Histria Azure
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Name | Histria Azure |
Owner | Histria Shipmanagement |
Port of registry | Majuro, ![]() |
Ordered | 2005 |
Builder | Constanța Shipyard |
Yard number | 576 |
Launched | 13 April 2007 |
Completed | 2007 |
In service | 2007 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oil tanker |
Tonnage | 40,439 DWT |
Length | 179.95 m (590.4 ft) |
Beam | 32.2 m (106 ft) |
Draft | 11 m (36 ft) |
Depth | 16.5 m (54 ft) |
Installed power | 12,360 kW (16,580 hp) |
Speed | 15 kn (17 mph) |
Capacity | 47,803 m3 |
Crew | Romanian |
Histria Azure is a Chemical/Oil Products Tanker owned by the Romanian shipping company Histria Shipmanagement and is registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands.[1][2]
History[]
Histria Azure was built by the Constanța Shipyard in 2008 as a 40,439 DWT ship used for the transportation of oil and oil products and chemical products.[2] The ship is chartered by the Italian oil and natural gas company Eni.[2]
Technical description[]
The Histria Azure is equipped with a double hull, one two-stroke acting diesel engine MAN B&W 6S50MC-C with a capacity of 9,480 kW (12,710 hp) directly acting on the propeller shaft and a four-bladed fixed propeller built by Wärtsilä Propulsion Netherlands.[2] It also has another three auxiliary MAN B&W 6L23/30H diesel engines with a capacity of 960 kW (1,290 hp) each.[2] The ship has 14 hydraulically driven centrifugal deepwell Framo cargo pumps, 10 pumps with a capacity of 500 m3/hour, two pumps with a capacity of 200 m3/hour, one pump with a capacity of 100 m3/hour and one portable pump with a capacity of 150 m3/hour.[2]
The ship is equipped with five manifolds, a discharge capacity of 3,000 m3/hour, a cargo handling capacity of 3,750 m3/hour, one Liebherr hose-handling crane with a reach of 22 m (72 ft), an Alfa Lawal JWSP-26-C100 freshwater conversion plant with a capacity of 30 m3/day and a Jowa Bio STP3 sewage-treatment plant capable of sustaining 34 people.[2] The ship has ten cargo tanks, two tanks with a capacity of 3,550 m3, four tanks with a capacity of 4,900 m3, four tanks with a capacity of 5,100 m3 and two slop tanks with a capacity of 1,000 m3.[2]
References[]
- Ships built in Romania
- 2007 ships
- Merchant ships of Romania