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THE BIGGEST
„FLOATING GARAGES”
Gdynia Shipyard JSC is worldwide
known for its successful designs
of vehicle carriers delivered
since 80-ties to several seaborne
car transport market leaders. Universal
car carriers from Gdynia have been
awarded with many international accolades.
More than once they have been pre-
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sented in prestigious „Significant Ships
of the Year” booklet published by the
Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
Among the newest laurels received was
the „Golden Anchor” award handed to representatives
of Gdynia Shipyard at recent
Baltexpo 2004 International Maritime
Exhibition in Gdañsk. It was awarded
Length over all 199,98 m
Length between perpendiculars 188,00 m
Breadth 32,26 m
Depth to main deck (main / ramp deck - no 5) 14,00 m
Depth to deck no 12 32,64 m
Draught (maximum) 10,00 m
Deadweight (at max. draft) 21 000 t
Cargo decks area (including hoistable decks) 54 500 (17 000) m 2
Main engine (HCP manufactured) 7 RTA 62 U or 7 S 60 MC-C
Main propulsion output 15 540 or 15 820 kW
Service Speer 20,2 kn
Generating sets (HCP) 3 × 7 L 28/32 H
Ship’s electrical power plant power 4 200 kW
Classification: Det Norske Veritas
DNV +1A1, „CAR CARRIER” (RO/RO, MCDK),
ICE C, E0, PWDK, NAUT-OC
Gdynia Shipyard Group
Morning Courier, 8168 type pure car / truck carrier (PC/TC)
sister ships: 10
number of sister ships still on order: 9
to the best product – universal car carrier
of the 8168 series.
The 11th unit of the 8168 type, Morning
Courier, was delivered in June 2005, with 9
units still left in the orderbook at that time.
Pure Car / Truck Carriers (PC/TCs) of
the 8168 series, are ro-ro carriers suitable
for the carriage of the wide variety of vehicles,
rolling stock and general cargo stowed
by terminal vehicles. The cargoes most often
comprise of personal cars, pick-ups, vans
and trucks and buses or coaches. Other rolling
cargoes and special vehicles are also
carried onboard PC/TCs, such as civil engineering
and earthmoving vehicles, road
and terminal trailers or multi-axle heavy-lift
platforms.
The 8168 series falls into category of
the largest PCTCs ever built worldwide.
For Gdynia Shipyard a big success may
be regarded the fact, that its original ro-ro
cargo flow patters between decks has also
been accepted by two biggest Japanese
operators – NYK and „K” Line, previously
used to their own, different internal ramps
arrangement of car carriers.
Since 1999 to mid 2005 Stocznia Gdynia
SA has built as many as 11 ships of the 8168
type and two units of the 8213 sub-type. The
September 2005