MV City of St. Petersburg

City of St. Petersburg leaving Tyne
History
Name: City of St Petersburg
Owner: Fair Wind Navigation S.A.
Port of registry:  Panama
Builder: Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation
Yard number: Shimonoseki 493
Completed: 22 December 2010
Identification:
Status: Operational
General characteristics
Type: Car carrier
Tonnage:
Length: 139.99 m (459.3 ft)[1]
Beam: 22.4 m (73 ft)[1]
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Depth: 24.45 m (80.2 ft)
Decks: 12
Deck clearance: 1,460 mm (57 in)
Installed power: 7-cylinder two-stroke engine
Propulsion: Single shaft
Speed: 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Capacity: 2,000 vehicles

City of St. Petersburg is a roll-on/roll-off, pure car carrier cargo ship made for Nissan Motor Company Ltd, designed with a sleek semi-spherical prow to reduce wind resistance, thus saving 800 tons of fuel annually.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel City of St Petersburg". VesselTracker. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. "Nissan Goes Toyota One Better With Cooler-Looking Cargo Ship (Video)". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

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