Hercules Highway - IMO 8612316

Name

HERCULES HIGHWAY

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off vehicles carrier

PCC - Pure Car Carrier

IMO-number

8612316

Call sign

JKOW

Flag

Japan

Port of registry

Kobe

GT

46.875

DWT

14.977 t

NT

14.062

Length

179,58 m overall

170,00 m between perpendiculars

173,60 m registered

Breadth

32,24 m over all

Draught

Summer: 9,22 m

Linemetres

5.200 m

Freeboard

Summer: 5.67 mm

Depth

14,86 m

Speed

18,5 knots

Built

1987

Keel laid

30/06/1986

Launch date

02/12/1986

Date of completion

13/02/1987

Builder

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

Numakuma

Japan

Yard number

594

Hull type

Single hull

Main engine

1x Mitsui/MAN-B&W 8L70MC - 2 stroke single acting 8 cylinder 600 x 2.292 mm combustion engine 10.297 kW at 102,0 rpm

Manufacturer: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Tamano Works

Number of screws

1

Boiler

1x Auxiliary vertical boiler - 7,9 bar

Evaporation:3,44 t/h

Manufacturer: Nishida Marine Boiler Co., Ltd.

Generators

4x Generatorsets total 2.914 kVA

Deck height

4,50 m

Ramp capacity

100 ton

Cargo capacity

Cars: 4.925

Trucks: 576

Lifting equipment

1x Crane - SWL 2,5 t

2x Cranes - SWL 3,0 t each

2x Cranes - SWL 4,0 t each

Tank capacities

Fuel oil: 2.555 m³

Fresh water: 437 m³

Water ballast: 7.348 m³

Manager

Taiyo Nippon Kisen

Kobe

Japan

Operator

K-Line - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Line

Registered owner

Taiyo Nippon Kisen Ltd.

Kobe

Japan

Scrapped

16/09/2016 beached at Alang - India

Latest data adjustment

13 May 2025