MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan

*Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan*
	Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
History
Liberia
Name	KPS Osman Khan
Owner	Karpowership
Operator	Karpowership
Port of registry	Monrovia
Builder	Samsung Shipbuilding, Geoje, South Korea
Completed	2000
Identification	Call sign: ELXS8,; IMO number: 9189158,; MMSI number: 636011235 ;
General characteristics
Class and type	Special Service-Floating Power Plant ; formerly Bulk cargo ;
Tonnage	100,330 GT ; 184,744 DWT ;
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)

Last updated November 23, 2024

The MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is a Liberia-flagged floating power plant owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was launched from the Hat-San Shipyard in Altinova, Yalova, Turkey with a profound sense of gravity and pride, marking the beginning of its critical mission to supply electricity to the Ghana power grid.

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 Australia 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 Australia in Sydney, Australia.^[3]

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[fm-2] 1 2 "KPS Osman Khan". FleetMon. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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