Messina Strait 01

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Name

MESSINA STRAIT

Previous names

2004 launch as: Rio Tarkon

03.2004 - 10.2011 Carmel Bio Top

10.2011 - 01.2013 Cala Pira

Type

Refrigerated cargo ship

IMO-number

9267546

Call sign

PJMP

Flag

Netherlands Antilles - Curacao

Port of registry

Willemstad

Previous flags

03.2004 - 2005 Liberia, Monrovia

2005 - 05.2013 Bermuda / Hamilton - call sign: ZCDQ5

GT

18.931 t

DWT

Summer: 16.478 t

NT

8.827 t

Panama: 16.379 t

Suez: 17.807 t

Number of 20ft containers

630

Number of 40ft containers

270 + 74 TEU

Reefer plugs

192

Length

185,91 m overall

176,33 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

25,14 m

Draught

Summer: 9,30 m

Forecastle

3.799 mm

Freeboard

3.799 mm

Depth

13,40 m

Speed

21,0 knots

Built

2004

Keel laid

05.09.2001

Launch date

31.08.2003

Date of completion

15.03.2004

Builder

ENVC - Estaleiros Navais De Viana Do Castelo, S.A.
Viana do Castelo
Portugal

Yard number

214

Hull material

Steel

Watertight bulkheads

1

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x Sulzer-Wärtsilä 7RT-FLEX 60C - 2 stroke single acting 7 cylinder 600 x 2.250 mm diesel engine 16.550 kW / 22.486 bhp at 114,0 rpm

Builder: Wärtsilä Italia S.p.A.,Venice - Italy

Propellers

1x Screw propeller solid - aft at 114,0 rpm

Boilers

1x CHR 185,24 m² - 8,0 bar
1x CHO 185,00 m² - 8,0 bar

Generators

2x Main diesel generatorsets each 1.820 kVA - 1.456 kW - 1.386 hp

2x Main diesel generatorsets each 1.200 kVA - 960 kW - 2.079 hp

Emergency generator

1x Diesel generatorset 188 kVA - 150 kW - 272 hp

Bow thruster

1

Number of holds

3

Compartments

18

Hold capacity

460.498 ft³

Hold space

5.204,40 m²

Pallets

7.302

Temperature range

-30/+15 °C

Air circulations

45/90 hr

Air renewals

4 hr

Tank capacities

Fuel oil: 1.655,69 m³

Cargo gear

1x Sideloader - SWL 10,4 m

Manager

Seatrade Shipmanagement
Leonard Springerlaan 17
9727 KB Groningen
The Netherlands

Previous managers

03.2004 - 2005 Columbus Shipmanagement G.m.b.H., Hamburg - Germany

2005 - 05.2013 Furzehill Ltd., Haifa - Israel

Operator

Seatrade

Registered owner

Messina Strait Shipping Company N.V.

Previous names & owners

2004 Rio Tarkon

03.2004 - 2005 Carmel Bio Top

2005 - 10.2010 Carmel Bio Top - XT Management Ltd., Haifa - Israel

10.2010 - 05.2013 Cala Pira - XT Management Ltd., Haifa - Israel

Sister ships

Magellan Strait

Demolished

08.2007 at Bhavnagar - India

Latest data adjustment

11 November 2017