MV Whitney Bay
ex United Cool, E W Whitney
© Daniel Ferro
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1990 at Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd. (Yard No. 2652) as a refrigerated cargo vessel
Technical Data
- Length: 141.00m (overall), 133.00m (moulded)
- Breadth: 26.00m (moulded)
- Depth: 13.00m
- Draught: 8.508m (summer)
- Tonnage: 8,739 gross, 4,085 net, 9,687t deadweight
- Engines: One 2 SA 6- Cylinder Kobe diesel
- Power: 20401/15005 kW
- Speed: 21.9 knots
- Capacity: REF 12,719 CAR x 331
- Call sign: ELMY7, A8KZ8
- IMO Number: 8911085
- Registry: Monrovia/Liberia, Manila/ Philippines, Panama, Monrovia/Liberia
Location Data
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History
August 18th 1989: Keel laid.
October 31st 1989: Launched.
February 9th 1990: Completed as E W WHITNEY.
© Mike Jackson
1992: Registered Owner; Eastwind Maritime S.A. Registered Manager; Norbulk Shipping UK Ltd.
December 2002: Renamed UNITED COOL.
© Edson de Lima Lucas
© Capt Peter (August 2005)
February 2006: Renamed WHITNEY BAY.
2014: Registered Owner; Whitney Bay Shipping Company B.V. Registered Manager; Seatrade Groningen B.V.
© David Pratt
We would like to thank: Capt Peter, Daniel Ferro, Mike Jackson, Edson de Lima Lucas and David Pratt for their assistance in producing this feature. All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for errors and omissions.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
