ten years the company successfully constructed and delivered a wide array of vessels such as Product Carriers, Container vessels, MPCs, Drillships, Cable Layers, Pipe Layers, FPSO and AHTS and others.

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Source: abcml, October 19, 2011.