Merwegas
Zeebrugge 09 August 2005

 

Name

MERWEGAS

Type

Liquefied Gas Tanker

IMO-number

8008280

Call sign

PJLA

Flag

Netherlands Antilles

GT

2.712 t registered

DWT

3.403 t

NT

813 registered

Length

82,56 m overall
75,00 m between perpendiculars

74,95 m registered

Breadth

14,10 m overall

14,00 m registered

Draught

Summer: 6,51 m

Forecastle

17,80 m

Depth

9,02 m moulded

Speed

Service: 13,5 knots

Built

1981

Keel laid

01.07.1980

Launch date

29.04.1981

Date of completion

07.1981

Builder

B.V. V/H Scheepswerven Gebr. Van Diepen
Waterhuizen 8
9609 PA Waterhuizen
The Netherlands

Yard number

1018

Hull type

Double bottom

Watertight bulkheads

5

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x Deutz SVB 6M 540 - 4 stroke single acting 6 cylinder 370 x 400 mm diesel engine - 1.839 kW / 2.500 bhp at 550 rpm

Year of manufacture: 1980

Manufacturer: Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG
51057 Köln
Federal Republic of Germany

Number of screws

1x Solid propeller (keyless) - aft at 179 rpm

Electric installations

1x Plant 450/220 V - 855 kVA

1x Plant 240 V - 7 kVA

Generators

3x Main diesel generatorsets each 285 kVA

Emergency generator

1x Diesel generatorset 7 kVA

Compressed air receivers

2x Receivers each 500 litres - 30,0 bar

1x Receiver 30 litres - 30,0 bar

1x Receiver 500 litres - 11,0 bar

Number of cargo tanks

2x Pressurised, refrigerated gas tanks

Cargo capacity

3.233 m³

Largest cargo tank

1.757 m³

Tank capacities

Fuel oil: 239 m³

Ballast water: 1.359 m³

Anchor equipment

3x Anchors weight each 2.100 kg

Chain length: 440,00 m

Lifting equipment

1x Crane - SWL 2,4 t

Management

B.V. Lusitania Lijn CPL

Owner

C.V. Zeerederij Merwegas
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Charter with

Unigas

Mutate

1991 Merwegas Shipping N.V.,
Sloman-Neptun Schiffahrts AG)
Willemstad
Netherlands Antilles

Renamed

22.10.2007 Athens Gas