Marine Report 236, Independent investigation into the engine room ...

1 FACTUAL INFORMATION
1.1 Baltimar Boreas
Baltimar Boreas is a Bahamas registered general cargo ship (Figure 1). The ship is
owned by Superseven Shipping, Bahamas, and managed by Baltimar A/S,
Denmark.
The ship was built in 1989 by Zhonghua Shipyard, China and is classed with
Lloyd’s Register (LR). It has an overall length of 91.30 m, a moulded breadth of
14.71 m and a depth of 7.62 m. At a summer draught of 4.99 m, the ship has a
deadweight of 3188 tonnes.
Figure 1: Baltimar Boreas in Newcastle harbour
Baltimar Boreas has a single cargo hold and two deck cranes located forward of the
accommodation superstructure. The ship can carry containerised and other general
cargo and has a capacity of 256 TEU 2 .
Propulsive power is provided by a single MAN B&W 4L35MCE four cylinder,
single acting, two-stroke diesel engine developing 1692 kW. The main engine
drives a fixed pitch propeller which gives the ship a service speed of 12.5 knots 3 .
The LR class notations of +LMC and UMS are assigned to the ship’s machinery 4 .
The ship’s navigation bridge (bridge) is equipped with navigational equipment
consistent with SOLAS 5 requirements. The global maritime distress and safety
system (GMDSS) communication equipment is also located on the bridge. In
2 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, a standard shipping container. The nominal size of a ship in TEU
refers to the number of standard containers that it can carry.
3 One knot, or one nautical mile per hour equals 1.852 kilometres per hour.
4 The +LMC notation indicates that the propelling and essential auxiliary machinery is acceptable to
LR and UMS indicates that the ship can be operated with its machinery spaces periodically
unattended.
5 The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.
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