GAS-Carriers > 50,000 DWT
Arctic Tokyo
See also : SCF Arctic
"Arctic Tokyo", at her moorings in Nikiski, LNG storage tanks in the foreground.
"Arctic Tokyo".
"Arctic Tokyo", trip Kenai to Yokohama, in 1981.
( Photo Copyright Giancarlo Baudoino )
"Arctic Tokyo", trip Kenai to Yokohama, in 1981.
( Photo Copyright Giancarlo Baudoino )
"Arctic Tokyo", Cargo Control Room.
( Photo Copyright Giancarlo Baudoino )
The LNG industry started in 1964 with the first shipments from Algeria to the UK. By the late 1990s the intervening years international trade in LNG increased 50 fold, production capacity has increased 10 fold and the transport capacity of individual ships has increased 5 fold. The first gas carrier tanks that were used in a continuous regular trade in the United States were of the membrane tank design. In 1965 Phillips Petroleum contacted the Coast Guard concerning a proposal that the energy company had made to Tokyo Gas for shipping LNG from Alaska. The shipments were to be made in tanks that were designed by Worms and Co., Paris, France. This design later became known as the Gaz Transport design. At first, the LNG carriers were envisioned as being 34,000 cubic meters, but eventually the design called for the 71,500 cubic meter vessels that became the Artic Tokyo and Polar Alaska.
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The Miramar Ship Index for "ARCTIC TOKYO"
IDNo:
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6910702
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Year:
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1969
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Name:
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ARCTIC TOKYO
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Keel:
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20.08.1968
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Type:
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Tanker (LNG)
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Launch Date:
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12.01.1969
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Flag:
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LBR
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Date of completion:
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22.12.1969
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Tons:
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44088
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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32878
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Yard No:
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517
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Length overall:
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243.3
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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230.0
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Country of build:
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SWE
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Beam:
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34.0
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Builder:
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Kockums MV
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Malmo
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-18.5
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Subsequent History:
1993 METHANE ARCTIC - 2006 SCF ARCTIC
Disposal Data:
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History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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3372
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6910702
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6910702
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1969
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ARCTIC TOKYO
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44088
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Arctic LNG Tptn Co.
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3372
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6910702
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6910702
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1969
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METHANE ARCTIC
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44089
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1993
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British Gas Methane Arctic Ltd.
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387230
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6910702
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6910702
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1969
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METHANE ARCTIC
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48454
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1996
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British Gas Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
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13122
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6910702
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6910702
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1969
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SCF ARCTIC
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48454
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2006a
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Rudon Sg Co.
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13122
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6910702
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6910702
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1969
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SCF ARCTIC
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48454
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2006b
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Violet Tankers SA
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VESSEL DESCRIPTION
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Date updated:
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Nov 27, 2010
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Vessel's name:
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SCF Arctic
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IMO number:
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6910702
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Vessel's previous name(s) and date(s) of change:
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METHANE ARCTIC (Nov 13, 2006)
ARCTIC TOKYO (Aug 23, 1993)
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Date delivered:
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Dec 22, 1969
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Builder (where built):
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KOCKUMS MEKANISKA VERKSTADS AB, MALMO, SWEDEN
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Flag:
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Liberia
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Port of Registry:
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Monrovia
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Call sign:
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A8KT2
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Type of vessel:
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Gas
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Type of hull:
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Double Hull
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Classification society:
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American Bureau of Shipping
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Length Over All (LOA):
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243.338 m
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Length Between Perpendiculars (LBP):
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230 m
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Extreme breadth (Beam):
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34.05 m
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Net Tonnage:
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14536
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Loadline
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Freeboard
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Draft
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Deadweight
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Displacement
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Summer:
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9993 m
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10.531 m
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40771 MT
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60243 MT
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CARGO AND BALLAST HANDLING
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Total cubic capacity (98%, excluding slop tanks):
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70213 m3
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Slop tank(s) capacity (98%):
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0 m3
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