Belokamenka (ship)
Appearance
![]() Belokamenka in Roslyakovo (top right corner)
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History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator | Rosnefteflot |
Port of registry | Murmansk, Russia |
Builder | Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Chiba Works |
Laid down | 1978 |
Launched | 1980 |
Completed |
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Acquired | 1980 |
In service | 1980 |
Out of service | 2019 |
Identification | |
Fate | Scrapped 2019 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | DNV: 1A1 Ship-shaped Oil Storage Unit E0 |
Type | Floating Storage and Offloading |
Tonnage | |
Length | 340.5 m (1,117 ft) |
Beam | 65.05 m (213.4 ft) |
Draught | 23.233 m (76.22 ft) |
Belokamenka was a VLCC, latterly used as an FSO (Floating Storage and Offloading) vessel, located off Singapore, and prior to 2015, at Kola Bay near Murmansk. Belokamenka was scrapped in April 2019.
History
[edit]Belokamenka was originally built by Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Chiba Works, on 1980.[1] Its name was Berge Pioneer until 2004.
Technical features
[edit]Belokamenka has a length of 340 metres (1,120 ft) and width of 65 metres (213 ft).[2] It handled four million tonnes of crude oil per year, shipped in by small shuttle tankers from Arkhangelsk.[3]
Operator
[edit]Belokamenka was chartered by Rosnefteflot, a subsidiary of Rosneft, on a long-term basis. It was operated by the Oil Terminal "Belokamenka" L.L.C.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Belokamenka". Det Norske Veritas. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "Kolsky Bay tanker-terminal goes to work in Murmansk region". Pravda. 2004-03-03. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ Jorn Madslien (2006-11-09). "Big-dollar deals tempt Arctic firms". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
External links
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