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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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Operator |
GasChem Services GmbH & Co. KG |
Owner |
Kommanditgesellschaft MT "RHEINGAS" Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co Elsfleth |
Registered owner |
KG MT "RHEINGAS" Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. |