MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan

Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
History
Liberia
NameKPS Osman Khan
OwnerKarpowership
OperatorKarpowership
Port of registryMonrovia[1]
BuilderSamsung Shipbuilding, Geoje, South Korea
Completed2000
Identification
General characteristics
Class and type
Tonnage
  • 100,330 GT
  • 184,744 DWT
Length299 m (981 ft 0 in) (LOA)
Beam50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Draught10.71 m (35.1 ft)
Speed8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (max),
6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) (avg)
Capacity470 MW generation (as Powership)

The MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is a Liberia-flagged floating power plant owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was launched from the Hat-San Shipyard in Altinova, Yalova, Turkey, marking the beginning of her mission to supply electricity to the Ghana power grid.

Cargo ship

The ship was built in 2000 as a bulk carrier by Samsung Shipbuilding in Geoje, South Korea.[3] The 299 m (981 ft 0 in) long vessel has a beam of 50 m (164 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in). By 184,744 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of 100,330 GT.[1][2][4] She has an average speed of 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) at max. 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph).[1]

The vessel was owned by the Australian company Teekay Shipping Australia in Sydney.[3]

Powership

The Turkish company Karadeniz Holding purchased the vessel MV Pacific Triangle at the end of 2014 for US$17 million from Teekay Shipping.[4] The bulk carrier was converted into a Powership with a generation capacity of 470 MW at Hat-San Shipyard in Altinova, Yalova. On November 13, 2016, the Powership, renamed MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan, sailed to Ghana in a ceremony attended by the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan and other officials. She was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in Ghana.[5] She is the world's biggest Powership[citation needed].

Ship's registry

  • ex-MV Pacific Triangle, Liberia-flagged, owned by Teekay Shipping Australia in Sydney, Australia.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "KPS Osman Khan". Marine Traffic. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "KPS Osman Khan". FleetMon. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Pacific Triangle – 9189158 – Bulk Carrier". Maritime Connector. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Karadeniz Holding, M/V PACIFIC TRIANGLE'yi satın alarak, enerji gemisine dönüştürecek". Deniz Haber (in Turkish). December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "Tuzla-Sedef Tersanesi gemi uğurlama töreni" (in Turkish). Ulaştırma Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanlığı. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.