MT Desh Viraat, the largest Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) of India has joined Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) on October 29. Unfortunately on the day the vessel was taken over by SCI, MT Desh Viraat collided with a Cambodian craft.
Some of the interesting features of MT Desh Viraat are:
- The VLCC was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) at Okpo Shipyard in Republic of Korea.
- The vessel is one of the two Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), for which the SCI had placed an order in October 2005.
- The second vessel is expected to be delivered to SCI in June 2009.
- The vessel is of 3,19,000 DWT and is the largest vessel in the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).(Very Large Crude Carrier is a crude oil tanker between 200,000 and 320,000 DWT)
- The VLCC has been classed with ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) and IRS.
- The average size of VLCC is:
- Length Overall: 331.4 metres
- Breadth: 58.2 metres
- Draft: 21.2 metres
- Barrel Intake: 2,044,000 bbls (One bbl = 159 litres approx)
- Speed: 15.2 knots
- The Indian Union Minister of Shipping, T.R. Baalu presided over the naming ceremony of M.T. Desh Viraat (H5299) on October 13 at DSME, Korea.
On October 29, the day the vessel was taken over by SCI, MT Desh Viraat with thirty-six Indian sailors on board collided with a Cambodian craft in South Korean waters. The vessel was on her maiden voyage from Okpo to Yosu port in South Korea. The Cambodian craft sank and its 12 crew were rescued by the Korea Coast Guard. Subsequently, the vessel was taken to Busan Port for investigations into the incident. The master and second engineer are with the marine police for investigation.
Here is an interesting video clip of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), Okpo Shipyard.
Here is an interesting video clip of VLCC.
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A mighty vessel, just shy of ULCC denomination! Eye catching post title! Shame about the collision.
Tim,
The collision could have been avoided.Only investigation report would reveal how the collision occurred.Thanks for your response.
The Cambodian flag vessel lowered its boat in the water with all the 12 crew and made it to lng tanker Abu Dhabi which was drifting in the area. The sailors walked up the gangway of the vessel. Korean coastguard did nothing, they were however hanging around within 2 miles radius, looking and doing nothing.
The vessel was registered as 2999 tonnes DWT however she claims to have a cargo of 2985 tonnes and 16 tonnes of fuel oil/lubricating oil and maybe some more water and being a 24 yr old ship will have some constant wt.(additional wt of crew, stores, muck in the ballast tanks, etc.)which adds upto more than the DWT. So technically I think the vessel was overloaded to begin with if at all!
Sam,
Welcome to MarineBuzz. Thanks for your response and for giving details that are not available in news reports.It now seems that news reports were not correct.
hi sam long time no c.
hi sam,
did you know that yesterday there was a walk
at jantar mantar delhi for the release of the
two indian sailors that are being detained at
the korean jail.
for no fault of theirs.
The wife of the master
and the chief officers sister were in the lead
i think all the sailors should unite in this.