Chaconia 04
Zeebrugge 14 February 2009

 

Name

CHACONIA

Type

Liquefied gas tanker

LPG tanker

IMO-number

8818843

Call sign

ONCA

Flag

Belgium

Previous flags

1991 Belgium

2003 G.D. Luxembourg

Port of registry

Antwerpen

GT

19.643 t

Suez: 20.220,64 t

DWT

Summer: 29.271 t

NT

7.628 t

Length

165,61 m overall

157,66 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

26,53 m overall

26,50 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 11,74 m

Bow to bridge

128,40 m

Keel to masthead

49,30 m

Air draft

42,10 m normal ballast

Freeboard

4.480 mm

Depth

16,21 m

Speed

16,0 knots

Built

1990

Keel laid

30.03.1989

Launch date

26.04.1990

Builder

Boelwerf

Dijkstraat 6

9140 Temse
Belgium

Yard number

1532

Hull type

Double hull

Main engine

1x MAN B&W 6L60MC - 10.440 kW

Generators

3x Wärtsilä 4R22/26 diesel generatorsets each 400 kW

Emergency generator

Wärtsilä diesel generatorset

Deepwell pumps

Make: Svanehøj NH 150/150-4-K-1

Number: 2 per tank

Capacity: 300 m³/h @ 120 mlc H

Speed: 1.785 rpm

Working pressure: 8,0 bar (NH3)

Location: main deck

Time to discharge a full cargo using all pumps against back

pressure at pump:

1,0 bar: 20 hrs

5,0 bar: 22 hrs

10,0 bar: 100 hrs

Booster pumps

Booster pumps: 2

Type: centrifugal

Capacity: 300 m³/h @ 120 mlc H

Location: main deck

Cargo capacity 100%

28.070,28 m³

Tank capacities

HFO: 1.000 t

MDO: 100 t

Fresh water: 307 t

Lub oil: 75 t

Ballast: 8.930 t / 10.645 m³

Tank specification

Max. pressure in port: 450 mbar

Min. temperature: -55°C

At sea: 250 mbar

Max. specific gravity: 0.972 t/m³

Cargo compressors

Type: oil free piston compressor
Make: Sulzer

Cooling capacity: 330,000 Kcal/h

Number: 3

Cargo reheater

Type: shell and tube

Shell side: seawater

Tube Side: cargo

Number: 1

Discharging rate for propane and NH3 to be brought from boiling point to 0°C (sea temperature = 15°C)

Propane: 300 m³/h

Ammonia: 150 m³/h

Crew

25

Manager

Exmar Shipping N.V.
De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

Operator

Exmar N.V.

De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

Owner

Exmar Shipmanagement N.V

De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium