MV Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan
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| Operator: | Karadeniz Powership Co., |
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| Builder: | Fincantieri Marghera in Venice, Italy |
| Yard number: | 305 |
| Laid down: | November 1983 |
| Completed: | April1984 |
| Homeport: | Monrovia, Liberia |
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| Length: | 157.75 m (517 ft 7 in) (LOA) |
| Beam: | 29.00 m (95 ft 2 in) |
| Height: | 5.31 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 4.43 m (14 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power: | 8,680 kW (11,640 hp) |
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| Speed: | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Capacity: | 111 MW generation (as powership) |
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The MV Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan is a Liberia-flagged powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Karadeniz Powership Co. Built in 1984 by the Fincantieri Marghera Shipyard in Venice, Italy and christened MV Nikolay Markin, she sailed as a barge carrier under various names and flags until in 2014 she was converted into a powership at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. Currently, she serves in Nacala, Mozambique supplying electricity to Mozambique's power grid for land-locked Zambia.
Barge carrier
She was built by the Fincantieri Marghera Shipyard in Venice, Italy with yard number 305 as a barge carrier (LASH carrier) in April 1984. The 157.75 m (517 ft 7 in) (LOA) long vessel has a beam of 29.00 m (95 ft 2 in), a depth of 5.31 m (17 ft 5 in) and a draft of 4.43 m (14 ft 6 in) registered.[1] Two diesel engines of Type GMT BL230.12V (230x310) and two of Type GMT BL230.8V (230x310) manufactured by the Grandi Motori Trieste in Trieste, Italy give a total power of 8,680 kW (11,640 hp) propelling the vessel at 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph).[2] By 8,727 DWT and 7982 NT, she has a cargo capacity of 17,395 GT.[2]
She saw service under the names Nikolay Markin, Danube Express, Smit Enterprise and Enterprise before she was sold in August 2010 to the Turkish Karadeniz Powership Company based in Istanbul.[3][4]
Powership
The originally barge carrier was converted into a powership at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul as the fifth of the fleet. The construction cost €110 million.[5] She was renamed Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan.[4] The vessel is registered under the Liberian flag with homeport Monrovia.[1]
She has a generation capacity of 111 MW on dual-fuel (HFO- and gas-fired). In October 2011, the powership sailed to Basra, Iraq, where she supplied electricity for about one million residents there in a timespan of three years.[5] Two vessels of the fleet, MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey (126 MW) and MV Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey (180 MW),[6] were already stationed in Iraq to bridge power shortage.[7]
Currently, Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan in anchored in Nacala, Mozambique.[8]
Ship's registry
- ex-MV Nikolay Markin owned by Ukrainian Danube Shipping Co. based in Izmail, Ukraine registered in the Ukrainian SSR with homeport Izmail until June 14, 1992,
- ex-MV Danube Express owned by Ukrainian Danube Shipping Co. based in Izmail, Ukraine registered in Malta with homeport Valletta until July 1998,
- ex-MV Smit Enterprise owned by Smit Transport & Heavy Lift B.V. based in Rotterdam, Netherlands registeered in the Bahamas with homeport Nassau until July 2003,
- ex-MV Exnterprise owned by Dockwise Shipping based in Breda, Netherlands registered in the Netherlands Antilles with homeport Willemstad until August 2010.[2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- 1 2 3 "Enterprise". Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- 1 2 "Smit Enterprise - IMO 8222252". Ship Spotting. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- 1 2 3 "Dockwise - Enterprise". Tussen Hoek en Stad. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- 1 2 "Enerji Gemisi İrem Sultan'ın İlk Durağı Basra" (in Turkish). Enerji Üretciler Derneği. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ↑ "Dünyanın enerjisi' Irak'a yola çıktı". Ihlas News Agency (in Turkish). 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ↑ "Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan Irak Yolunda". PetroTürk (in Turkish). 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ↑ "First floating power station in Africa to supply power to northern Mozambique and Zambia". Mozambique. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
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