Tropic Jade (container ship)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:57 pm
Vessel's Details:
Ship Type: Cargo
Year Built: 1978
Length x Breadth: 90m X 17m
DeadWeight: 2536 MT
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 14.5 / 10.4 knots
Flag: St Vincent Grenadines [VC]
Call Sign: J8NY
IMO: 7800265, MMSI: 377907000
Built as a ro-ro container vessel under yard No 1096 by Miho Zosensho K.K., Shimizu, Japan for the Birdsall Shipping Co. Ltd., Panama.
04 September 1978 launched as the TROPIC JADE.
Tonnage 1.526 grt, 448 net, 4.199 dwt., dim. 90.23 x 17.10 x 5.0m (draught), length bpp. 82.91m.
Powered by a two 16-cyl General Motors diesels, 3.514hp (2.586 kW.), speed 15.4 knots.
Bunker capacity 359m³.
Fitted out with a stern ramp.
27 October 1978 delivered.
September 2007 transferred to Tropical Shipping/Construction, River Beach, Florida USA not renamed.
This company has services between the Eastcoast of the USA, mostly from Florida and Canada to the Caribbean
In 2009 TROPIC JADE is used in a weekly service between Florida and the Cayman Islands.
2009 Same name and owner, under St Vincent and Grenadines flag and registry.
Tonnage now given as 1.827 grt, 548 net, 2.536dwt.
Source: Marine News. Watercraft Philately. Bureau Veritas. Some web-sites.
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