Happy River IMO 9139294 02
Westerschelde 29 August 2015
 

Name

HAPPY RIVER

Type

Multi-Purpose heavy lift carrier - Equipped for carriage of containers

IMO-number

9139294

Call sign

PCAW

Flag

The Netherlands

Port of registry

Amsterdam

GT

10.990

DWT

Summer: 15.634 t

NT

5.041

Panama: 9.255

Number of 20ft containers

In hold: 346

On deck: 695

1.041

Container capacity 14t

477

Length

138,04 m overall

127,90 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

22,88 m moulded

23,19 m extreme

Draught

Summer: 9,50 m

Keel to mast air draft

42,50 m

Freeboard

3.468 mm

Depth

12,95 m moulded

Speed

Service: 16,4 knots

Build

1997

Keel laid

06/06/1996

Launch date

10/01/1997

Delivery date

02/05/1997

Builder

Merwede Shipyard B.V.,

Hardinxveld-Giessendam

The Netherlands

Yard number

671

Hull material

Steel

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x Wärtsilä 9R46 - 4 stroke single acting 9 cylinder 460 x 580 mm combustion engine 8.775 kW / 11.923 hp at 500 rpm

Manufacturer: Wärtsilä Finland Oy, Turku (Åbo) - Finland

Propellers

1x Lips controllable pitch propeller - aft at 129 rpm

Boilers

1x CHR Wiesloch BV 172,00 m² / 7,00 bar

1x CHF Wiesloch BV 34,70 m² / 10;00 bar

Shaft generator

1x 1.000 ekW

Generators

3x 4 stroke main diesel engines connected with 3 generatorsets total 1.350 ekW / 1.687 kVA - 450 Volt 60 Hz

Emergency generator

1x diesel generatorset 563 kVA - 450 kW - 625 hp

Bow thruster

1x Lips tunnel thruster 850 kW, forward

Number of holds

1

Cargo hold capacity

Grain/Bale: 17.863 m³

16.338 m³ if tween deck installed

Number of hatches

1

Weather deck: 91,00 x 17,70 m

Tween deck: 87,50 x 17,60 m

Floor space

Weather deck: 2.450 m²

Tween deck: 1.252 m²

Tanktop: 1.386 m²

Max permitted loads

Weather deck hatch cover: 4,0 t/m²

With pillars: 12,5 t/m²

Tween deck hatch cover: 3,5 t/m²

With pillars: 10,5 t/m²

Tanktop: 20,0 t/m²

Tank capacities

Fuel oil: 1.624,85 m³

Cargo gear

2x Huisman cranes - SWL 400 t each

Situated on starboard side

Manager

Spliethoff's Bevrachtingskantoor B.V.

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Operator

BigLift Shipping BV

Radarweg 36

1042 AA, Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Registered owner

Rederij Happy River

Spliethoff's Bevrachtingskantoor BV

Radarweg 36

1042 AA, Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Previous owners

05/1997 - 08/2012 C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Happy River, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Latest data adjustment

03 January 2026