The Danish Naval Architects of Knud E. Hansen have won the 2015 ShipPax Award for the design of the partly open top Con-Ro vessel Atlantic Star.
The award was presented during the 14th Annual Ferry Shipping Conference, which kicked off 13 April.
Con-Ro Design
The Atlantic Star's Con-Ro design incorporates Ro-Ro spaces amidships and container bays to both ends and was designed by Knud E. Hansen. This translates to a 3800 teu capacity and 28,900 m2 of Ro-Ro space. The Con-Ro design is said to yield other advantages too: a ten per cent increase in speed combined with a fifty per cent drop in fuel consumption per teu.
Other features of the Con-Ro design include a transom stern, high efficiency rudder and single screw fixed pitch propeller directly driven by a slow speed diesel engine. The engine room is located aft. There is a pipe duct between the engine room and the bow thruster room. All living quarters including navigation bridge are located midship on top of the Ro-Ro area.
Atlantic Star Main Particulars
- Length o.a.: 296.00 m
- Length p.p.: 287.00 m
- Breadth moulded: 37.60 m
- Depth moulded to Deck 3: 14.00 m
- Depth moulded to Deck 4: 22.95 m
- Design draught moulded: 10.25 m
- Maximum operati ng draught moulded: 11.50 m
- Deadweight (design draught): abt. 44700 t
- Deadweight (max. operati ng draught): abt. 56700 t
- Ro-Ro cargo area: 28,900 sqm
- Service speed at design draught (90 % MCR): abt. 18 knots
- Container capacity: in container holds 1032 teu / on weather deck 2777 teu / in Ro-Ro cargo area 741 teu
- Main engine: Wärtsila 8RTfl ex68D
- Installed power: 22,000 kW
- Auxiliary engine power: 2 x 1990 kW/2 x 2635 kW
- Bow thrusters: 2 x 1750 kW
- Stern thruster: 1 x 1750 kw
In total, five Con-Ro vessels are under construction at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. for Atlantic Container Line AB.
