Alster Rapid
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The Alster Rapid (from 1995 Arneb and from 2002 Atlantic Osprey ) was a Ro-Ro ship of the Sietas type 136 last sailing under the British flag , of which only one ship was built. From 2002 it was also used for the transport of nuclear material, whereby it was used several times to transport MOX fuel elements to Germany .
history
The ship was built in 1986 with hull number 978 at the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde for the Hamburg company Thien & Heyenga and delivered on June 24, 1986. It was put into service as Alster Rapid under the German flag with its home port of Hamburg and used for the Washbay line in the liner service to King's Lynn . First and foremost, Alster Rapid transported new vehicles from the Czech car manufacturer Škoda . After Škoda was taken over by the Volkswagen Group in 1992 , Washbay-Line lost its main customer and went bankrupt in 1994. On November 16, 1994 the ship was auctioned in Rotterdam and in 1995 the Argo Reederei operated as Arneb under the German flag.
The ship was later sold to the British company Nuclear Decommissioning Services Ltd. sold, which had it converted for the transport of nuclear material. The ship, which has been operating under the name Atlantic Osprey since 2002, was operated by International Nuclear Services (INS). INS is the world's leading shipping company for radioactive material.
The Atlantic Osprey was for the transport of nuclear materials by the INF code after reconstruction IMO designed. It was classified according to INF2, the second highest hazard class. It was used primarily between the UK and European ports for the transport of fuel assemblies , including MOX fuel assemblies , and other nuclear material to and from the Sellafield nuclear facility in the UK and as part of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI), its destination it is to identify and secure high-risk nuclear and radiological materials around the world. British and German environmentalists questioned the suitability of the ship for such transports due to safety deficiencies.
The ship was decommissioned in August 2014 and towed to Swansea (Wales) for scrapping, where it was subsequently demolished.
Technical data and equipment
The ship was built as a Ro-Ro ship, which also has a with hatch covers provided hold its disposal, making it even with cranes loaded and could be discharged ( LoRo-ship ). The cargo hold was located between the deck superstructures in the front and the aft ro-ro ramp . The ship had a high side wall , so that it could also sail with the hatches open without the overflowing water entering the holds. This also made it possible to transport particularly high loads.
The hull was reinforced with ice and designed for an ice thickness of 40 centimeters ( ice class E1).
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d Atlantic Osprey , Maritime Connector. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ ALSTER RAPID - MULTI DECK SMALL RO-RO FOR NORTH SEA RUN , Lloyd's Ship Manager October 1986 at Transportation Research Board (English)
- ↑ Washbay Line ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Flags of the World. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Atlantic Osprey (PDF; 216 kB) , International Nuclear Services. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ Plutonium freighter Atlantic Osprey - British environmentalists warn of safety deficiencies at: UmweltFAIRänder.de of 9 September 2012
- ^ Protest against atomic transport in: Weserkurier from September 8, 2012
- ↑ Word Nuclear News, Final voyage for Atlantic Osprey, August 22, 2014 , accessed November 28, 2018
