MV City of St. Petersburg
 City of St. Petersburg leaving Tyne | |
| 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 |
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]
See also
- Nichioh Maru, Nissan's domestic car carrier
References
- 1 2 3 "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
Media related to City of St. Petersburg (ship, 2010) at Wikimedia Commons
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