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BW Orion IMO 9719501 01

Westerschelde 21 August 2019

 

Name

BW ORION

Type

VLGC - Very Large Gas Carrier - Liquefied gas carrier LPG

IMO-number

9719501

Call sign

2IUA8

Flag

Isle of Man - United Kingdom

Port of registry

Douglas

GT

47.342 t

Suez: 50.476,37 t

DWT

Summer: 54.561

NT

18.644 t

Suez: 44.505,69 t

Length

225,17 m overall

220,23 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

36,63 m extreme

Draught

Max: 12,02 m

Keel to highest point

49,73 m (without tilting)

48,02 m (with tilting)

Freeboard

6.646 mm

Depth

22,20 m

Speed

Loaded: 13,0 knots

Ballast: 14,0 knots

Max: 16,7 knots

Built

2015

Keel laid

20/04/2015

Launch date

18/07/2015

Date of completion

15/10/2015

Builder

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Ulsan

South Korea

Yard number

2724

Hull material

Steel

Main engine

1x Hyundai/MAN-B&W 6G60ME-C9-LGIP - 6 cylinder 12.400 kW / 16.622 hp at 92,2 rpm

Propellers

1x Fixed propeller

Manufacturer: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Boilers

1x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas heated (Exhaust gas economizer) Aalborg XW

1x Auxiliary boiler, oil/gas fired Aalborg OS-Tci

Manufacturer: Alfa Laval Aalborg A/S

Generators

3x Hyundai-Himsen 6H21/32 - 4 stroke 6 cylinder 210 x 320 mm combustion engines each 1.250 kW at 900 rpm connected with generators each 1.200 kW

Manufacturer: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Emergency generator

1x Doosan AD/L 086 diesel generatorset

Manufacturer: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.

Number of cargo tanks

4

Cargo tank capacity

100% - 98%

Tank 1: 18.038,207 m³ - 17.677,443 m³

Tank 2: 22.583,527 m³ - 22.131,856 m³

Tank 3: 22.592,128 m³ - 22.140,285 m³

Tank 4: 20.981,664 m³ - 20.562,030 m³

Total: 84.195,526 m³ - 82.511,614 m³

Number of pumps

8x Wärtsilä Svaneho cargo pumps each 600 m³/h - 2x Pumps in each cargo tank

2x Wärtsilä Svaneho booster pumps each 600 m³/h

Manifolds

Distance from cargo manifold to bow: 111,41 m

Distance from manifold to stern: 113,75 m

Height cargo manifold above main deck: 2,11 m

Height cargo manifold above waterline when in ballast: 17,41 m

Distance from shipside to manifold flange: 4,25 m

Distance between loading and vapour return connections : 2,25 m

Tank working pressure

Max pressure: 0,400 barg (harbour) / 0,275 barg (sea)

Min Pressure: -0,05 bar

Min m temperature acceptable in tanks: -50°C

Tank capacities

HFO: 2.112,0 m³ - 95%

LSFO: 150,0 m³ - 95%

Gas oil: 270,1 m³ - 95%

Ballast: 20.205,8 m³ - 100%

Anchor equipment

Length: 687,50 m

Diameter: 84 mm

Lifting equipment

2x Electro hydraulic cranes

1x Electro hydraulic crane- SWL 10,0 t

Crew size

27

Manager

BW Fleet Management AS

Professor Kohts vei 5

1366 Lysaker

Norway

Registered owner

BW Constellation I Pte. Ltd.

Latest data adjustment

21 April 2021