KEPCO to use larger vessel for shipments
NYK and the Kansai Electric Power Co. have agreed to change a bulk carrier currently being used for KEPCO shipments — i.e. Maizuru Bishamon (deadweight tonnage: 88,000 tons) — to a larger vessel, Sunrise Salute (deadweight tonnage: 95,708 tons), which was delivered in December 2012, said in the company's press release.
This change is scheduled to take place in April 2013, and the port of registry is planned to change to the port of Maizuru, Japan, this autumn. This vessel change is expected to improve the transportation efficiency of the coal being shipped to KEPCO’s Maizuru Power Plant by providing an optimal vessel shape.
About Sunrise Salute
Length overall: 234.09 meters
Breadth: 38.00 meters
Designed draft: 14.468 meters
Gross tonnage: 50,626 tons
Deadweight tonnage: 95,708 tons
Builder: Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Current Flag: Panama
