MV PAC ANTARES
Description
Single screw, self-sustaining, multi-purpose container vessel, with double skin, box shaped cargo
holds and a double tier of flush removable tween decks.
The vessel is non-cellular, but fully fitted for the carriage of palletized natural rubber, steel
containers, grain or other cargoes in bulk and other unitized general cargoes in bags, bulk,
breakbulk etc. The vessel is fitted for unrestricted service and for unmanned machinery spaces.
Principal Particulars
Type : Multi-purpose, triple deck, container/bulk carrier
Owner : Antares Maritime Limited
Disp. Owner : Paccship (UK) Ltd.
Managers : Paccship (UK) Ltd.
Builders : Zhejiang Shipyard, China
Hull No. : ZJB00-086
Built : Jan-03
Class : American Bureau of Shipping
Notation : +A1(E), Container & Bulk Carrier, SH, +AMS, +ACCU
Official No. : 389857
IMO No. : 9262962
Port of Registry : SINGAPORE
Call Sign : S6DU2
MMSI No. : 564862000
Inmarsat-C : 456 486 240
Inmarsat-B : voice – 356 486 240
: fax – 356 486 250
: data – 356 486 260
: telex – 356 486 270
Deadweight : see table below
TEU : 1,364 TEU (On deck: 760 + In hold: 604)
FEU : 649 (On deck: 355 + In hold: 294)
Principal Dimensions
LOA : 178.8m
LBP : 169.4m
Beam Moulded : 27.20m
Depth Moulded : 14.20m
Summer Design: 10.427m
GRT : 20471
NRT : 10630
Mark Deadweight Draft Displacement Freeboard
Summer 27,659 10.427m 38,046 mt 3.803m
Tropical 28,572 10.644m 38,958 mt 3.586m
Winter 26,751 10.210m 37,138 mt 4.020m
Tropical (FW) 28,572 10.872m 38,958 mt 3.358m
Summer (FW) 27,659 10.655m 38,046 mt 3.575m
Lightship: 10,387 mt FWA: 228 mm TPC at summer draft : 41.95
Airdraft on summer marks (Even keel) : 36.37 metres
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Machinery
Main Engine : B&W 6S50MC
Engine Power : MCR 8,580kw @ 127 rpm / 11,506 hp
Generators : 3 Yanmar x 700kw
Bow Thruster : 1,040kW / 1,395 hp thrust, electrically driven
Cargo cranes
No. 1 : 1 x 40mt SWL @ 26m
No. 2A : 1 x 45 mt SWL @ 22m, 37 mt @ 28m, 30 mt @ 31m
No. 2B : 1 x 45 mt SWL @ 22m, 37 mt @ 28m, 30 mt @ 31m
Cranes 2A & 2B can be Geminied to lift 70mt/85mt @ 28m/22m resp. using a Twin Beam.
No. 3 : 1 x 40mt SWL @ 26m
Using a Team Beam which is warehoused at selective ports, loads of upto 120 mt can be lifted
using 3 cranes.
Type : Electro-Hydraulic
Speed & Consumption
15.25 knots on about 32.0 mt IFO 380cSt / day (M/E only) basis design draft, 85% MCR and 15%
sea Margin
A/E Consumption:
At sea : About 2.8 mt IFO 380cSt / day
In port : About 3.5 / 2.0 mt IFO 380cSt / day with / without ship’s cranes operating
Minor quantities of MDO are consumed when starting / stopping the diesel generators and when
manoeuvring in confined waters / canals / rivers and during mooring operations.
Min. bunker quality specification:
IFO 380 : ISO 8217(E) - RMG 35
MDO : ISO 8127(E) - DMC
Endurance : About 43 days
Range : About 15,450 nm
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Cargo Holds
Grain Capacity : 37,868 cbm (excluding no.1 cargo hold)
Holds/Hatches : 5 Holds / 9 Hatches
Ventilation : Mechanical
Ventilation rate : 15 air changes/hour
Features : Tween deck pontoon covers removable and inter-changeable for nos. 2 to 5.
: The covers are stowed on deck and in no. 1 cargo hold, converting nos. 2 to 5
cargo holds into single boxed shaped holds.
: Certified for carriage of grain and bulk cargoes with untrimmed ends and in
alternate holds.
: Certified for carriage of certain IMDG cargo.
Hatch Covers
Upper Deck : Hydraulically operated folding pairs (MacGregor)
Tween Decks : Pontoon lift-away type which may be operated with ship’s cranes. All pontoon
covers, except for Hold No. 1, are interchangeable.
Hold Dimensions (L X B x D (m))
No.1 UTD : 11.9 x 9.1 x 5.6
LTD : 11.9 x 9.1 x 5.2
LH : 11.9 x 9.1 x 5.2
No.2 UTD : 25.7 x 18.0/23.6 x 4.8
LTD : 25.7 x 18.0/23.6 x 7.4
LH : 25.7 x 12.8/19.8 x 5.2
No.3 UTD : 25.7 x 23.6 x 4.8
LTD : 25.7 x 23.6 x 4.4
LH : 25.7 x 23.6 x 5.2
No.4 UTD : 25.7 x 23.6 x 4.8
LTD : 25.7 x 23.6 x 4.4
LH : 25.7 x 23.6 x 5.2
No.5F UTD : 12.85 x 23.6 x 4.8
LTD : 12.85 x 23.6 x 4.8
LH : 12.85 x 23.6 x 5.2
No.5A UTD : 12.85 x 23.6 x 4.8
LTD : 12.85 x 23.6 x 4.8
LH upper : 12.85 x 23.6/12.8 x 2.6
LH lower : 12.85 x 17.8/7.8 x 2.6
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Hatch Openings (L X B (m))
No.1 : 7.70 x 11.00
No.2 (for’d) : 12.87 x 8.28
No.2 (aft) : 12.87 x 11.10
Nos. 3 - 5 : 25.74 x 11.10 (P & S)
Container intake (Deck + Hold = Total (TEU)) (Deck + Hold = Total (FEU))
No.1 : 10 + 0 = 10
No.2 : 106 + 156= 262 No. 2 : 51 + 76 = 127
No.3 : 208 + 160 = 368 No. 3 : 88 + 80 = 168
No.4 : 208 + 160 = 368 No. 4 : 104 + 80 = 184
No.5 : 224 + 128 = 352 No. 5 : 112 + 58 = 170
Bay 37 : 4 = 4
Total : 760 + 604 = 1,364 Total : 355 + 294 = 649
50 reefer containers can be stowed; the vessel’s working voltage is 440v.
Stack Weights
Containers (TEU / FEU(mt))
On Deck:
No.1 : 30 / 0
No.2 : 40 / 50
Nos.3 to 5 : 40 / 80
In Holds:
5 tiers : 100 / 150
6 tiers : 120 / 180
Uniform loading (mt/psm)
Hatch Covers : 1.75
Tweendeck : 3.5 (with 3.5mt FLT)
Lower hold : 20.0
Description provided good faith and without guarantee
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