BBC Rio Grande 02

Westerschelde 09 April 2020

 

BBC Rio Grande 01
Westerschelde 09/04/20

 

 

 

 

Name

BBC RIO GRANDE

Previous names

2008 Build as: Beluga Gravitation

09/2008 - 12/2011 BBC Rio Grande

12/2011 - 10/2012 Gabrielle Scab

10/2012 - 2016 Clipper Macau

Type

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

Tweendecker

IMO-number

9368326

Call sign

V2DM3

Flag

Antigua & Barbuda

Port of registry

St. John’s

GT

11.864 t

DWT

Summer: 17.110 t

NT

5.650 t

Number of 20ft containers

On deck: 516

Under deck: 446

Total: 962

Number of 40ft containers

On deck: 227 + 58 TEU

Under deck: 446 + 42 TEU

Total: 429 + 100 TEU

Container capacity 14t

661

Reefer plugs

60 on deck

Length

142,81 m overall

133,36 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

21,75 m extreme

21,50 m moulded

Draught

Max: 9,69 m

Height above keel

40,90 m

Depth

13,30 m to main deck

Speed

Max: 15,0 knots

Built

2008

Keel laid

10/03/2008

Launch date

18/05/2008

Date of completion

15/07/2008

Builder

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd.

Shanghai

China

Yard number

H1394A

Hull material

Steel

Main engine

1x Wärtsilä 8L46B - 4 stroke 8 cylinder combustion engine 7.800 kW

Propellers

1x Controllable pitch propeller

Boilers

1x Thermal oil heater, oil fired

1x Auxiliary boiler, composite

Shaft generator

1x Leroy Somer 800 kW / 1.040 kVA

Generators

3x Mitsubishi S6R2-MPTKF main diesel generatorsets each 450 kW

Emergency generator

1x Mitsubishi 6D24TC diesel generatorset

Bow thruster

1x Brunvoll 750 kW

Number of holds

2x Box-shaped double skinned

Hold 1: 35,86 x 17,75 x 13,36 m

Hold 2: 52,16 x 17,75 x 13,36 m

Cargo hold capacity

Total cargo capacity without tweendeck grain/bale: 700.220 ft³
Hold 1 without tweendeck: 266.471 ft³
Hold 2 without tweendeck: 433.729 ft³
Tweendeck volume: 46.509 ft³ / 1.317m³

Hold ventilation

Electrical ventilation - 20 air changes per hour (based on empty holds)

Floor space

Under deck: 2.926 m² / 31.495 ft²

On deck: 1.562 m² / 16.813 ft²

Max permitted loads

Tanktop: 20,0 t/m²

Tweendeck: 4,0 t/m²

Hatchcovers: 1,75 t/m²

Tank capacities

IFO: 1.398 m³

Diesel oil: 206,8 m³

Fresh Water: 287 m³

Water Ballast: 5.418 m³

Anchor equipment

Length: 577,50 m

Diameter: 58 mm

Cargo gear

3x Liebherr cranes situated portside - SWL 60 t each

SWL 120 t combined

Crew size

25

Operator

BBC Chartering GmbH

Hafenstr. 10B

26789 Leer

Germany

Registered owner

Anita Kai Freese

An der Werft 4

21680 Stade

Germany

Latest data adjustment

17 June 2020