KPS-3 DOGAN BEY (IMO 8117031)
The vessel was built in 1983 (according to some sources in 1984) as a bulk carrier with deck-mounted cranes by the Japanese shipyard Mitsui Co in Ichihara, Chiba with yard number 1264 and was named
SONO.
The 188.14 m (617 ft 3 in) long vessel has a beam of 31.00 m (101 ft 8 in) and a draft of 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in).
For 41,525 DWT , it has a cargo capacity of 24,729 GT .
The vessel is propelled by a single screw, which is powered by a 13,100 HP MAN B&W diesel engine.
Misr Shipping Co. in Egypt bought and renamed her
SAQQARA.
Later, it was bought by Bright Star Marine in Malta and renamed
SEAPACE.
The Greek company Thenamaris Ships Man. Operated the cargo ship under the Maltese flag.
Her next owner became another Greek shipping company, Vulcanus Technical Maritime Enterprises SA, which renamed her
MELPOMENI.
The freighter Melpomeni was eventually acquired in 2009 by Karpowership , a subsidiary of Karadeniz Holding, for the purpose of converting her into a floating power plant sailing under the Liberian flag.
She was renamed Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey after Nuri Doğan Karadeniz, the chief operating officer of the parent company.Sedef shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, was commissioned in May 2009 with the task of converting the cargo ship into a Powership by installing the necessary motor generators , transformers and electrical switchboards on board.
On April 3, 2010, the floating power plant was ready to go on its first mission in Iraq. After a send-off ceremony held at Sedef Shipyard in the presence of Turkish and Iraqi energy ministers, it sailed to Basra and arrived there on May 1 .
Doğan Bey supplied electricity in Iraq for the next five years following a contract signed with the local Department of Energy.
In January 2018, Karpowership signed a contract with Sierra Leone's national utility, the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) to supply 30 MW of power to Freetown for a period of 5 years. Doğan Bey is currently located in Sierra Leone .
In June 2018, Karpowership signed a contract with Sierra Leone’s national utility company, Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), Ministry of Energy (MOE), and Ministry of Finance (MOF) to deploy a Powership to supply 30 MW. In 2018, an addendum agreement was signed to increase the capacity to 50 MW; in 2020 a third addendum was signed to increase the capacity to 65 MW.
Karpowership is operational in the country since 2018 and has been supplying 80% of Sierra Leone’s total electricity needs.
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