Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has selected 14 of the company’s most notable technological advances or achievements of the past year and designated them to receive its “Best Innovation 2013″ awards.
“Sayaendo” features a continuous cover integrated with the ship’s hull, and is a lightweight, compact and high-performance next-generation ship that combines MHI’s cutting-edge technology, including hull form development and structural analysis.Building on the strength of spherical tank LNG carriers – reliability – and adding lightweightedness and improvements in propulsion and seaworthiness, “Sayaendo” is superior in terms of maintenance and as a ship for cold regions.The new LNG carrier measures 288.0m in length overall (LOA), 48.94m in width, and 11.55m in draft. The 138,000 gross tonnage (75,000 deadweight tonnage) ship is capable of carrying up to 153,000 m3 of LNG (cargo tank total volume: 155,000m3) in four Moss-type tanks at a service speed of 19.5 knots per hour.
