Germany’s HGK Shipping just lately delivered a brand new dry cargo vessel optimized for inland waters. named Helios after the god of the solar in Greek mythology, the ship was designed collectively by HGK Shipping Design Center and INEC. The building of the hull was carried out on the Romanian shipyard Severnav whereas the ultimate outfitting happened at De Gerlien van Tiem within the Netherlands.
Helios has an LOA of 135 meters (443 toes), a beam of 11.45 meters (37.57 toes), a draft of three.85 meters (12.6 toes), a displacement of 4,487 tons, and a diesel-electric propulsion system. . The vessel will probably be used primarily for transporting as much as 5,750 cubic meters (203,000 cubic toes) of rapeseed to the German amenities of the meals and agricultural firm ADM for the later manufacturing of vegetable oils for varied functions.
