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LPG SHIP [2 records]

Record 1 2017-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Special Water Transport
DEF

[A ship designed] to carry liquefied gases at low temperature and atmospheric pressure between terminals, equipped with fully refrigerated storage tanks.

CONT

The first fully refrigerated ship for LPG [liquefied petroleum gas] service operated in 1961... The tanks, in general, are designed for a minimum service temperature of about −50 °C and a maximum working pressure of about 0. 28 kg/cm3 [They] are insulated, self-supporting and prismatic in form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Congelación y refrigeración
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
CONT

Buques totalmente refrigerados. Habitualmente se trata de buques con tanques independientes tipo A de forma prismática con una presión de diseño de 0,7 bar, construidos con acero resistente a bajas temperaturas permitiendo el transporte de carga a −48 ºC y con tamaños comprendidos entre 20.000 y 100.000 m3

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Record 2 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

The six 12, 000 cu. m. LPG/ammonia carriers building at Jos. L. Meyer in Papenburg, West Germany... will ship ammonia... to the U. S....

OBS

Ammonia is carried in bulk in the anhydrous liquid form which has a boiling point of -33 degrees C at atmospheric pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Deux transporteurs d'ammoniac de 12 000 mètres [cubes] chez Moss Verft. (...) Chaque navire aura quatre citernes cylindriques autoporteuses qui pourront recevoir du propane, du propylène, du butane, du chlorure de vinyle ou de l'ammoniac (...)

Spanish

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