csk fortune – Dunkirkmax launches new build era

Delivered in June, the 175,526 dwt Tai Chong Cheang Steamship-owned capesize bulk carrier CSK Fortune is a ship of many firsts. This Dunkirkmax was the first delivery from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in Shanghai, the first delivery of Hong Kong naval architect Peter Cheng?s ?Green Cape? bulk carrier design, the first delivery of a large capesize bulk carrier by a Chinese shipyard and the first delivery of a ship with MacGregor?s roll-up-roll mechanism for side-rolling hatch covers.

Measuring 289.05 metres long and 45.05 metres wide, it is the largest bulk carrier able to enter Dunkirk?s eastern harbour. Another point of interest in the design is the ship?s environmental features, which have earned it the moniker ?Green Cape?. The bunker tanks sit on a double hull, although the ship as a whole is a single-skin design, to reduce the risk of oil pollution. The ship is fitted with a computer running new loading software developed by Peter Cheng, with programs for sequential and multi-port loading/unloading. Each hold, as well as the forepeak tanks, has an electric pressure sensor water ingress detection system required by the latest IACS and Solas requirements.

The CSK Fortune was featured in the July 2003 issue of The Motor Ship.