The PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier) MV Patriot was delivered from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan in January 1987. The vessel is specially suited for cars and trucks but she has also flexibility to carry high & heavy and other project cargo.
MV Patriot has a total capacity of 5453 cars (RT43) or 552 trucks and a basic complement of 21 persons.
The ship is built to the class of DNV (Det Norske Veritas) with the following designations: DNV +1A1, Car Carrier MCDK, PET EO.
Deck and Ramp System:
Heavy units are loaded on the strengthened decks 5, 9 and 11, which can carry loads of 1 ton/m² and deck no. 7th which are able to carry loads of 2 tons/m². The other decks are designed for car stowage and allow loads from 0.18 ton/m² to 0.4 ton/m². For increased flexibility deck no. 4, 8, 10 and 6 are divided into hoistable sections.
The vessel is fitted with two loading and discharging ramps, one stern quarter ramp and one midship ramp. The stern ramp has a width of 7 m and is arranged with a 40-degree angle from centre line to enable loading/discharging of long vehicles. Maximum capacity of the ramp is 100 tons and the maximum axle load is 25 tons. The midship ramp is arranged with a 90-degree angle from the centre line and a ramp width of 5 m, maximum capacity is 16 tons and 10 tons axle load. Deck 7 is the entrance deck for both ramps. This arrangement ensures good flexibility in loading and discharging operation.
Anchoring/Winches:
The deck machinery consists of six mooring winches, three that are located at the forecastle deck and three located at the aft mooring deck. All winches are of type electro-hydraulic 2x15tx15m/min. with two hawser drums and one warping drum. In addition there are two sets of electro-hydraulic anchor winches, one port and one starboard.
One 0.5 ton provision handling air driven crane is located on upper deck port side. Also, deck 7 is equipped with a 0.5 ton air driven crane and upper deck a 4 tons electrical and air driven crane used for more heavy loads.
Cargo ventilation:
Fans evenly distributed throughout the vessel on upper deck create good ventilation during loading/discharging. Maximum air changes are 20 times an hour during cargo operation and 10 times and hour during voyage. Total capacity of all fans are 16360 m^3/min.
Machinery:
The vessel is equipped with propulsion machinery type Sulzer 7RTA58 with an output of 8750 kW at 110 rpm. The engine is directly reversible and attached to an aerofoil 5 blade fixed propeller with diameter 5,8 meter and fitted with remote control both from the bridge and control room. Also, for increased manuvering abilities one bow thruster with effect 1200 kW is installed. The vessel has a semi balanced stream lined double plated rudder to assist in controlling the lateral movements of the stern.
For electrical power supply there are three diesel generators onboard with output 975 kW each. To ensure sufficient power in emergency situations one 100 kW diesel emergency generator is installed on upper deck.
The navigational system:
| Inmarsat-C |
TT3020 B |
Routine, distress, urgency, safety comm. |
| VHF 1 & 2 Controller |
TRP 3012 Skanti |
Routine,distress,urgency,safety comm |
| VHF DSC 1 & 2 DSC |
3001 Skanti |
For Distress Alerting |
| MF/HF Radio Teleph |
Skanti TRP 8000 |
For Telephony and Radio Telex
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| MF/HF DSC Cont/Rcvr |
Skanti DSC 9000 |
For Distress Alerting |
| HF RadioTelex |
Skanti Scancomm |
Telex routine, distress |
Communication:
| VHF Radio Tel.Contr. |
JRC NCE-2211 |
Routine,distress,urgency,safety comm. |
| DGPS Nav.Pro |
LEICA AP MK10 |
Vessels positioning |
| Weather Facsimile |
JRC JAX-39 |
Weather receiver/printer |
| Radar (ARPA) 3 cm |
JRC JMA 9253 |
Collision Avoidance, position plotting |
| Radar (ARPA)10cm |
JRC JMA 9303 |
Collision Avoidance,position plotting
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| Navtex 518 khz Rcvr |
Nav5 ICS |
Elec.Eng. Maritime Safety Information Receiver |
| Echo Sounder |
Furuno FE680 |
Under Keel Clearance |
| Electronic Charts |
ECDIS 900 |
Vessels position and Charts Correction |
| Gyro Compass |
APR-4000 |
Tokyo Steering Stand |
| Air Horn |
Ibuki Kogyo Co.ltd. |
Fog Horn Alarm |
| Off Course Alarm |
Gillie Sestrel |
For magnetic compass
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| Course Recorder |
Tokyo Keiki |
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| Magnetic Compass |
Tokyo Keiki Co. Steering Stand |
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Interior:All cabins are located on upper deck and the vessel is equipped with gym, sauna and separate TV-room for officers and crew to provide for the possibility of relaxing activities. Pilot cabin is placed on bridge deck, canal transit cabin and spare cabin on the upper deck for easy access to the bridge.
Security arrangements:
For fire fighting, the ship is fitted with both a permanent CO2 fire extinguishing system and a number of portable CO2 and foam fire extinguishers.
The vessel has 2 open type life boats P&S and a port life boat open type, capacity 30 persons each. In addition there are two life rafts with carrying capacity of 30 persons each and 1 carrying 6 persons. The vessel has for each person onboard one Immersion suit of type EPIRB, one life jacket, MOB markers and a number of life buoys.