Histria Diamond

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History
NameHistria Diamond
Owner Histria Shipmanagement
Port of registry Flag of Malta.svg Valletta
Ordered1987
Builder Constanța Shipyard
Yard number411
Launched1989
Completed1989
In service1989
Identification
General characteristics
Class and type Oil tanker
Tonnage89,077  DWT
Length228.5 m (749 ft 8 in)
Beam43 m (141 ft 1 in)
Draft14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Depth19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
Installed power28,552 kW (38,289 hp)
Speed15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity101,803 m3 (640,320 bbl)

Histria Diamond is a chemical/oil products tanker owned by the Romanian shipping company Histria Shipmanagement and is registered in Valletta, Malta. [1] [2]

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History

Histria Diamond was built by the Constanța Shipyard in 2006 as a 89,077  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 Diamond is equipped with a double hull, one two-stroke acting diesel engine MAN B&W 6S50MC-C with a capacity of 20,951 kW (28,096 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 2,534 kW (3,398 hp) each. [2] The ship has 14 hydraulically driven centrifugal deepwell Framo cargo pumps, 10 pumps with a capacity of 1105 m3/hour, two pumps with a capacity of 442 m3 (117,000 US gal; 97,000 imp gal)/hour, one pump with a capacity of 221 m3 (58,000 US gal; 49,000 imp gal)/hour and one portable pump with a capacity of 332 m3 (88,000 US gal; 73,000 imp gal)/hour. [2]

The ship is equipped with five manifolds, a discharge capacity of 6,630 m3/hour, a cargo handling capacity of 8,288 m3 (2,189,000 US gal; 1,823,000 imp gal)/hour, one Liebherr hose-handling crane with a reach of 40 m (130 ft), an Alfa Lawal JWSP-26-C100 freshwater conversion plant with a capacity of 100 m3 (26,000 US gal; 22,000 imp gal)/day and a Jowa Bio STP3 sewage-treatment plant capable of sustaining 100 people. [2] The ship has ten cargo tanks, two tanks with a capacity of 7,846 m3 (49,350 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 10,820 m3 (68,100 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 11,271 m3 (70,890 bbl) and two slop tanks with a capacity of 2,210 m3 (13,900 bbl). [2]

References

  1. "Histria Diamond ship". Histria Shipmanagement. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "SNC livrează patru tancuri chimice de 41.000 tdw în acest an" (in Romanian). Cuget Liber. 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-09.