NEMEMCHA - Alger, Algeria       Call sign - 7THT     IMO number - 7708194     Owner - SNTM & CNAN, Algeria Location - Underway in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec, Canada     Photograph Date - 9 September 1984 Photographer - Rene Beauchamp     Added to archive - 29 July 2002     Last updated - 12 May 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered - March 1977   Keel laid - January 1978   Launched - March 1978   Delivered - July 1978   (a) Nememcha - Algeria   As of March 2003 Nememcha is still in service

PARTICULARS   Ship type - Bulk Carrier   Gross tonnage - 15,909   Net tonnage - 10,904   Deadweight tonnage - 26,145   L.O.A. - 172.27 meters   L.B.P. - 164.01 meters   Width overall - 23.14 meters   Width moulded - 23.11 meters   Draught - 10.251 meters   Depth - 14.36 meters   Number of cargo holds - 5   Number of hatch covers - 5   Cargo cranes - 5 (15 tonne)   Cargo hold volume - 32,508 cubic meters

CONSTRUCTION   Builder - Hitachi Zosen - Maizuru Works   Country - Maizuru, Japan   Hull number - 4587   Engine builder - Hitachi Zosen - Maizuru Works   Country - Maizuru, Japan   Number of engines - 1   Engine type - B&W 8K62EF diesel   Fuel - Heavy fuel oil & Diesel oil   Horsepower - 10,700 bhp or 7,870 kW   Speed - 16.25 knots   Propeller - 1 fixed pitch   Bow thuster - none   Steering gear - 1 standard rudder

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc.. ** Nememcha has been owned by Societe Nationale de Transport Maritime & Compagnie, Nationale Algerienne de Navigation Maritime, Algeria (S.N.T.M./C.N.A.N.) for her entire career so far ** 25 March 2003 she was at Gdanska Stocznia Remontowa (Gdansk Ship Repair Yard) - Arrival and departure dates unknown. She was likely surveyed and painted Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society Additional information - Sylvia Masson - Quebec, Canada & Wojtek Tabaka - Poland

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