The MV ''Karadeniz Powership Onur Sultan'' is a

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-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by

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. In 2016, she was sent off from the

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, Turkey to

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to supply electricity to the power grid. In 2018, she was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in

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Cargo ship

The ship was laid down on 12 February 2001, launched on April 17i and completed on 26 July the same year. She was built as a bulk carrier by JMU TSU Shipyard in

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, Japan with yard number 211. The vessel has a beam of and a draft of . By 172,517 DWT, she has a cargo capacity of . She has an average speed of at max. . She sailed under the name MV ''Lowlands Trader'' and Panama flag until December 2005. Renamed MV ''Nisshin Trader'', she sailed under the Philippines flag for the

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-based Nisshin Shipping Co. Ltd. On 11 November 2015, she was purchased by the Turkish company

for US$9.3 million.

Powership

She was converted into a powership at Sedef Shipyard in

, and renamed MV ''Karadeniz Powership Onur Sultan''. On 13 November 2016, the Powership sailed to Myanmar in a ceremony attended by the President

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, Prime Minister

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, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan and other officials. She was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in Myanmar. In 2018, she started supplying electricity to

Ship's registry

* ex-MV ''Nisshin Trader'', Philippines-flagged, owned by Nisshin Shipping Co Ltd, Japan (2005–2015) * ex-MV ''Lowlands Trader'', Panama-flagged (2001–2005)

References

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