Images of Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW AMAZON’
(76,565 DWT, Built in 2006 at Dalian Shipbuilding)

IDENTIFICATION: Launch Name was BW Amazon. Panamax Tanker, Call Sign 3EGH7, IMO Number 9324289. Built at Dalian Shipbuilding, Double Hull, Panama Flagged, DNV Classed, Length Overall of 228.60 m., Length Between Perpendiculars of 220.00 m., Draught of 14.70 m., Beam of 32.26 m., 68.00 Tonnes per Centimetre Immersion, Gross Tonnage of 43,815, Moulded Depth of 21.20 m., Lightship air draft of 40.62 m., Keel to mast air draft of 48.60 m., Tonnage of 37,425 Panama Canal Net, 45,550 Suez Canal Net, 21,967 International Net, 14,764 Light Displacement and 75,356 Dwt (long). Engine Description 2 S.A. 6-cyl., Engine Model 6S60MC6.1 MAN B. & W. Engine, Speed of 15.40 kts at 44.40 tonnes per day, Heavy Fuel Oil, Horsepower of 16680, Bunker Capacity of 2,533 tonnes. 1 fixed pitch Propeller.

OWNER / MANAGER DETAILS: BW Pacific; company website: http://www.bwgroup.net.

SPECIALIZED DETAILS: Cargo Capacities of 80,741 cu.m. and 507,846 Barrels, Segregated Ballast Tanks, 3 Pumps with a total Capacity of 6,000 cu.m., Epoxy Tank Coating, Heating Coils, Maximum heating capacity of 55 degrees Celsius. 3 Cargo Separations, Wing Tank Capacity of 80,741 cu.m., 3 Cargo Manifolds, Stern Discharge, Closed Loading System, Cargo connections have diameters of 16 inches, Manifold height above deck of 2.50 m., Distance from bow to centre manifold is 117.45 m., 3 Centrifugal Pump(s), Maximum operating capacity of cargo pumps is 6,000 t/hr, S/Steel cargo lines, Crude Oil Washing. Ballast Capacity of 28,500 tonnes, Satellite Communications, Marpol Certificate, Solas Certificate, High Level Alarms, Automatic Ullaging, Inert Gas System, Vapour Return Ashore, Centre Line Bulkhead.

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. Car Carrier MT ‘Themis Leader’ outbound. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. Multi-Purpose / Heavylift MV ‘BBC Maine’ in the background. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. MR2 tanker ‘Torm Carina’ inbound. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. Busy waters! MT ‘Torm Carina’ at anchorage, Car Carrier MV ‘Neptune Leader’ inbound. http://www.karatzas.com

Panamax Products Tanker (LR1) MT ‘BW Amazon’ (2006 built at Dalian) at anchorage in New York Harbor. http://www.karatzas.com

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