Gaschem Tana 01
Zeebrugge 29 July 2008

 

Name

GASCHEM TANA

Previous names

Northern Bliss

1992 - 1999 Igloo Tana

1999 - 2004 Tana

2004 Gaschem Tana

Type

Liquefied gas tanker - LPG tanker

IMO-number

9010797

Call sign

DNBT

Flag

Germany

Port of registry

Hamburg

GT

7.083 t

DWT

Summer: 9.436 t

NT

2.137 t

Freeboard

3.315 mm

Length

126,26 m overall

122,02 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

17,80 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 8,62 m

Forecastle

15,21 m

Poop

27,60 m

Bow to bridge

98,24 m

Keel to masthead

40,00 m

Depth

11,90 m moulded

Speed

16,0 knots

Built

1992

Keel laid

21.08.1991

Launch date

29.08.1992

Date of completion

03.12.1992

Builder

Brand Werft GmbH & Co. KG
Werftweg 15
26135 Oldenburg
Federal Republic of Germany

Yard number

236

Hull material

Shipbuilding steel (higher tensile)

Hull type

Single hull
Partly double bottom

Watertight bulkheads

6

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x MAN 6 L 52/55 B - 4 stroke single acting 6 cylinder 520 x 550 mm diesel engine - 5.400 kW at 450 rpm

Year of manufacture: 1992

Manufacturer: MAN Diesel SE
Stadtbachstr. 1
86153 Augsburg
Federal Republic of Germany

Propeller

1x Controllable pitch propeller - aft at 130 rpm

Boilers

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

Heating surface: 39,0 m²

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

Heating surface: 128,0 m²

Year of manufacture: 1992

Manufacturer: Apparatebau Wiesloch GmbH
Wiesloch
Federal Republic of Germany

Electric installations

1x Plant 450/220 V - 2.745 kVA

1x Plant 450 V - 1.500 kVA

1x Plant 450 V - 105 kVA

Shaft generator

1x 1.500 kVA

Generators

3x Main diesel generatorsets each 915 kVA

Emergency generator

1x Diesel generatorset 105 kVA

Compressed air receivers

2x Receivers each 710 litres - 30,0 bar

1x Receiver 2.000 litres - 11,0 bar

1x Receiver 1.500 litres - 10,0 bar

Bow thruster

1x Fixed pitch propeller LIPS - 450 kW, forward

Number of cargo tanks

3

Cargo capacity

8.239 m³

Largest cargo tank

2.937 m³

Tank capacities

Ballast: 2.773 m³

Fuel oil: 771 m³

Lifting equipment

1x Crane - SWL 5,0 t

Anchor equipment

3x Anchors weight each 3.780 kg

Chain length: 522,50 m

Manager

NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG
Harburger Str. 47-51
21614 Buxtehude
Federal Republic of Germany

Operator

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

Owner

Partenreederei MS "NORTHERN BLISS"
Harburger Str. 4
21614 Buxtehude
Federal Republic of Germany