MV Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey

The MV Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey is Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was solemnly sent off from the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey together with the MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey to Indonesia to supply electricity to the power grid. She has a generation capacity of 125 MW.[3]

Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey
Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey
History
 Liberia
Name:
  • KPS Gökhan Bey
  • HR Indication (2014–2016)
  • HHL Indication (2013–2014)
  • HR Indication (2011–2013)
  • Beluga Indication (2007–2011)
  • Nirint Iberia (2007)
  • Beluga Indication (2007)
  • Nirint Iberia (2006–2007)
  • Beluga Indication (2004–2006)
  • Cec Apollon (2000–2004)[1]
Owner: Karpowership
Operator: Karpowership
Builder: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Completed: 2000
Homeport: Monrovia
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Length: 162.10 m (531 ft 10 in) (LOA)
Beam: 20.40 m (66 ft 11 in)
Capacity: 125 MW generation (as Powership)

Cargo ship

The ship was built in 2000 as a general cargo carrier by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company in Dalian, Liaoning, China.[1] The 162.10 m (531 ft 10 in) long vessel has a beam of 20.40 m (66 ft 11 in). By 11,934 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of 11,130 GT.[2][1]

Powership

The Turkish company Karpowership purchased the general cargo ship. She was converted into a Powership at Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, and renamed MV Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey with a generation capacity of 120 MW. On November 13, 2016, the Powership sailed to Indonesia 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 Indonesia.[3]

Ship's registry
  • ex-MV HR Indication (2014–2016), owned by Hammonia Reederei, Hamburg, Germany
  • ex-MV HHL Indication (2013–2014)
  • ex-MV HR Indication (2011–2013)
  • ex-MV Beluga Indication (2007–2011)
  • ex-MV Nirint Iberia (2007)
  • ex-MV Beluga Indication (2007)
  • ex-MV Nirint Iberia (2006–2007)
  • ex-MV Beluga Indication (2004–2006)
  • ex-MV Cec Apollon (2000–2004)[1]

References
  1. "HR Indication – 9214563 – General Cargo". Marine Connector. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. "KPS Gokhan Bey". Marine Traffic. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  3. "Tuzla-Sedef Tersanesi gemi uğurlama töreni" (in Turkish). Ulaştırma Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanlığı. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
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