The very first Beluga multipurpose project carrier of the latest generation of super heavy lift shipping has completed her maiden voyage.
The MV Houston is a P-Series vessel, first of 16 new ships of the class for Beluga Shipping with 800 to 1,400 tons crane capacities, a deadweight capacity of 20,000 tons and an ice classification of Finnish-Swedish 1 A (German E3). Its engines boast moderate fuel consumption.
During the voyage, from Yokohama, Japan to Brazil the ship carried capital equipment for the oil and gas industry. On December 7, 2009 at the port of Yokohama, Japan loading started for two reactors destined for Aratu in Brazil, each of them weighing 485 tons and measuring 21 metres in length. Loading took two days.
