By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 21 -- BP Shipping Ltd. on Aug. 18 was scheduled to take delivery of the last of four Alaska-class, double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco) of San Diego.
As with the first three ships, the Alaskan Legend is diesel-electric powered, equipped with 20 separate cargo tanks, and has all of its cargo transfer piping inside the hull rather than on its decks to reduce the chance of accidental spills.
It is capable of carrying as much as 1.3 million bbl of crude and will operate between Alaska and western US ports.
The first three Alaska-class ships—Alaskan Frontier, Alaskan Explorer, and Alaskan Navigator—are already in service.
The tankers, which are 941 ft long and have a beam of 164 ft, have a design draft of 61.5 ft. The ship's total carrying capacity is 190,000 tonnes at its design draft.