The RoRo MV Tampere is the fourth vessel in a series of 5. She was delivered from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Japan in May 1979. The vessel is specially suited for high & heavy cargo, project cargo and containers but she also has flexibility to carry trucks and cars with high payload efficiency.
MV Tampere was converted by replacing container space on deck 4 and adding extra car decks by Chengxi Shipyard China in 2004. MV Tampere is a sistership to MV Tapiola, MV Talabot, MV Tampere and MV Tourcoing.
The ship is built to the class of Lloyd's Register of Shipping with the following designations: +100 A1 Roll on Roll off cargo ship, movable decks + LMC and UMS.
Deck and Ramp System:
Heavy units are loaded on the strengthened deck 1 which can carry loads of 10 tons/m2. Deck no. 2, 3 and 3A can be used for heavy loads up to 4 tons/m2 and deck 4 can be used for stowage of units up to 3 tons/m2 if needed. Hoistable deck no 2B allow loads up to 0.2 tons/m2. Garage deck 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are specially designed for stowing cars
Stern ramp is located aft on the starboard side and arranged with a 36-degree angle of incident from the centre line with entrance on deck 3 AFT. This angle together with a ramp width of 12 m assures a high degree of flexibility in loading and discharging operations. Total capacity for the stern ramp is 400 tons with a maximum vehicle load at 125 tons.
Anchoring/Winches:
The deck machinery consists of 3 mooring winches type W820 with capacity 20 tons and 4 mooring winches type W510 with capacity 10 tons located at forecastle deck, poop deck and midship. Also, at forecastle deck there are 2 combined anchor - windlass/mooring winches, type K 7681-III-W820 with a capacity of 36.3 ton. This system provides good flexibility in securing the vessel along quay.
One 40 ton deck crane, type EL-HYDR-Haeglund G 4030 located forward can be used for loading and discharging cargo on weather deck. One crane is located aft by the accommodation for bringing onboard spare parts and provision.
Cargo ventilation:
Fans evenly distributed throughout the vessel on weather deck create good ventilation during loading/discharging. Deck 3 is supplied with 9 pcs Supply Fans and 9 pcs Exhaust fans with a capacity of 14.5 m3/min. Deck 2 has 7 pcs Supply Fans and 9 pcs. Supply/Exhaust fans with a capacity of 14.5 m3/min. While deck 1 is supplied with 3 pcs Supply Fans and 4 pcs Supply/Exhaust fans, capacity 16 m3/min.
Machinery:
The propulsion machinery is a B&W 9K90 GF with an output of 22590 Kw with remote control from bridge or control room. The vessel is fitted with to a right-handed propeller with 5 blades and diameter 6600 mm, pitch 6402 mm and weight 30820 kgs. For increased manuvering abilities two KAMEWA thrusters are installed, one fore and one aft.
For electrical power supply there are 2 Daihatsu Diesel generators with effect 1550 Kw and 2 Daihatsu Diesel generators with effect 2000 Kw. In addition there is an emergency generator installed, type Detroit Diesel GM-V-71 250 Bhp GMC Delco which assures sufficient power supply if needed in.
The vessel is equipped with a highly effective half spade rudder to assist in controlling the lateral movements of the stern.
The navigational system:
GPS 1: Furuno GP50 – Mark 3 GPS
GPS 2: Leica MX 400 DGPS
Radar 1: Racal Decca 430 Bridgemaster – S Band 10 cm
Radar 2: Racal Decca, Bridgemaster-Litton Marine Systems x Band 3 cm
Electronic chart: Maris – ECDIS 900
Gyro 1 & 2: Tokyo Keiki
Navtex: Lokata Navtex 2
Speed Log: Sperry – SRD 311
Echo Sounder: Simrad EN + Digital Display
Weather fax: JRC JAX-9
Communication/GMDSS:
Inmarsat C: SKANTI Combridge 9000 Scansat-CT
DSC Controller: Skanti DS9000
Satcom B: 1 NERA Saturn B terminal
VHF 1, 2 and 3: SKANTI 3000
Walkie Talkies: Motorola Radius GP 300 and GP 340 (for internal communication)
3 Portable VHF'S: Navico AXIS 150 GMDSS
2 Radar Transponders: MC Murdo RT9-3
Free float EPIRB (SARSAT/COSPAS): Mc Murdu E-3
Interior:
All cabins are located on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th bridge deck in the accommodation. The vessel is equipped with a sports room, swimming pool, sauna, TV-room and dayroom to provide the crew with the possibility of relaxing activities. Suez cabin is located on 1st bridge deck and pilot cabin on the 4th bridge deck for easy access to the bridge.
Security arrangements:
For fire extinguishing, the ship is equipped with a 25.2 ton Ginge Brano & Electronic permanent installed CO2 system to flood all cargo holds and engine room if necessary. In addition there are 3 bottles of 45 kg for paint store, 2 spare bottles of CO2, 10 portable CO2 cylinders and 102 fixed dry powder fire extinguishers each at 12 kg.
The vessel has 2 open type life boats capable of carrying 36 persons each, one located on starboard side and one on port side. The vessel is equipped with five life rafts with carrying capacity of 16 persons each. In addition there is one life raft carrying 25 persons, one carrying 20 persons and one carrying 6 persons.