TTS has won yet another significant order for two vehicle carriers building in Japan.
As part of a domination of major cargo access equipment supply to the vehicle-carrying industry, TTS has won yet another significant order for two such vessels building in Japan.
The order comes from one of Norway’s leading PCTC (Pure car & Truck Carrier) operator Wilh Wilhelmsen, Lysaker, for two 6,400 unit capacity vessels building at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The ships will be sisterships of the six state-of-the-art PCTCs Wilh Wilhelmsen has already ordered at Nagasaki, of which three have been delivered. The new vessels are a new generation of PCTCs. They are particularly efficient with regards to cargo capacity, cargo handling and fuel consumption. Delivery of the ships will take place in October and December 2008.
The cargo access equipment to be supplied by Sweden’s TTS Ships Equipment AB, Gothenburg, which is all designed for approval by Det Norske Veritas, comprises a quarter ramp, side ramp, internal ramps and covers including the necessary hydraulic and electric systems.
The wire-operated quarter ramp will give access to Deck 5. It is of a combined ramp and watertight door design having a length of approximately 38.00 m and a breadth (narrowest part) of 7.00 m. The ramp is designed to take a total load of a heavy load wagon type SAMSON with a pay load of 170 tonnes and an axle load of 60.00 tonnes/four wheels
The wire-operated side ramp comprises one section and one flap and gives access to Decks 5 and 6 (Deck 6 in three positions. It has a total length of 25.00 m and a width of driveway of 6.50 m. The maximum load is a vehicle of totally 35 tonnes with an axle load of 20 tonnes/four wheels.
The internal ramps comprise a total of ten movable ramps. This will give access throughout the vessel’s 12 car decks. Decks 5 and 7 are watertight and Deck 10 is gas tight. Liftable ramps are in position on Decks 2, 4, 6 and 8.
All the necessary hydraulic and electric control and monitoring systems are also part of the package.
