BBC Pearl 01

Westerschelde 29 October 2016

 
BBC Pearl 02
WS 29/10/16
 

Name

BBC PEARL

Previous names

2012 Launch as: North Sea Carrier

Type

Multi-purpose dry cargo ship - Equipped for carriage of containers -Strengthened for heavy cargo - Heavylifter

Premium project carrier vessel - Tweendecker

IMO-number

9504786

Call sign

V2FY8

Flag

Antigua & Barbuda

Port of registry

St. John's

GT

12.838

DWT

Summer: 14.418 t

NT

5.968

Number of 20ft containers

In hold: 372

On deck: 486

Total: 958

Number of 40ft containers

In hold: 166 +40 TEU

On deck: 262 + 62 TEU

Total: 428 + 102 TEU

Container capacity 14t

683

Reefer plugs

28 reefer plugs on deck

Length

153,44 m overall

146,35 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

23,46 m extreme

23,20 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 9,10 m

Height above keel

40,85 m

Depth

11,95 m to main deck

Speed

Service: 17,5 knots

Economic: 14,0 knots

Built

2012

Keel laid

16/09/2008

Launch date

20/03/2012

Date of completion

20/09/2012

Builder

Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Rui Chang

China

Yard number

JZ1036

Hull material

Steel

Main engine

1x STX/MAN-B&W 6S46MC-C8 - 6 cylinder combustion engine 8.280 kW / 11.257 hp

Propellers

1x Fixed propeller

5 Blades

Boilers

1x Thermal oil heater, oil fired - TOH1000H40-W

1x Thermal oil heater, exhaust heated - EGH850V40-DF

Generators

1x MAN 8L23/30H main diesel generatorset 1.056 kW

2x MAN 6L23/30H main diesel generatorsets each 792 kW

Emergency generator

1x MAN D2876 LE201 diesel generatorset 330 kW - 400 Volt at 1.800 rpm

Number of holds

2

Hold 1: 12,74 x 18,98 m

Hold 2: 77,23 x 18,98 m

Cargo hold capacity

19.680 m³ / 694.993 ft³

Number of hatches

2

Tweendeck No. 1: 12,75 x 19,00 m

Tweendeck No. 2: 77,25 x 19,00 m

Hatch cover type

Pontoon

Floor space under deck

Under deck: 2.986 m² / 32.141 ft²

On deck: 1.891 m² / 20.354 ft²

Deck strengths

15,00 t on tanktop

2,50 t on tweendeck Hold 1

5,00 t on tweendeck Hold 2 (lower position)

2,50 t on tweendeck Hold 2 (upper position)

5,00 t on hatchcovers

Tank capacities

Ballast water: 6.331,5 m³

HFO: 1.204,7 m³

Marine diesel oil; 266,80 m³

Fresh water: 89,00 m³

Anchor equipment

Length: 577,50

Diameter: 58 mm

Cargo gear

2x NMF deck cranes situated portside - each SWL 400 t

800 t capacity combined

1x NMF deck crane situated starboard side - SWL 80 t

ISM & commercial manager

Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co KG

Hafenstrasse 12

26789, Leer

Germany

Operator

BBC Chartering GmbH

Hafenstr. 10B

26789 Leer

Germany

Registered owner

Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "PEARL"

c/o Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co KG

Hafenstrasse 12

26789, Leer

Germany

Latest data adjustment

06 February 2026