Sunday, August 10, 2014

KENTUCKY HIGHWAY calls at AUTOPORT

Vehicles carrier KENTUCKY HIGHWAY alongside at Autoport ,Eastern Passage on 8th August 2014.
Vessel type: Vehicles Carrier
Gross tonnage: 50,320 tons
Summer DWT: 15,576 tons
Length: 180 m
Beam: 32 m
Draught: 8 m
Build year: 1987
Builder (*): Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Yard
Marugame, Japan
Owner: Taiyo Nippon Kisen
Kobe, Japan
Manager: Taiyo Nippon Kisen
Kobe, Japan
IMO: 8616958
Flag: Panama
MMSI: 356793000
Callsign: 3FRJ7

Monday, August 4, 2014

USNS MEDGAR EVERS T-AKE 13 at Dockyard

USNS MEDGAR EVERS T-AKE-13 alongside at HMC Dockyard, Halifax, N.S. on 1 August 2014.
General characteristics:
Class & type: Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Displacement: 23,852 tons light,
40,298 tons full, 16,446 tons dead
Length: 210 m (689 ft) overall,
199.3 m (654 ft) waterline
Beam: 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
32.3 m (106 ft) waterline
Draft: 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
9.4 m (31 ft) limit
Installed power: FM/MAN B&W diesel generators
Propulsion: Integrated propulsion and 6.6 kV ship service electrical system
1 × fixed pitch propeller
1 × bow thruster
Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Capacity: Max dry cargo weight: 5,910 long tons (6,000 t)
Max dry cargo volume: 783,000 cu ft (22,200 m3)
Max cargo fuel weight:2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
Cargo fuel volume: 18,000 imp bbl (2,900 m3)
(DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Troops: 36 military, 13 for helicopter detachment
Complement: 36 military, 123 civilian
Crew: 126