A Whale
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This article is about the oil skimming vessel. For marine mammal, see Whale.
| 300px A Whale conducting a test run of its oil skimming capabilities as part of the Deepwater Horizon response July 4, 2010. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | A Whale |
| Owner: | Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd. (TMT) |
| Port of registry: | Template:LBR, Monrovia |
| Builder: |
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd Ulsan, South Korea |
| Identification: |
Call sign: A8UA7 IMO number: 9424209 MMSI no.: 636014465 |
| Status: | Active as of 2010 |
| Notes: | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lloyds Register: 100A1 |
| Type: | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage: | 319,869 DWT |
| Length: | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Beam: | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Draught: | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Speed: | 13.7 kn (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph) |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
A Whale is a Liberian flagged oil tanker built in 2010 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea for Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd. (TMT) from the Republic of China (Taiwan). She was refitted and converted in Portugal into a so-called "super skimmer" to assist in the clean up of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana. The ship's owners claim A Whale can separate 300,000 to 500,000 gallons of oil per day while storing the crude and returning the cleaned sea water to the sea.[3]
A Whale arrived in the Gulf of Mexico on 30 June 2010, while financial agreements were yet pending.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vessel's Details and Current Position: A WHALE - 9424209". MarineTraffic. 2010. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=636014465. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ↑ "A Whale". Auke Visser's International Super Tankers. 1 July 2010. http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/bulkers/id453.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ↑ McClay, Rebecca L. (4 July 2010). "BP tests Taiwanese oil-skimming ship". MarketWatch (MarketWatch, Inc.). http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bp-tests-taiwanese-oil-skimming-ship-2010-07-04?reflink=MW_news_stmp. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ↑ "Gulf Oil Spill: 'A Whale' Of A Skimmer Offers Up Its Services". The Huffington Post. 29 June 2010. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/gulf-oil-spill-a-whale-of_n_629575.html. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
External links
- A Whale (IMO: 9424209) at VesselTracker
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