Kenoil Marine Services, a company that supplies bunkered marine gas oil and lubricants to Asian markets including Thailand, Vietnam, and the global bunkering hub of Singapore, has recently taken delivery of the bunker barge 'Ken Glory'.
Delivered in September, the 'Ken Glory' joins Kenoil's established fleet of bunker barges and tankers. Displacing 1,102 tonnes fully loaded, the all-steel vessel measures 44.5 metres in length, with a moulded breadth of 10 metres, a moulded depth of five metres and a design draught of 4.3 metres.
Constructed under survey to the China Classification Society, the 'Ken Glory' is double-hulled and features notations for coastal area operations, as well as 30 nautical mile voyages or plying operations in and around the Port of Singapore. This notation permits the vessel to operate around the Outer Port Limit of Singaporean waters.
The 'Ken Glory's' builder, China-based Xin Yue Feng, also developed the design for the vessel in-house, with the vessel's profile reminiscent of an oil tanker reduced to work boat proportions.
Initially, the craft had a design speed of 10 knots. Following delivery however, the vessel proved a top performer with a maximum speed of 11 knots and a cruising speed of 10.5 knots. A pair of 373kW engines powers the vessel, each unit driving a fixed-pitch four-blade propeller via a T300 gearbox. This power train is then backed up by a set of 90kW Shanghai Kangcheng auxiliary engines.
The vessel is able to transport up to 700m3 of bunkering fuel across six separate cargo holds.
'Ken Glory'
SPECIFICATIONS
Type of vessel: Bunker barge
Classification: CCS
Port of registry: Singapore
Flag: Singapore
Owner/operator: Kenoil Marine Services, Singapore
Designer/builder: Xin Yue Feng Shipyard, Singapore
Construction material: Steel
Length overall: 44.5 metres
Length waterline: 42.6 metres
Beam: 10 metres
Draught: 4.0 metres
Depth: 5.0 metres
Displacement: 1101.9T (fully loaded)
Deadweight: 650DWT
Tonnages: 499GT, 181NRT
Main engines: 2 x 373kW @ 1800rpm
Gearboxes: 2 x T300
Propellers: 2 x Four-blade FPP
Auxiliary engines: 2 x Shanghai Kangcheng; each 90kW
Maximum speed: 11 knots
Cruising speed: 10.5 knots
Electronics supplied by: JRC
Capstans: 3 x 2T capstans
Windlass: 2.45T anchor windlass
Deck crane: Iron Fist 242sd-1/15.WX
Paints/coatings: Jotun
Seating: KAB
Number of holds: 6
Cargo capacity: 689.25m3
Liferafts: 2 x 20-pax
Fuel capacity: 55m³
Freshwater capacity: 40m³
Accommodation: 10
Crew: 8
