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Beluga Fraternity

BBC California July 2015 Hudson River.jpg
BBC California on the Hudson River in 2015
History
Name:
  • BBC California (2011–)
  • Fraternity (2011)
  • Beluga Fraternity (2008–2011)
Operator: Beluga Shipping GmbH
Port of registry: St. John's,  Antigua and Barbuda
Builder: CSC Jiangdong Shipyard, Wuhu, People's Republic of China
Yard number: JD12000-8
Laid down: 28 April 2007
Launched: 18 August 2007
Completed: 28 February 2008
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: General cargo ship
Displacement:
Length: 138.05 m (452.9 ft)
Beam: 21.0 m (68.9 ft)
Draft: 8.0 m (26.2 ft)
Depth: 11.0 m (36.1 ft)
Ice class: GL E3
Installed power: Caterpillar 6M43C (5,400 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity: 665 TEU

BBC California, before 2011 known as Beluga Fraternity and briefly Fraternity, is a German general cargo ship owned by Beluga Shipping. In 2009 she and her sister ship, Beluga Foresight, transited the Northern Sea Route while carrying power plant components from Ulsan, South Korea, to the Russian port of Vladivostok. The voyage was widely covered and sometimes incorrectly said to be the first time when non-Russian ships make the transit. In 1997, a Finnish oil tanker, Uikku, sailed the length of the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to the Bering Strait, becoming the first Western ship to complete the voyage.

The implications of the vessels' traverse of the Northeast passage has been the subject of disagreement.

Foto [1] in Arktika [2] on bridge during NE passage

[3] In Antwerp 09.11.2009 [4] In Antwerp 09.11.2009 Pictures from Arctic Sea during NE passage



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