MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey

The MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin 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 Gökhan Bey to Indonesia to supply electricity to the power grid.[3]

Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey
History
Name:
  • KPS Yasin Bey
  • HR Intonation (2011–2016)
  • Beluga Intonation (2007–2011)
  • Nirint Atlas (2007)
  • Beluga Intonation (2006–2007)
  • Nirint Atlas (2005–2006)
  • Beluga Intonation (2004–2005)
  • Nirint Atlas (2003–2004)
  • TMC Atlas (2002–2003)
  • Atlas (2002)
  • Industrial Atlas (2001–2002)
  • CEC Atlas (2000–2001)[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: 162.15 m (532 ft 0 in) (LOA)
Beam: 20.73 m (68 ft 0 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 162.15 m (532 ft 0 in) long vessel has a beam of 20.73 m (68 ft 0 in). By 11,872 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of 11,130 GT.[2]

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 Yasin Bey with a generation capacity of 125 MW.

On November 13, 2016, the Powership sailed to Ambon, 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 on Ambon for five years.[3]

References
  1. "HR Intonation – 9214551 – General Cargo". Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. "Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. "Tuzla-Sedef Tersanesi gemi uğurlama töreni" (in Turkish). Ulaştırma Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanlığı. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
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