Hamworthy pumps serve P-Max tankers

Hamworthy?s first major contract for its new Svaneh?j CKL 300 electric-drive deepwell cargo pump is for a series of six 49,900 dwt Stena P-MAX tankers, which are the largest products carriers yet supplied by the company

Hamworthy is supplying its new deepwell cargo pump to six products tankers being built to the innovative Stena P-MAX design. Four of these 49,900 dwt tankers were ordered by Concordia Maritime in July last year from the Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. At the end of 2003, Concordia exercised its option for two more, and the six tankers on order are scheduled for delivery in 2005-2006. Concordia is a publicly listed shipping company with Stena Sphere as its principal shareholder.

Hamworthy is making the benefits of deepwell cargo pumps available to larger and larger tankers by developing its electrically-driven ranges. The company is currently targeting Panamax and smaller Aframax tankers ? up to around 100,000 dwt. “The P-MAX series is a very important reference for Hamworthy,” said marine cargo pump sales director Hans H?yer Jensen. “In terms of size, these ships can operate both in the medium-range and Panamax markets. We have a substantial cargo pump reference list for smaller tonnage, but are now successfully addressing the bigger sizes. And of course Stena is an extremely prestigious operator, and has a very high standard of specification for these pioneering ships.”

Stena says that its ?MAX? concept is intended to produce “the safest tankers the world has seen”. P-MAX features include two completely separate propulsion systems, each with its own engine room, propeller and rudder; ice-class 1B; and a 40 metre beam that enables the tankers to carry some 65,000m3 of cargo, about 30% more than a conventional tanker of comparable size.

Each P-MAX features five cargo separations (plus two slop tanks), and the cargo tanks are arranged as five pairs.