Cicek Shipyard launches ‘Ayse Naz Bayraktar'

Cicek Shipyard, located in Tuzla Bay near Istanbul, Turkey, has launched its first container ship.

Cicek had previously focused on high specification chemical/product tankers. The 1,300TEU ship was named ‘Ayse Naz Bayraktar' and is due for delivery in July 2008. She is the first of two 22,000DWT multipurpose container ships ordered from the yard by Bayraktar Shipping, a private Turkish owner that currently operates a fleet of six container ships, all built between 1999 and 2005, and five general cargo vessels. The design of these two ships allows for a high intake of 9.5-foot-high containers and two hatches can accommodate 45-foot containers, including the 2.5-metre-wide "palletwide" containers now widely used in the intra European trades. However, they have been designed in such a way that they could be switched to breakbulk or bulk operations if required. The vessel's nominal container capacity is 1,287TEU, with 775TEU being on deck and 512TEU below deck. At 14 tonnes homogeneous, the container capacity is 910TEU. 240 reefer plugs are provided. Further flexibility is provided by two 45 tonne Liebherr shipboard cranes, making the ships fully self sustained. A MAN B&W main engine, developing 11,060kW at 127RPM, provides sufficient power for a 19-knot service speed at 90 per cent MCR.

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