Bitflower Last Modified 17.03.2008

Bitflower

Bitflower

 

Tarbit Shipping AB is a Swedish shipping company that has been shipping asphalt, petroleum products and chemicals since 1962. The company has a fleet of tankers that serves customers in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, West Africa and the Caribbean.

Wärtsilä solution
The 6384 dwt tanker Bitflower features a machinery installation incorporating a Wärtsilä 6L38B main engine with an output of 4350 kW at 600 rpm, a Wärtsilä SCV85 reduction gearbox, a LIPS bow thruster and a LIPS CP propeller. The vessel is also equipped with a Lipstronic 7000 Advanced control system and two sterntube bearings with seals.

Main data
Name: Bitflower
Type: Chemical tanker
Shipyard: Scheepswerf Bijlsma BV, The Netherlands (NB 694)
Shipowner: Tarbit Shipping AB, Sweden
Delivered: 2003
Main engine: 1 x Wärtsilä 6L38B, output of 4350 kW at 600 rpm
Gearbox: Wärtsilä SCV85-PTDM104
Propeller: LIPS CPS 108, 4100 mm diameter
Thruster: LIPS CT04 bow thruster
Control system: Lipstronic 7000 Advanced
Seals: 1 x SternGuard 4BL450 & 1 x SternGuard MKIIM355
Service speed: 15 knots