MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
The MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is a Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was solemnly sent off from the Hat-San Shipyard in Altinova, Yalova, Turkey to Ghana to supply electricity to the power grid.
 Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Liberia | |
| Name | KPS Osman Khan |
| Owner | Karpowership |
| Operator | Karpowership |
| Port of registry | Monrovia[1] |
| Builder | Samsung Shipbuilding, Geoje, South Korea |
| Completed | 2000 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 299 m (981 ft 0 in) (LOA) |
| Beam | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 10.71 m (35.1 ft) |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (max), 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) (avg) |
| Capacity | 470 MW generation (as Powership) |
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 Aıstralia in Sydney.[3]
Powership
The Turkish company Karadeniz Holding purchased the vessel MV Pacific Triangle end 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 world's biggest Powership.
Ship's registry
- ex-MV Pacific Triangle, Liberia-flagged, owned by Teekay Shipping Aıstralia in Sydney, Australia.[3]
References
- "KPS Osman Khan". Marine Traffic. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- "KPS Osman Khan". FleetMon. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- "Pacific Triangle – 9189158 – Bulk Carrier". Maritime Connector. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- "Karadeniz Holding, M/V PACIFIC TRIANGLE'yi satın alarak, enerji gemisine dönüştürecek". Deniz Haber (in Turkish). December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- "Tuzla-Sedef Tersanesi gemi uğurlama töreni" (in Turkish). Ulaştırma Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanlığı. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.