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MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey

Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey
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Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey
History
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Name:
  • Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey
  • Melpomeni
  • Seapace
  • Saqqara
  • Sono
Operator: Karadeniz Powership Co.
Port of registry: Liberia
Builder:
Yard number: 1264
Completed: 1983
Identification: IMO number: 8117031
General characteristics
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Length:

188.14 m (617 ft 3 in) (LOA)

Beam: 31.00 m (101 ft 8 in)
Draught: 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
Installed power: MAN B&W diesel engine, 13,100 HP
Propulsion: Single shaft
Speed: 14.75 knots (27.32 km/h; 16.97 mph) (avg)
Capacity: 126 MW generation (as powership)

188.14 m (617 ft 3 in) (LOA)

The MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey is a Liberia-flagged powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Karadeniz Powership Co. Built 1983 by Mitsui Co. in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan and christened MV Sono, she sailed as a dry cargo ship under various names and flags until in 2010 she was converted into a powership at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey. Currently, moored ashore of Basra, she supplies electricity to the power grid in south-eastern Iraq.

The ship was built in 1983 (according to some sources in 1984) as a bulk carrier with deck mounted cranes by the Japanese shipyard Mitsui Co in Ichihara, Chiba with yard number 1264 and was named Sono. The 188.14 m (617 ft 3 in) long vessel has a beam of 31.00 m (101 ft 8 in) and a draft of 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in). By 41,525 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of 24,729 GT. The ship is propelled by a single screw, which is powered by a 13,100 HP MAN B&W Diesel engine.

Misr Shipping Co. in Egypt purchased and renamed her Saqqara. Later, she was bought by Bright Star Marine in Malta and was renamed Seapace. The Greek company Thenamaris Ships Man. operated the cargo ship under the flag of Malta. Her next owner became another Greek maritime company, Vulcanus Technical Maritime Enterprises S.A., which renamed her to Melpomeni.

Karadeniz Energy Group in Turkey developed a project named "Power of Friendship", which aims to supply electricity to shortage-stricken countries in the Middle East, northern Africa and southern Asia. Currently the Group operates nine floating power plants with a total capacity exceeding 1,500 MW.


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