MS Sigyn
_2009.jpg) Sigyn at Stockholm, 2009 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden
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| Name: | M/S Sigyn |
| Namesake: | Sigyn |
| Owner: | SKB |
| Operator: | Furetank Rederi |
| Builder: | Société Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France |
| Launched: | 1982 |
| In service: | 1982 |
| Identification: | |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
| Depth: | 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × B&W Alpha 6S28LVO diesel engines, 2,343 kW (3,142 hp)[1] |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Crew: | 12[3] |
M/S Sigyn is the ship that transports spent nuclear fuel from Swedish nuclear power plants to Clab, the storage facility at Oskarshamn. She is named after the goddess Sigyn, the mythological wife of Loki. Her name alludes to the rôle Sigyn played in holding a cup over the fettered Loki, catching the venom dripping from a viper perched above him.
Sigyn was built in 1982 by the French Société Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre at Le Havre,[2] and can transport up to ten containers for spent fuel or radioactive waste. The ship can also take one or two vehicles or standard shipping containers for low-level waste. A stern ramp enables roll-on/roll-off loading and unloading[3] from the 59 m (194 ft) long cargo deck.[2]
Sigyn is owned by Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company), but is operated and staffed by Furetank Rederi AB (Furetank Shipping Company)[3]
In December 2010 it was announced that SKB have ordered a new ship from the Dutch Damen Group to replace Sigyn.[4] The new ship, which will be named Sigrid, was laid down in Galați, Romania, in December 2011, and is due to be delivered in May 2013.[5] In October 2012 this new Nuclear Cargo Vessel 1600 was launched. [6]
References
- 1 2 "SIGYN : Details and Current Position". marinetraffic.com. 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Description of M/S Sigyn". Furetank Rederi. 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Transportfartyget M/S Sigyn". Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (in Swedish). 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ↑ "New ship for Swedish nuclear transport". world-nuclear-news.org. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ↑ "SKB builds new cargo vessel in Romania". skb.se. 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Damen Shipyards Galaţi launches NCV 1600". damen.nl. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.