Unicorn Ocean one large Panamax bulk carrier

Sanoyas Hishino Meisho Corp. has completed the 78,888DWT Panamax bulk carrier, UNICORN OCEAN, for Takanawa Line Inc. of Panama at the Mizushima Works and Shipyard.
This ship is the third of the new Sanoyas Panamax series of the 78,000DWT class. This new series has been developed based on the preceding series of 70,000 and 75,000 classes, which include over 70 vessels in total. The new series is one size larger than the predecessors in the deadweight and cargo hold capacity, which has been achieved by elongating the length between perpendiculars without changing the overall length and beam.
The ship has greatly been improved in both energy saving and cargo handling efficiency with sophisticated design. In addition, various systems are applied to the ship for environment ecology. The energy consumption has been improved using the SANOYAS energy- saving device called STF (Sanoyas- Tandem-Fin: maximum 6% energy
saving and excellent cost performance with simple structure), which is fixed on the stern shell, together with a low-speed and large-diameter propeller.
The cargo-handling efficiency has increased with arrangement of the same hatch width for the cargo holds from No. 1 to No. 7 as well as wider hatch openings than the previous vessels. Dedicated fresh water tanks are provided to store hold-washing water from a large-capacity fresh water generator. A special fuel oil heating system
is adopted for fuel oil storage tanks to avoid cargo damage by overheating. Considering protection of environment, various countermeasures such as fuel oil tanks of double hull structures, light color and tar-free coating for ballast tanks, holding tank for accommodation gray water and dirty hold bilge, and independent bilge segregation system for engine room, are incorporated.
Principal particulars of the vessel are overal length 225.00 meters, length between perpendiculars 219.00 meters, breadth 32.24 meters, depth 19.90 meters and draft, while the ship is fully loaded is 14.379 meters. The deadweight of Unicorn Ocean is 78,888 metric tons and the gross tonnage is 41,662 GT. The main engine of the vessel is MAN B&W 7S50MC-C with power of 9,560kW and service speed 14.5 knots.