This example of the largest of the four standard design containerships which HMD has in its portfolio, is another vessel built for German owners who specialise in the provision of tonnage for the liner charter trades, this time for the Italian Conti Lines Group.
Of single-deck configuration with forecastle and sunken mooring deck aft, Ital Mattina has its machinery space in the three-quarter aft position, with a narrow, nine-tier superstructure above.
Six of the seven cargo holds are forward of this position and one, restricted by the ship’s shape, aft. The hull is double skinned with provision at the top of the side space, under the deck, for fore and aft passageways. Below these are water ballast tanks, with No. 3 tanks P&S used for anti-heeling purposes. All ballast tanks have separate filling arrangements to suit ballast exchange.
Total container capacity is 4,363 teu, with 2,573 carried on deck and 1,610 in the holds. In this maximum condition, seven tiers x 13 rows can be stowed on deck and 7/11 in the holds. Homogeneously loaded to 14 tonnes, total intake is 2,819 teu. Connections for refrigerated containers are available on deck and in holds 3, 4, 5 and 6 for 400 teu plus 200 feu, and arrangements are made in the holds for two tiers of 40ft x 9ft 6in containers to be carried.
All holds except No. 7 can accommodate dangerous cargoes of classes 1 (1 and 2 holds only) 1.4S/2/3/4/5.1/6.1/8 and 9 of Chapter II-2, Reg. 19 of SOLAS 2000 Amendment. Local strength of the tank top in the holds, and of the fixed cell guide structures, is suitable for container loadings of 24 tonnes/teu (six tiers) and 30 tonnes/feu (seven tiers).
Hatch covers are of the MacGregor lift-off pontoon type, totalling 40 individual panels with a permissible stack loading of 90 tonnes/teu and 120 tonnes/feu. When loaded with 2,819 teu, each containing 14 tonnes in accordance with IMO rules, Ital Mattina also carries about 11,000 tonnes of water ballast.
The main engine has been supplied by the nearby Hyundai Heavy Industries plant and is of the MAN B&W 8K90MC-C design, developing 36,560kW MCR at 104rev/min. At 90 per cent of this output and allowing a 15 per cent sea margin whilst running in a calm and deep sea, speed is around 23.9 knots. Electrical requirements are served by four alternators, two driven by Hyundai-built MAN 8L27/38 diesel engines, and two by 6L27/38 units. One pair generates 2,400kW each and the other 1,800kW each. An Aalborg composite boiler supplies steam, and the bow thruster is of Kawasaki make and has an output of 1,500kW.
Ital Mattina
| Shipbuilder: | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. (HMD), Korea |
| Vessel’s name: | Ital Mattina |
| Hull number: | 0408 |
| IMO number: | 9315915 |
| Owner/operator: | E.R. Schiffahrt GmbH & Co., Germany |
| Designer: | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd, Korea |
| Flag: | Liberia |
| Total number of sister ships already completed: | 1 |
| Total number of sister ships still on order: | 3 |
| TECHNICAL PARTICULARS | |
| Length, oa | 264.21m |
| Length, bp | 249.00m |
| Breadth, moulded | 32.20m |
| Depth, moulded | 19.50m |
| Width of double skin | |
| – side | 2.00m |
| – bottom | 1.70m |
| Draught | |
| – design | 11.30m |
| – scantling | 12.75m |
| Gross | 42,020gt |
| Displacement | 70,950tonnes |
| Deadweight | |
| – design | 43,500dwt |
| – scantling | 53,600dwt |
| Speed service, 90 per cent MCR, 15 per cent sea margin | 23.90knots |
| Bunkers | |
| – heavy oil | 5,000m3 |
| – diesel oil | 410m3 |
| Water ballast | 13,200m3 |
| Water ballast carried in container loaded condition | 11,000m3 |
| Fuel consumption main engine only | approx. 133 tonnes/day |
| Classification | Det Norske Veritas @1A1, Container Carrier, Nauticus (NB) E0, DG-P, BIS, Naut-OC, 8WM-E (d) |
| Percentage of high tensile steel used in construction | approx. 40 per cent |
| Heel control equipment | Framo |
| Main engine | |
| – design | MAN B&W |
| – model | 8K90MC-C |
| – manufacturer | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| – number | 1 |
| – type of fuel used | HFO |
| – output/speed | 36,560kW/104rev/min |
| Propeller | |
| – material | Nickel-aluminium-bronze |
| – design/manufacturer | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| – number | 1 |
| – pitch | Fixed |
| – diameter | 7,700mm |
| – speed | 104rev/min |
| Diesel-driven alternators | |
| – number | 4 |
| – engine make | Hyundai–MAN |
| – type | 2 x 8L27/38 2 x 6L27/38 |
| – type of fuel used | HFO |
| – output/speed | 2 x 2,400kW/2 x 1,800kW |
| Boilers | |
| – number/type | 1 x composite |
| – make | Aalborg |
| – output | 3,000kg/h (oil): 2,500kg/h (exhaust gas) |
| Hatch covers | |
| – design/manufacturer | MacGregor |
| – type | Lift-off pontoons |
| Containers | |
| – lengths | TEU/FEU |
| – heights | 8ft 6in, 9ft 6in |
| – total TEU capacity | 4,363 |
| – on decks | 2,753 |
| – in holds | 1,610 |
| – homogeneously loaded to 1400 tonnes | 2819 |
| Reefer plugs | 400TEU + 200FEU |
| Tiers/rows (maximum) | |
| – on deck | 7/13 |
| – in holds | 7/11 |
| Ballast control system | |
| – make | Damcos |
| – type | Hydraulic remote |
| Complement | |
| – officers | 18 |
| – crew | 16 |
| – suez/repair crew | 6 |
| Bow thrusters | |
| – make | Kawasaki |
| – number | 1 |
| – output | 1,500kW |
| Bridge control system | |
| – make | Hyundai |
| – one man operation | Yes |
| Fire detection system | Consilium |
| Fire extinguishing systems | |
| – cargo holds | NK/high pressure CO2 |
| – engine room | Novenco/water mist, NK/high pressure CO2 |
| Radars | |
| – number/type | 1 x S-band, 1 x X-band |
| – make | SAM Electronics |
| – models | GR3021: GR3004G150 |
| Integrated bridge system | No |
Waste disposal system – incinerator make/model – sewage plant make/model | KangRim/KFB-50
DVZ/DVZ-SKA-30 |
| Contract date | 30 August 2004 |
| Launch/float-out date | 10 May 2007 |
| Delivery date | 28 June 2007 |
Source: NAVAL ARCHITECT – Significant Ships of 2007
Date: 2008-09-24