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AMAD - IMO 9783693

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Photographer:
lappino [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jan 27, 2018
Title:
Amad
Added:
Jan 27, 2018
Views:
2,674
Image Resolution:
2,824 x 1,884

Description:

When the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) heard rumors about OPEC halving the production of crude oil, they rushed this very particular tanker design... :)

HYUNDAI SAMHO S851 VLCC for Bahri, name kindly provided by Vladimir.

Vessel
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Current name:
AMAD
Current flag:
Liberia
Home port:
Monrovia
Vessel Type:
Crude Oil Tanker
Gross tonnage:
154,252 tons
Summer DWT:
298,705 tons
Length:
333 m
Beam:
60 m
Draught:
21.6 m

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of this ship

Last known position:
22°19’0.09” N, 72°2’43.12” W
Status:
Speed, course (heading):
12.9kts, 76.7° (80°)
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Last Update Time
 - Arrival:
17th Mar 2024 / 20:01:56 UTC
Last update:
about 16 hours ago
Source:
AIS (ShipXplorer)

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Ships under Construction - 4 photos

Tankers built 2011 - 2020 - 4 photos

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(3)

Ivan Meshkov

3 photos

lappino

4 photos

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While there is little doubt that the double-bottom and double-skin sides have been made watertight, it very much looks from the photo that the water is in fact lapping into the foremost cargo tank but probably not enough to cause any great (stability) problems. This is a very good picture of how a tanker is constructed.

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person
A bit of explanation of this scene: after being constructed in a dry dock, the aft half of this VLCC was made (temporarily) watertight to allow the launching of a LNG tanker under construction in the same dock. Not long after this photo was taken, she went back into the dock to continue the process of her construction. Her fore part is still made of many smaller blocks - there is no complete fore part yet. If there was one, then the two parts could have been joined in the dry dock, or afloat, by arranging a cofferdam around the joint area.

Cheers

Vlad

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person
Nowhere near as expensive as the paint they use to coat the (whole) tanks in chemical tankers

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person
Expensive paint then Bob

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Mattyboy: Wash down with fresh water then, on a crude oil carrier, coat the bottom and a few metres up the sides with, usually, coal tar epoxy paint

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person
Thank you Vladimir for your comments and her name - the sun was in my way to see it marked on her stern.

As for the salt water, they will wash all the surfaces with fresh water first, before commencing coating ...

Cheers

Vlad

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person
How do they treat the inside of the tank once it's been immersed in saltwater?

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person
S851 Amad 9783693 08-May-18 (expected Day of delivery) Best Regards. Vlad

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Thanks for photo and good comment)!Best Regards. Vlad

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