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Bernice

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Bernice

You don't often see a Vegetable Oil Carrier on the Tyne - must be to fill up the Fish and Chip Shops on North Shields Fishquay!

Bernice (IMO 7803528)seen here arriving in the Port of Tyne (North East England) on 26th May 2007 - inbound from Hull with a cargo of cooking oil. Photographed from North Shields Fishquay.

Launched as Condor and now renamed as NANI flying under the Bulgarian Flag.

Size:73m x 11m x 3.2m
Tonnage:1252gt, 1623dwt

Built:1978-12 J.J. Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. - Hamburg Yard/hull No.: 879
Hull Material:Steel; Hull Connections:Welded; Decks:2 dks; FS Ice Class II
Converted from: General Cargo Ship-199800

Owner: Swift Sea Services Ltd - Bulgaria
Operator: BM Chart Ltd - Bulgaria

1 oil engine geared to screw shaft driving 1 FP propeller
Total Power: Mcr 441kW (600hp)
Service Speed: 11.00kts
Design: Deutz, Engine Builder: Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG - Koeln
1 x SBA8M528, 4 Stroke, Single Acting, In-Line (Vertical)
8 Cy. 220 x 280, Mcr: 441 kW (600 hp) at 620 rpm
Thrusters: 1 Thwart. FP thruster (f)