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Rheingas 05
Zeebrugge 28 November 2011

 

Name

RHEINGAS

Type

Liquefied gas tanker

IMO-number

9007099

Call sign

ELVM7

Flag

Republic of Liberia

Port of registry

Monrovia

GT

4.200 t registered

DWT

Summer: 4.998 t

NT

1.260 t registered

Length

99,97 m overall

92,67 m registered

Breadth

15,93 m extreme

Draught

6,692 m

Forecastle

9,22 m

Freeboard

2.320 mm

Depth

9,00 m moulded

Speed

14,00 knots

Built

1992

Keel laid

11.03.1991

Launch date

06.11.1991

Date of completion

03.1992

Builder

Scheepswerf Pattje B.V.
Waterhuizen 7
9609 PA Hoogezand
The Netherlands

Yard number

381

Hull material

Shipbuilding steel (standard)

Hull type

Double bottom

Watertight bulkheads

5

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x Krupp MaK 9 M 453 C - 4 Stroke 9 cylinder 320 x 420 mm diesel engine - 3.000 kW at 600 rpm

Year of manufacture: 1991

Manufacturer: Krupp Mak Maschinenbau GmbH
Falckensteiner Str. 2
24159 Kiel
Federal Republic of Germany

Propeller

1x Controllable pitch propeller, aft at 203 rpm

Boilers

1x Thermal oil heater, oil fired - 10,0 bar

Heating surface: 26,5 m²

1x Thermal oil heater, exhaust gas heated - 10,0 bar

Heating surface: 96,0 m²

Year of manufacture: 1991

Manufacturer: Konus-Kessel Ges. f. Wärmetechnik mbH
Robert Bosch-Str. 3 - 5
68723 Schwetzingen
Federal Republic of Germany

Electric installations

2x Plant 440/220 V - 894 kVA

1x Plant 440 V - 1.500 kVA

1x Plant 440 V - 81 kVA

Shaft generator

1x Shaft driven generator 1.500 kVA / 1.200 kW, 440/220 V, 60 Hz

Generators

2x Caterpillar 3508 DI-TA engines each 760 kW at 1.800 rpm electric output 894 kVA, 440/220 V, 60 Hz each

Emergency generator

1x Caterpillar 3304 DI-NA engine 74 kW at 1.800 rpm electrical output 82 kVA, 440/220 V, 60 Hz

Compressed air receiver

2x Receivers each 250 litres - 30,0 bar

1x Receiver 1.000 litres - 8,0 bar

Bow thruster

1x Transverse thruster JASTRAM - 220 kW, forward

Number of cargo tanks

2

Cargo capacity

98%:

Tank 1: 1.288,50 m³

Tank 2: 2.866,42

Total: 4.154,92 m³

100%:

Tank 1: 1.314,80 m³

Tank 2: 2.924,91 m³

Total: 4.239,71 m³

Min temperature

-104°C

Max. specific gravity

972 kg/m³

Max. tank pressure

4,7 bar

Cargo compressor

3

Pumps

3x Deepwell 150 m³/h

Builder: Svanehøj A/S

2x Vertical centrifugal booster pumps 260 m³/h

Builder: Svanehøj A/S

Water ballast

1.404 m³

Anchor equipment

3x Anchors weight each 2.640 kg

Chain length: 467,50 m

Crew

16

Manager

Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd.
Columbia House Dodekanison Street
4043 Limassol
Republic of Cyprus

Operator

GasChem Services GmbH & Co. KG
Am Sandtorkai 41
20457 Hamburg
Germany

Owner

Kommanditgesellschaft MT "RHEINGAS" Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co Elsfleth
Germany

Registered owner

KG MT "RHEINGAS" Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co.
Rathausplatz 7
26931 Elsfleth
Federal Republic of Germany