API Marine signs Turkish contract

The 10 tankers will be built as the third series of Armada project and will be equipped with fully integrated API system for cargo management, control and ships stability calculations.

The new ships combine river and open sea operations and will fit the Volgo-Don and Volgo-Balt channels in respect of dimensions. The total capacity of six tanks and two slop tanks is 8,090m³, about 7,050 dwt on 4.60m draught at sea or, in inland waters, deadweight is 4,700 on 3.60m draught.

The new contract follows earlier deliveries of cargo, monitoring and alarm systems for previous series of Armada tankers for Palmali built at shipyards in Turkey and Russia.

The new vessels will be equipped with API TGD (tank gauging device) in cargo tanks, a multi-functional unit for measuring level, pressure and temperature using non-contact acoustic GLF (guided low frequency) self calibrating methods. Monitoring and control of ballast tanks, service tanks, fuel and lube oil tanks will be a combined integrated system based on API range of sensors – UTS (ultrasonic tanks switch), UPT (universal pressure transmitters) and API bubbling system.