Astilleros Receives Contract For Third 151,000-Dwt Tanker
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contracts / new construction
Polar Star Navigation Corporation, part of the Teodoro Teryazos group, signed in New York for a 151,000-dwt tanker from Astilleros de Cadiz, for delivery in mid-1970. The ship will use a 27,600-bhp Manises-Sulzer 12RD-90 diesel built at the yard's own Manises factory, which will also supply deck machinery under Pusnes license. It is the third of the class for Astilleros, whose order book totals about one-million deadweight tons.
The contract for the building of a 151,000-dwt oil tanker has been signed in New York by Polar Star Navigation Corporation, which belongs to the group of companies controlled by Teodoro Teryazos, and Astilleros de Cadiz, S.A.
This tanker will be built at the Cadiz (Spain) shipyard and delivery is scheduled for the middle of 1970.
The ship will be driven by a Manises-Sulzer type 12RD-90 diesel engine, which develops 27,600 bhp continuous maximum power, built by the Manises factory of Astilleros de Cadiz, S.A.
The auxiliary deck machinery will also be built at the above-mentioned Manises factory, under Pusnes license, and the donkey boilers will be built by the Cadiz factory under license of Aalborg Vaerft.
This ship will be the third in the series of 151,000-dwt oil tankers contracted by Astilleros de Cadiz, S.A. whose orders at present total about one-million deadweight tons.
Mentioned in this article
Company
Polar Star Navigation Corporationtanker owner
Astilleros de Cadiz, S.A.shipbuilder
Manises factoryengine and deck machinery builder
Pusnesdeck machinery licensor
Aalborg Vaerftdonkey boiler licensor
GeoLocation
Cadiz, Spainshipyard location
New Yorkcontract signing location
Contact
Teodoro Teryazoscontrolling owner of purchasing group
Vessel
151,000-dwt oil tankerthird of series, 12RD-90 Manises-Sulzer, 27,600 bhp
Transcribed from the January 15, 1969 print edition of Maritime Reporter &
Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.
