Bimi IMO 8914295 01
Westerschelde 20 July 2020

 

Name

BIMI

Previous names

1991 -1997 MB Humber

1997 - 2005 Arklow Fortune

Type

General dry cargo ship - Equipped for carriage of containers

IMO-number

8914295

Call sign

LAXO7

Flag

Norway

Port of registry

Bergen

Previous flags

Bahamas, Nassau - Call sign: C6UJ9

GT

2.273 t

DWT

Summer: 4.245 t

DWCC

Summer: 4.100 t

Winter: 4.000 t

NT

1.434 t

Displacement

5.290 t

Number of 20ft containers

96

Length

88,30 m overall

84,90 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

13,20 m extreme

13,17 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 5,46 m

Winter: 5,35 m

Ballast: 3,50 m

Air draft

21,50 m

Depth

7,00 m moulded

Speed

Loaded: 10,0 knots

Ballast: 10,5 knots

Max:12,0 knots

Built

1992

Keel laid

18/03/1991

Launch date

23/11/1991

Delivery date

10/01/1992

Builder

Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V.

Foxhol

The Netherlands

Yard number

283

Hull material

Shipbuilding steel (higher tensile)

Hull type

Single hull double bottom, continuous from peak to peak bulkhead

Bulkheads

4

Movable bulkheads

1x Movable steel grain bulkhead - 5 positions

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x Caterpillar 3606 DITA - 4 stroke 6 cylinder combustion engine 1.600 kW / 2.175 bhp at 900 rpm

Transmission: main propulsion acts through gear on the propeller shafts

Starter type: compressed air direct

Gearbox

1x Reintjes gearbox type VA2450K41

Propellers

1x Controllable pitch propeller - aft at 201 rpm

Electric installations

1x Plant 380/ 220 V - 156 kVA

1x Plant 380 V - 275 kVA

1x Plant 380 V - 63 kVA

Shaft generator

1x 275 kVA

Generators

1x Caterpillar 3306 DINA diesel generatorset 156 kVA

Emergency generator

1x Caterpillar 3304 DINA diesel generatorset 63 kVA

Compressed air receivers

2x Receivers each 250 litres - 30 bar

Bow thruster

1x Transverse thruster Jastram - 185 kW

Number of holds

1x Box shaped

62,15 x 11,55 x 7,90 m

Cargo hold capacity

Grain & Bale: 184.413 ft³ / 5.222 m³

Number of hatches

2

26,60 x 10,20 m each

Hatch type

Coops en Nieborg pontoon system

Max permitted loads

Tanktop: 10,0 t/m²

Hatch covers: 1,62 t/m²

Tank capacities

Ballast: 1.528,9 m³

Fuel: 176,4 m³

Fresh water: 28,1 m³

Lub oil: 6,2 m³

Crew size

6

ISM & commercial manager

Misje Bulk AS

C. Sundsgt. 39

5004 Bergen

Norway

Registered owner

Misje Bulk AS

C. Sundsgt. 39

5004 Bergen

Norway

Previous names & owners

1991 -1997 MB Humber - C.F.Ahrenkiel

1997 - 2005 Arklow Fortune - Arklow Sg

Latest data adjustment

24 April 2022