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
- MMSI Number: 636013153
- Registry: Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Manila/ Philippines 🇵🇭, Panama 🇵🇦, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷
Current AIS Location
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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
February 17th 2022: Called at Dover.
© Dover Strait Shipping (Dover, 17/02/2022)
December 18th 2023: Provisionally due at Dover.
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Capt Peter, Dover Strait Shipping, Daniel Ferro, Mike Jackson, Edson de Lima Lucas and David Pratt for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
