Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. designed, constructed and delivered a reefer /car carrier (RCC) SUNBELT SPIRIT, a very unique ocean carrier, to Great American Lines, Inc., in March, 2002. The RCC was developed to compensate the economical handicap of ordinary pure car carrier (PCC) by adding the function of reefer vessel and earning the revenue from reefer cargoes. Namely, non-profitable ballast voyage can be eliminated by "Two-Way Trade", which transports both automotive and refrigerated cargoes in opposite directions on the same vessel. SUNBELT SPIRIT is the world's largest and fastest vessel of this type. She entered in the North Pacific service of the owner and has been displaying her unique performance. This report shows her characteristics in respect of initial design.
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