Flintersun 01

Westerschelde 18 October 2014

 

Name

FLINTERSUN

Previous names

2002 Launch as: Flintersun

2002 - 04.2011 UAL Texas

Type

General dry cargo ship - Container ship

IMO-number

9243746

Call sign

PBEN

Flag

The Netherlands

Port of registry

Groningen

GT

6.577 t

DWT

Summer: 9.122 t

Winter: 8.828 t

NT

2.881 t

Length

129,40 m overall

122,10 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

17,31 m

Draught

Summer: 7,21 m

Air draft

Max.: 39,00 m

Freeboard

2.695 mm

Depth

10,00 m

Built

2002

Keel laid

18.01.2002

Date of completion

13.03.2002

Builder

Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V.
Hoogezand
The Netherlands

Yard number

330

Hull material

Steel

Movable bulkhead

4

Main engine

1x Wärtsilä - 4 stroke 6 cylinder 475 x 380 mm diesel engine - 4.350 kW / 5.910 hp at 600 rpm

Built: 2001

Builder: Wärtsilä Nederland B.V., Zwolle - The Netherlands

Propelling system

1x Screw propeller controllable pitch

Boilers

1x CHO Gekakonus - 10,0 bar
1x CHR Gekakonus 62,00 m² / 10,0 bar

Electric installations

Power voltage: 400 V

Lighting voltage: 220 V

Frequency: 50 Hz

Shaft generator

1x 444 kVA - 355 kW

Generators

3x Main diesel generatorsets each 350 kVA - 280 kW - 510 hp

Emergency generator

1x Diesel generatorset 124 kVA - 99 kW - 169 hp

Number of holds

2

Total capacity of holds

Grain & bales: 7.496 m³ / 393.829 ft³

Strength

Tanktop: 20 t/m²

Hatch cover: 1,75 t/m²

Hatch type

Pontoon

Air changes

30 per hour

Cargo gear

2x Cranes - SWL 60 t combinable upto 120 t

Manager

Flinter Groningen B.V.
Groningen
The Netherlands

Owner

C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Flintersun II
Groningen
The Netherlands

Previous names & owners

03.2002 - 06.2002 Flintersun - Flintersun B.V., Groningen - The Netherlands

06.2002 - 02.2007 UAL Texas - Flintersun B.V., Groningen - The Netherlands

02.2007 - 04.2011 UAL Texas - C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Flintersun II, Groningen - The Netherlands

04.2011 - 01.2017 Flintersun - C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Flintersun II, Groningen - The Netherlands

Renamed

01.2017 Thorco Sun - The Netherlands, Groningen - Call sign: PBEN

Manager: Thorco Shipping A.S., Hellerup - Denmark

Owner: Sun Shipping B.V., Groningen - The Netherlands

Latest data adjustment

22 February 2017