MV Karadeniz Powership Irem Sultan
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) |
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.
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. 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). By 8,727 DWT and 7982 NT, she has a cargo capacity of 17,395 GT.
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.
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. She was renamed Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan. The vessel is registered under the Liberian flag with homeport Monrovia.
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