Histria Ivory

History
Name	Histria Ivory
Owner	Histria Shipmanagement
Port of registry	Valletta,   Malta
Ordered	2005
Builder	Constanța Shipyard
Yard number	571
Launched	2006
Completed	2006
In service	2006
Identification	IMO number:  9356244 MMSI number: 256286000 Callsign: 9HQK8
General characteristics
Class and type	Oil tanker
Tonnage	25,804  GT 40,450  DWT
Length	179.93 m (590 ft 4 in)
Beam	32.2 m (105 ft 8 in)
Draft	11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Depth	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Installed power	12,360 kW (16,580 hp)
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	47,803 m3 (1,688,100 cu ft)

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

History

Histria Ivory was built by the Constanța Shipyard in 2006 as a 40,450  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 Ivory is equipped with a double hull, one two-stroke acting diesel engine MAN B&W 6S50MC-C with a capacity of 9,480 kW (12,710 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 960 kW (1,290 hp) each. ^[2] The ship has 14 hydraulically driven centrifugal deepwell Framo cargo pumps, 10 pumps with a capacity of 500 m³ (18,000 cu ft) per hour, two pumps with a capacity of 200 m³ (7,100 cu ft) per hour, one pump with a capacity of 100 m³ (3,500 cu ft)per hour and one portable pump with a capacity of 150 m³ (5,300 cu ft) per hour. ^[2]

The ship is equipped with five manifolds, a discharge capacity of 3,000 m³ (110,000 cu ft) per hour, a cargo handling capacity of 3,750 m³ (132,000 cu ft) per hour, one Liebherr hose-handling crane with a reach of 22 m (72 ft), an Alfa Lawal JWSP-26-C100 freshwater conversion plant with a capacity of 30 m³ (1,100 cu ft) per day and a Jowa Bio STP3 sewage-treatment plant capable of sustaining 34 people. ^[2] The ship has ten cargo tanks, two tanks with a capacity of 3,550 m³ (125,000 cu ft), four tanks with a capacity of 4,900 m³ (170,000 cu ft), four tanks with a capacity of 5,100 m³ (180,000 cu ft) and two slop tanks with a capacity of 1,000 m³ (35,000 cu ft). ^[2]

References

1. "Histria Ivory ship". Histria Shipmanagement. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
2. "Nava ?Histria Ivory? a primit botezul" (in Romanian). Cuget Liber. 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2009-02-09.