TK LONDON - Valetta, Malta
Call sign - 9HXR5
IMO number - 8125466
Owner - Blue Atlantic Shipping Ltd., Malta
Manager - Adriyatik Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Ticaret, Turkey
Operator - Kiran Group of Shipping Companies, Turkey (Kiran Makina ve Gemi Sanayi, Turkey)
Location - TK London was photographed while she was transitting upbound in the Welland Canal at St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada destined for the Great Lakes
Photograph Date - 8 May 1999
Photographer - Jeff Cameron
Added to archive - 13 May 1999
Last updated - 14 January 2004
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SHIP'S HISTORY
Ordered - July 1981
Keel laid - unknown
Launched - January 1982
Delivered - March 1982
Build price - unknown
(a) La Mancha - Panama (1983)
(b) Luzon Ma - Panama (1992)
(c) OK No. 1 - Panama (1994)
(d) Samudera Indah - Malaysia (1995)
(e) Melingai Tiga - Malaysia (1998)
(f) TK London - Malta
As of January 2004 TK London was still in service
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PARTICULARS
Ship type - General cargo and bulk carrier
Gross tonnage - 5,607
Net tonnage - 3,125
Deadweight tonnage - 8,535
L.O.A. - 119.16 meters (390'7")
L.B.P. - 110.01 meters (360'7")
Width overall - 18.04 meters (59'2")
Width moulded - 18.00 meters (59'0")
Draught - 7.171 meters (23'6")
Depth - 9.00 meters (29'6")
Number of cargo holds - 3
Number of hatch covers - 3
Volume of cargo holds - 10,239 m3
Container capacity - 197 TEU (20')
Containers in holds - unknown
Containers on deck - unknown
Reefers capacity - none
Also fitted to haul 40' containers
Cargo cranes - 4 (25 tonnes)
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CONSTRUCTION
Builder - Asakawa Shipyard Co. Ltd.
Country - Imabari, Japan
Hull number - 310
Engine builder - Kobe Hatsudoki Co. Ltd.
Country - Kobe, Japan
Number of engines - 1
Engine types - Mitsubishi (model 7UEC37/88H) 6-cyl diesel
Horsepower - 4,550 bhp or 3,347 kW
Fuel - Heavy fuel oil & diesel oil
Diesel oil capacity - unknown
Heavy fuel oil capacity - unknown
Rate of consumption - unknown
Fuel tank heating coils - Installed
Speed - 12.75 knots
Propeller - 1 fixed pitch
Bow thuster - none
Steering gear - Standard rudder
Generators - unknown
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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..
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Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers, TradeWinds &
Marine News - The World Ship Society
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