MV City of St. Petersburg

City of St. Petersburg leaving Tyne
History
Name	City of St Petersburg
Owner	Fair Wind Navigation S.A.
Port of registry	Panama
Builder	Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation
Yard number	Shimonoseki 493
Completed	22 December 2010
Identification	BV reg no: 13256L Call sign: 3FIM5 IMO number:  9473456 MMSI number: 353083000 [1]
Status	Operational
General characteristics
Type	Car carrier
Tonnage	21,143  GT 6,342  NT 21,000  DWT
Length	139.99 m (459.3 ft) [1]
Beam	22.4 m (73 ft) [1]
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft)
Depth	24.45 m (80.2 ft)
Decks	12
Deck clearance	1,460 mm (57 in)
Installed power	7-cylinder two-stroke engine
Propulsion	Single shaft
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Capacity	2,000 vehicles

City of St. Petersburg is a roll-on/roll-off, pure car carrier cargo ship made for Nissan Motor Company Ltd, designed with a sleek semi-spherical prow to reduce wind resistance, thus saving 800 tons of fuel annually. ^[2]

See also

• Nichioh Maru , Nissan's domestic car carrier

References

1. "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel City of St Petersburg". VesselTracker. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
2. "Nissan Goes Toyota One Better With Cooler-Looking Cargo Ship (Video)". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

External links

 Media related to IMO 9473456 at Wikimedia Commons

• Nissan unveils the City of St. Petersburg; an eco-friendly Leaf transport ship