Kappel propeller designs for bulk carrier newbuildings
The MAN Alpha Kappel propeller
The vessels will be built by New Times Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of the New Century Shipbuilding Group, Jiangsu Province, China. They will be 186.5m long, 32.26m wide and have a draught of 11.30m. Their design speed will be 14.2 knots.
The slow-running, four-bladed Kappel fixed-pitch propellers with a diameter of 6.8m will be tailored to the SDARI (Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute)-designed bulk carriers. They will be powered by an MAN B&W 5S60ME-C engine, economy-rated at 8,050 kW and 89 r/min. The new Lemissoler vessels will be characterised by a green operational profile that deliver optimised fuel consumption and minimal emissions, MAN said.
The first four newbuildings will be classified by DNV GL, the remaining ones by ABS.
