Histria Topaz
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Histria Topaz |
| Owner | Histria Shipmanagement |
| Port of registry | Constanţa,  Romania |
| Ordered | 1985 |
| Builder | Constanța Shipyard |
| Yard number | 357 |
| Launched | 1987 |
| Completed | 1987 |
| In service | 1987 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 39,750 dwt |
| Length | 188.95 m (619 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 12.041 m (39 ft 6.1 in) |
| Depth | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 12,360 kW (16,580 hp) |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 44,884 m3 (282,310 bbl) |
| Crew | Romanian |
Histria Topaz is a chemical/oil products tanker owned by the Romanian shipping company Histria Shipmanagement and is registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands.[1][2]
History
[edit]Histria Topaz was built by the Galați shipyard in 1987 as a 39,750 DWT ship used for the transportation of oil and oil products and chemical products.[2] The ship is chartered by the Italian oil and natural gas company Eni.[2]
Technical description
[edit]Histria Topaz is equipped with a double hull, one two-stroke acting diesel engine MAN B&W 6S50MC-C with a capacity of 9,480 kW (12,710 hp) directly acting on the propeller shaft and a four-bladed fixed propeller built by Wärtsilä Propulsion Netherlands.[2] It also has another three auxiliary MAN B&W 6L23/30H diesel engines with a capacity of 960 kW (1,290 hp) each.[2] The ship has 14 hydraulically driven centrifugal deepwell Framo cargo pumps, 10 pumps with a capacity of 500 cubic metres (3,100 bbl)/hour, two pumps with a capacity of 200 m3 (1,300 bbl)/hour, one pump with a capacity of 100 m3 (630 bbl)/hour and one portable pump with a capacity of 150 m3 (940 bbl)/hour.[2]
The ship is equipped with five manifolds, a discharge capacity of 3,000 m3 (19,000 bbl)/hour, a cargo handling capacity of 3,750 m3 (23,600 bbl)/hour, one Liebherr hose-handling crane with a reach of 22 m (72 ft), an Alfa Lawal JWSP-26-C100 freshwater conversion plant with a capacity of 30 m3 (1,100 cu ft)/day and a Jowa Bio STP3 sewage-treatment plant capable of sustaining 34 people.[2] The ship has ten cargo tanks, two tanks with a capacity of 3,550 m3 (22,300 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 4,900 m3 (31,000 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 5,100 m3 (32,000 bbl) and two slop tanks with a capacity of 1,000 m3 (6,300 bbl).[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Histria Topaz ship". Histria Shipmanagement. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2.430 nave maritime, fluviale şi portuare arborează pavilionul românesc" (in Romanian). Cuget Liber. 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-09.