Bulk Carrier Azzura

IHI Marine United Inc. delivered the Azzura, a 52,OOODWT Handymax size bulk carrier, to Cello Inc. on June 30, 2004 at the Yokohama Shipyard. The ship Azzura has a length of 189.96 meters, beam of 32.20 meters and draught of 17.30 meters. While fully loaded the vessel has a draft of 12.30 meters. The gross tonnage of this bulk carrier is 29,407 metric tons. The Azzura is the first of a series of Future-52 type bulk carri­ers developed by IHIMU. The Azzura has the optimum dimensions to qualify for worldwide trade, and well-ap­pointed fittings for easy operation and maintenance. The five cargo holds have been strengthened for heavy cargo with holds Nos. 2 and 4 empty, and wide weathertight folding type hatch covers are fitted. Four deck cranes of 30t capacity are provided, and the deck cranes can be fit­ted with electro-hydraulic grabs as an option. The hold access complies with AWWF requirements.
Since 1967, IHIMU has delivered over 380 stan­dardized multi-purpose cargo vessels, the well known F-series. The Freedom series, the first of the F-series, was highly evaluated for its excellent operating economy and reliability, and such high performance and evaluation were followed by its successors, the Fortune, Freedom Mark n, Friendship and Future series. The Future-52 was devel­oped as a successor to the superior features of the well established Future series. The Future series has been par­ticularly well evaluated for its operating efficiency from domestic and overseas owners, and the Future-52 retains such good operating efficiency with the maximum dead­weight in the Handymax size Future series.
But so large vessel needs a good engine, which should decrease the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. That is why the ship-builder installed an engine DU-Sulzer 6RTA48TB with full power of 6,885kW at lll.Srpm, which can give to the vessel cruising speed of 14.7 knots and maximum speed of 15.9 knots.