Name:
St James Park
Type: Chemical Tanker
Lenght: 292.00
m
Beam: 45.00
m
Depth: 24.70
m
Draft: 16.50
m
Deadweight: 13,924
m.t.
GT: 7,926
g.t.
NT: 4,736
n.t.
Year: 1993
Engine: MAN
B&W
Speed: 13.5
kn
St
James Park is the ship, which was highly discussed last days, due
to hijacking of Somali Pirates. The ship is chemical tanker with
deadweight of 13,924 metric tons and gross tonnage of 7,926 gross
tons. The ship is quite large for chemical tanker, carrying dangerous
cargoes from class B. The net tonnage of the chemical tanker is
4,736. The cargo vessel St James Park (or Saint James Park as it
is also known) has length of 132.00 meters and the beam is 20.50
meters. The depth of the ship is 8.80 meters and the draft, when
fully loaded can reach 7.90 meters. The ship is sailing under the
Great Britain’s flag for the company Zodiac Maritime Agencies
Ltd. The chemical tanker was built in 1993 and is sailing for the
company through all the years. The chemical tanker is carrying usually
manufacture of plastics and sailing
on voyages between Western Europe
and Asia. The ship has 30 cargo tanks divided into 3 groups –
10 central, 10 from starboard and 10 from port. Also there are 2
slop tanks for tank cleaning and storage of the dirty water. The
capacity of the cargo tanks is 16,207 cubic meters and the displacement
of the ship is 17,792 metric tons. The ship is quite modern built
according to the requirements of IMO and SOLAS for chemical tankers
built before 1993. The vessel has strong engine MAN B&W providing
enough power for the ship to reach 13.5 knots maximum speed. The
service speed of the ship under ballast is 13.0 knots. The fuel
consumption of the vessel with such speed is 13.00 metric tons heavy
fuel and 0.30 metric tons diesel oil per day.
The
chemical tankers are usually some of the most dangerous cargo ships
at all. They are carrying different chemicals, which can cause explosions,
air pollution or heavy water pollution. That is why the restrictions
for such vessels are very high. The ship St James Park is equipped
to carry all kind of cargoes, including the most dangerous chemicals.
Due to old age, usually such vessels are not carrying high dangerous
cargoes, but in all cases are carrying very expensive ones. This
is the main reason such cargo ships to be attacked by pirates often. date: 29th December, 2009
