Beluga Fraternity

BBC California on the Hudson River in 2015
History
Name	BBC California (2011–) [1] Fraternity (2011) Beluga Fraternity (2008–2011)
Operator	Beluga Shipping GmbH [2]
Port of registry	St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda [2]
Builder	CSC Jiangdong Shipyard, Wuhu, People's Republic of China [2]
Yard number	JD12000-8 [2]
Laid down	28 April 2007 [2]
Launched	18 August 2007 [2]
Completed	28 February 2008 [2]
Identification	IMO number:  9402055 Call sign: V2DD6 [2] MMSI number: 305177000 [1]
Status	In service [1]
General characteristics [2]
Type	General cargo ship
Tonnage	9,611  GT 4,260  NT 12,672  DWT
Length	138.05 m (452 ft 11 in)
Beam	21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draft	8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
Depth	11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
Ice class	GL E3
Installed power	Caterpillar 6M43C (5,400 kW)
Propulsion	Single shaft; controllable-pitch propeller Bow thruster (500 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	665  TEU

BBC California, before 2011 known as Beluga Fraternity and briefly Fraternity, is a German general cargo ship owned by Beluga Shipping. In 2009 she and her sister ship, Beluga Foresight, transited the Northern Sea Route while carrying power plant components from Ulsan, South Korea, to the Russian port of Vladivostok. ^[3] The voyage was widely covered and sometimes incorrectly said to be the first time when non-Russian ships make the transit. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} In 1997, a Finnish oil tanker, Uikku, sailed the length of the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to the Bering Strait, becoming the first Western ship to complete the voyage. ^[3]

References

1. "BBC California (9402055)" . Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy . Retrieved 2012-04-17.
2. "BBC California (112438)". Vessel Register for DNV. Germanischer Lloyd . Retrieved 2012-04-17.
3. Andrew Revkin (2009-09-04). "Commercial Arctic Passage Nearing Goal". The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-09-05.
4. Andrew Revkin (2009-07-28). "Era of Trans-Arctic Shipping Nigh". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
5. "Derretimiento de los hielos en el Artico abre codiciada ruta marítima" [Melting ice in the Arctic seaway opens coveted: Two German freighters that traveled from South Korea to Siberia, managed to cross the mythical Northeast Passage, along the Russian coast]. Latercera. 2009-09-15. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
6. "Første skip gjennom Nordøstpassasjen" [The first ship through the Northwest Passage]. NRK. 2009-09-12. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
7. "Gemilerin rotasını değiştiren gelişme" [Development that changes the course of the vessels]. Sütun. 2010-12-17. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2011-12-28.