MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey

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:	Karadeniz Powership Co., Istanbul, Turkey
Operator:	Karadeniz Powership Co.,
Builder:	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Completed:	2000
Homeport:	Monrovia
Identification:	Call sign: D5BY8, IMO number: 9214551, MMSI number: 636092418[2]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Special Service-Floating Power Plant formerly Bulk cargo
Tonnage:	11,130 GT 11,872 DWT
Length:	162.15 m (532 ft 0 in) (LOA)
Beam:	20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Capacity:	120 MW generation (as powership)

The MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey is Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Karadeniz Powership Co. 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]

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 Karadeniz Powership 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 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 Intonation (2011–2015), owned by Hammonia Reederei, Hamburg, Germany
• ex-MV Beluga Intonation (2007–2011)
• ex-MV Nirint Atlas (2007)
• ex-MV Beluga Intonation (2006–2007)
• ex-MV Nirint Atlas (2005–2006)
• ex-MV Beluga Intonation (2004–2005)
• ex-MV Nirint Atlas (2003–2004)
• ex-MV TMC Atlas (2002–2003)
• ex-MV Atlas (2002)
• ex-MV Industrial Atlas (2001–2002)
• ex-MV CEC Atlas (2000–2001)^[1]

References

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