The MT Mastera was finished in 2002. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Using Azipodtechnology, the MT Mastera and its sister ship the MT Tempera are known as double acting tankers. Azipod : registered brand name of the ABB company for their Azimuth thruster: these are marine propulsion units consisting of electrically driven propellers mounted on a steerable pod. ... Technology ( Gr. ... The MT Tempera is an ocean-going icebreaking tanker that was finished in 2002. ...
While icebreaking tankers are not new, all icebreaking ships have to compromise their open water performance. The shape that allows icebreakers to break ice is not fuel efficient nor handles well in waves. Most cargo vessels will avoid navigating through ice when possible; the MT Tempera and Mastera are no different.
These "double acting" vessels have resolved the traditional design compromise of icebreakers: they travel forward using a conventional bulbed bow in open water for maximum efficiency, but in ice conditions these vessels navigate backwards using their stern, which is shaped like an icebreaker's bow. It is the azipod's ability to completely reverse the direction of thrust by 180° which enables them to do this easily.
Built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries at the Yokosuka Ship Yards. The vessels are in use by the Fortum Shipping Company in Finland. Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ...
The 105,000 dwt Japanese-built "double acting tanker" MT Tempera, which has just arrived in the Baltic, is the first cargo ship to exploit one particular advantage offered by the Azipod in ice conditons.
The 105,000 dwt M/T Tempera, built in Japan for Fortum Shipping, which has now arrived to its home waters for the first time, as well as M/TMastera that will be completed later, are the first cargo ships of this double-acting type in the world.
M/T Tempera was built at the Yokosuka shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd in close co-operation with Kvaerner Masa-Yards under license by the latter company.
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