MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan

Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
History
 Liberia
Name: KPS Osman Khan
Owner: Karpowership
Operator: Karpowership
Port of registry: Liberia[1]
Builder: Samsung Shipbuiding, Geoje, South Korea
Completed: 2000
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type:
Tonnage:
  • 100,330 GT
  • 184,744 DWT
Length: 299 m (981 ft 0 in) (LOA)
Beam: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Draught: 10.71 m (35.1 ft)
Speed: 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (max),
6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) (avg)
Capacity: 470 MW generation (as Powership)

The MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is a Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was solemnly sent off from the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey to Ghana to supply electricity to the power grid.

Cargo ship

The ship was built in 2000 as a bulk carrier by Samsung Shipbuiding in Geoje, South Korea.[3] The 299 m (981 ft 0 in) long vessel has a beam of 50 m (164 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in). By 184,744 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of 100,330 GT.[1][2][4] She has an average speed of 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) at max. 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph).[1]

The vessel was owned by the Australian company Teekay Shipping Aıstralia in Sydney.[3]

Powership

The Turkish company Karadeniz Holding purchased the vessel MV Pacific Triangle end 2014 for US$ 17 million from Teekay Shipping.[4] The bulk carrier was converted into a Powership with a generation capacity of 470 MW at Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul. On November 13, 2016, the Powership, renamed MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan, sailed to Ghana in a ceremony attended by the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan and other officials. She was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in Ghana.[5] She is world's biggest Powership.

Ship's registry

  • ex-MV Pacific Triangle, Liberia-flagged, owned by Teekay Shipping Aıstralia in Sydney, Australia.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "KPS Osman Khan". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. 1 2 "KPS Osman Khan". FleetMon. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pacific Triangle - 9189158 - Bulk Carrier". Mar,t,me Connector. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  4. 1 2 "Karadeniz Holding, M/V PACIFIC TRIANGLE'yi satın alarak, enerji gemisine dönüştürecek". Deniz Haber (in Turkish). 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  5. ↑ "Tuzla-Sedef Tersanesi gemi uğurlama töreni" (in Turkish). Ulaştırma Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanlığı. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
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