Hiona 01
Westerschelde 18 October 2011
 

Name

HIONA

Previous names

2003 - 10/2005 Baltic Challenger

10/2005 - 04/2008 British Excellence

04/2008 - 07/2012 Hiona

Type

Crude Oil Tankers - Handymax

IMO-number

9260031

Call sign

SYNJ

Flag

Greece

Previous flags

2003 - 2008 Isle of Man

Port of registry

Chios

GT

23.240 t

DWT

Summer: 37.337,4 t

NT

10.110 t

Length

182,55 m overall

175,11 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

27,37 m extreme

Draught

10,85 m

Lightship air draft

39,28 m

Keel to mast air draft

45,81 m

Freeboard

5.514 mm

Depth

16,70 m moulded

Speed

14,0 knots

Built

2003

Keel laid

02.06.2003

Launch date

23.08.2003

Date of completion

29.10.2003

Builder

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd.
1381 Bangeo-Dong Dong-Ku
682-712 Ulsan
Republic of Korea

Yard number

0137

Hull material

Steel

Trans. bulkhead

9

Long. bulkheads

3

Main engine

1x MAN B. & W 6S50MC-C - 2 stroke single acting 6 cylinder diesel engine - 12.870 bhp at 127,0 rpm

Propeller

1x Fixed pitch propeller

Boilers

Auxiliary boiler, vertical shell type - Mission OL

Builder: Aalborg Industries A/S

Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas water tube EM12DD09A2
Builder: KangRim Industries. Co., Ltd.

Generators

3x 6H21/32 diesel generatorsets

Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Cargo capacity

41.392 m³

Number of tanks

12

Cargo separation

7

Cargo pumps

12x 5.100 t/h

Maximum heating cap.

66°C

Nb. of cargo manifolds

7

Manifolds

Manifold height above deck: 2,10 m

Distance bow to centre manifold: 91,80 m

Bunker capacity

1.132 t

Ballast capacity

18.916 m³

Anchor

Length: 594,00 m

Diameter: 66 mm

Manager

Newlead Shipping S.A.
83, Akti Miaouli & Flessa
185 38 Piraeus
Greece

Previous managers

2003 - 2005 Interorient Navigation Co. Ltd.
3, Thalias Street Omonia Area
3011 Limassol
Cyprus

2005 - 2008 BP Shipping Ltd
Building G Chertsey Road
TW16 7LN Sunbury On Thames
United Kingdom

Operator

Newlead Shipping S.A.

Registered owner

Challenger Enterprises Ltd.
80, Broad Street
Monrovia
Liberia

Previous owner

2003 - 2008 Maiden Over Ltd.
Whitely Chambers Don Street Jersey
ST. Helier
United Kingdom

Renamed

07/2012 Laima

Marshall Islands, Majuro - Call sign: V7BL2