Antwerpen 18 January 2014 |
Name |
BBC ALABAMA |
Previous names |
2007 launch as: Western Voyager |
Type |
Multi-purpose dry cargo ship - Equipped for carriage of containers - Strengthened for heavy cargo Multi-purpose Heavylifter |
IMO-number |
9384318 |
Call sign |
V2CP3 |
Flag |
Antigua & Barbuda |
Port of registry |
St. John's |
GT |
9.618 t |
DWT |
Summer: 12.732 t |
NT |
4.260 m |
Number of 20ft containers |
665 |
Container capacity 14t |
528 |
Reefer points |
50 reefer plugs on deck |
Length |
138,50 m overall 130,71 m registered |
Breadth |
21,00 m moulded |
Draught |
Max.: 8,00 m |
Height above keel |
40,09 m |
Forecastle |
9,96 m |
Poop |
12,60 m |
Depth to main deck |
11,00 m moulded |
Speed |
Max.: 15,0 knots |
Built |
2007 |
Keel laid |
06.01.2007 |
Launch date |
03.05.2007 |
Date of completion |
17.12.2007 |
Builder |
CSC Jiangdong Shipyard |
Yard number |
JD12000-9 |
Hull material |
Shipbuilding steel (standard) Higher tensile steel |
Hull type |
Double bottom, continuous from peak to peak bulkhead |
Watertight bulkheads |
5 |
Continuous decks |
1 |
Main engine |
1x MAK 6M43C - 4 stroke 6 cylinder 430 x 610 mm diesel engine - 5.400 kW at 500 rpm Year of manufacture: 2007 Manufacturer: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG |
Propellers |
1x Controllable pitch propeller - aft at 132 rpm |
Boilers |
Thermal oil heater, oil fired - 10,0 bar Heating surface: 39,0 m² Year of manufacture: 2007 Manufacturer: Alfa Laval Aalborg A/S Thermal oil heater, exhaust gas heated - 10,0 bar Heating surface: 88,6 m² Year of manufacture: 2007 Manufacturer: TUBE-TEC Rohrverformungstechnik GmbH |
Electric installations |
3x Plants each 400 V - 637 kVA 1x Plant 400 V with 124 kVA 2x Plants each 24 V - 80 Ah 2x Plants each 24 V - 120 Ah 2x Plants each 24 V - 135 Ah 2x Plants each 24 V - 200 Ah 2x Plants each 24 V - 200 Ah |
Generators |
3x Main diesel generatorsets each 637 kVA |
Emergency generator |
1x Diesel generatorset 124 kVA |
Batteries |
2x Batteries for UPS lighting each 200 Ah 2x Batteries for UPS navigation each 200 Ah 2x Batteries for UPS radio each 135 Ah 2x Batteries for diesel control each 120 Ah 2x Batteries for start emergency engine each 80 Ah |
Compressed air receivers |
2x Receivers each 1.000 litres - 33,0 bar 1x Receiver 40 litres - 33,0 bar 1x Receiver 250 litres - 11,0 bar 1x Receiver 1.000 litres - 10,0 bar |
Bow thruster |
1x Transverse thruster 500 kW, forward |
Cargo hold capacity |
15.952 m³ / 563.340 ft³ |
Floor space under deck |
2.810 m² / 30.247 ft² |
Deck strengths |
On tanktop: 16,0 t/m² 2,5 t/m² on tweendeck in hold 1 and hold 2 (upper position) 4,0 t/m² on tweendeck in hold 2 (middle and lower position) and hold 3 Hatchcovers: 1,75 t/m² |
Anchor equipment |
3x Anchors weight each 4.590 kg |
Cargo gear |
2x NMF cranes situated portside SWL 150 t capacity each / 300 t capacity combined |
Crew size |
20 |
Manager |
W. Bockstiegel Reederei GmbH & Co. KG |
Operator |
BBC Chartering GmbH |
Registered owner |
W. Bockstiegel GmbH & Co. Reederei KG MS "BBC ALABAMA" |
Renamed |
07.2017 Pia Antigua & Barbuda, St. John’s - Call sign: V2CP3 Owner: Krey Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. MS "PIA" KG Manager: Krey Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG |
Latest data adjustment |
15 November 2017 |