Oldendorff Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 306
LUCY OLDENDORFF and ELISABETH
OLDENDORFF (2), two newbuildings
which followed a little later duly
received GMDSS equipment, and
long before the 1995 deadline by
which time all newbuildings had to
be GMDSS fitted, the complete EO
fleet had been so equipped.
Special circumstances necessitated,
in 1991, the registration of two
containerships for the period of
two days. Close relations had been
established with Polish Ocean Lines,
not least through newbuilding
activities of FSG. POL restructuring
measures included the sale of
1988/89 Stocznia Gdanska in
Lenina-built 22,000 tdw/1,400 TEU
freighters T. WENDA and H. CEGIELSKI,
but their specifications did not
appeal to potential buyers. The
Oldendorff technical department
scrutinised the ships’ plans and
found that thanks to their sturdy
construction the ships’ capacities
could be increased to 30,000 tdw/
just under 2,000 TEU without any
modifications. Lloyd Triestino di
Navigazione SpA of Trieste had
meanwhile been identified as
potential buyers. Both ships were
taken over, registered as the
ANNA OLDENDORFF (2) and ERNA
OLDENDORFF (4), were completely
remeasured and subsequently
delivered to the Italians.
Egon Oldendorff placed its first
newbuilding orders with a Japanese
shipyard in early summer of 1991.
The initial order was for two 22,000
tdw shallowdraft geared bulk
carriers with large hatches. The
owner’s newbuilding department
modified one of Onomichi Dockyard
Company’s standard designs by
boosting to 7,200 HP the output of
the Mitsubishi 6UEC45LA main engine
and by increasing the maximum
permissible tank top deck load from
10 to 17 tonnes per sq m. In addition,
the upper wing tanks were epoxy
coated twice as a preventative
measure against later-year corrosion.
As customary with Egon Oldendorff
a market research preceded the
newbuilding orders. It had revealed
a substantial increase of the average
age of ships in this size bracket.
Flexible bulk carriers in the 10,000/
25,000 tdw class grew older and
their number reduced whilst almost
all other size classes had expanded
in terms of units. Many loggers and
bulk carriers built in the Seventies
at low cost and of very basic
design now showed signs of poor
maintenance. Their time was up.
The Onomichi type was suitable for
lengthening by a 30 metres section
increasing deadweight capacity to
27,000 tonnes. Flensburger
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft qualified for
that kind of work having previously
lengthened more than 20 ships. As
market acceptance increased the
Onomichi orders were increased to
four and subsequently to a total of
six units. The lead vessel was given a
‘new’ name, LUCY OLDENDORFF, when
delivered on 23 May 1992, after the
name of the owner’s first daughter.
The second ship was named the
ELISABETH OLDENDORFF (2), and
the remainder of the series trade
as the CAROLINE OLDENDORFF (2),
DOROTHEA OLDENDORFF (2),
GRETKE OLDENDORFF (4) and
DORTHE OLDENDORFF (4). The
freighters of 157.8m length have
a deadweight capacity of 22,160
tonnes at 9.11m draft.
In the timber trade deadweight
capacity at 9.38m amounts to
23,028 tonnes. Grain capacity is
29,300 cubic metres, and timber
intake including deck cargo amounts
to 43,482 cubic metres. The ships of
this series have a container capacity
of 511 TEU each but the vessels have
no container equipment. Cargo
handling gear consists of four
electrically driven Mitsubishi deck
cranes of 30 tonnes lifting capacity.
Stanchions have been provided at
the bulwarks for the carriage of
timber on deck.
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