LATEST IN TANKERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 195, 19 August 1930, Page 5

LATEST IN TANKERS.

NEW ZEALAND IN PORT

UP-TO-DATE NORWEGIAN SHIP.

One would not expect a ship carrying the name of a British Dominion to ily the flag of a foreign nation, but such is the case with the Norwegian motor tanker New Zealand, which arrived at Auckland on her maiden voyage yesterday. The New Zealand is registered in Oslo and carries a Norwegian crew, but she has been specially built for the bulk oil trade between the Pacific Coast and Australia and New Zealand.

Constructed on system, the New Zealand (5665 tons net) is pro•pelled by two Diesel engines; She is 500 ft overall, with an extreme beam of Gsft 6in, and a moulded depth.of 36ft 9in. Her propelling machinery consists of two powerful Doxford engines of four cylinders each, the cylinders being 18ft 9in in diameter by 74in stroke. The tanker is designed to maintain an average sea speed of Hi knote per hour on a fuel consumption' of 14 . tons per day. Her bunkers give her a. sea range of *20,000 miles. For raising the necessary steam for auxiliary machinery and pumps, the ship is equipped' with two donkey boilers. Each boiler is oil fired, but one is equipped to utilise exhaust gases from the main engines.. . The New Zealand's total cargo .capacity is 040,000 cubic feet or approximately 115,000 barrels. She- has ten main tanks, port and starboard, and six summer , tanks, port and starboard. Each tank has modern safety devices for the handling of refined products. The vessel is fitted with the usual cofferdams, pumprooms, oil tight bulkheads, expansion trunks, vent and vacuum valves and a smothering system. Cargo is handled by two main pumps, each capable of handling 2500 barrels of oil an hour. The suction lines are 12m with lOin connections in.each tank. : _ . The New Zealand, which is a sister ship to the South Africa, is to foe operated bv the Texas Company, and will run between that organisation's refinery at Los Angeles. California, and Austra-lian-and New Zealand ports. Built at Barclay, Curie, and Company 'a yards, Glasgow, the New Zealand ran her trials on May 12 last. She then proceeded in ballast to Los Angeles to load her first cargo. On her present voyage ehe experienced average conditions across the Pacific to Austra ia where she unloaded the (bulk of her • cai-tfo. Captain. L. V. Amundsen is in command, and he has 'with him a crew of 40. ■ -