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]
 City of St. Petersburg leaving Tyne
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
See also edit
- Nichioh Maru, Nissan's domestic car carrier
References edit
- ^ a b c "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel City of St Petersburg". VesselTracker. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Nissan Goes Toyota One Better With Cooler-Looking Cargo Ship (Video)". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
External links edit
Media related to IMO 9473456 at Wikimedia Commons