HEAVY OIL CLASS, 30,000BBL Calibrated Capacity-Double Hull
- Dimension: 297.5’x54’x12’ (11’0” at machinery deck)
- Low Profile: 17’8” empty vertical clearance
- Three designs; Lead Rake, Long Box, Trail Rake
- Ice Strengthen Bow Rake design
- Fast Discharge: two (2), screw type, IMO pumps
- Powered by two (2) 425 hp pump engines
- Electrical Service provided by a 99 Kw John Deere genset
- Thermal heated by one (1) 8 million B.T.U. Volcanic heater
- Declinated Cargo Tank Bottoms to facilitate better cargo stripping
- Double layer, serpentine, interwoven, thermal coils, (1 ½” & 21”), stainless steel thermal coils on deck and in the vapor space; heat can be disturbed to any one area of the cargo tanks, even when one set of coils fails or is inoperative
- Two, saddle bag fuel oil tanks, 14,000 gallons onboard
- Pigtail cord electrical back up system
- Redundant OMEGA Over Pressuring System to detect a pipeline or hose blockage thus preventing serious injury
- Independent burp tank for thermal oil release
- 10 vessels certified for ABS Limited Load Line service into Burns Harbor/Whiting Indiana - Great Lakes
Special Features:
- This state of the art coil design allows for a consistent and uniform heating of the cargo during the economical “low fire” phase of the thermal heater. Consistent heating of the cargo contributes to the maximum evacuation of the cargo during discharge operations
- An 8 million B.T.U. Volcanic Heater System designed in the Low Profile Configuration
- The industry leading capability of the 8 million B.T.U. system provides for on time delivery of the cargo, meeting the customers requirements - even in the coldest temperatures
- Routing for River Service, Lakes, Bays, and Sounds, a Limited Load Line for unmanned voyages in fair weather only, not to exceed twenty (20) mile offshore between mouth of the Mississippi river and St. Marks, FL
- Some vessels certified for ABS Limited Load Line service into Burns Harbor/Whiting Indiana- Great Lakes