MCP Altona

Short description: Container vessel built by Shandong Huangai Shipbuilding Co in 2007

History
Name| MCP Altona
Owner| Intership Navigation Co
Operator| Mini Container Pool
Port of registry| Liberia
Builder| Shandong Huangai Shibuilding Co [1]
Launched| 20 March 2007
Completed| 24 July 2007
Identification|

* IMO number: 9371921
* MMSI number: 525025074
* Callsign: POGI

Status| Active
General characteristics
Tonnage:|

* 5,272 GT
* 7,853 DWT

Length:|  117 m
Beam:|  20
Draft:|  6.45 m
Installed power:|  (Daihatsu 8DKM-28L) 2,500 kW
Speed:|  15 knots
Capacity:|  629 TEU
Notes:|  [2]

The MCP Altona is a 629 TEU container vessel built by Shandong Huangai Shipbuilding Co in 2007.[3]

On December 23, 2010, while en route from the Port of Vancouver, Canada, to Zhanjiang, China, the ship ran into rough weather between Hawaii and Midway Islands, causing some containers of uranium concentrate to open. On January 3, when Cameco became aware of the spill, it ordered the ship to return to Canada; the ship docked off Ladysmith, where the spill was inspected by Cameco, Transport Canada, and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. On January 20, the ship docked back in Vancouver to refuel and restock supplies.[4][5] The ship had 24 sea containers, each containing up to 35 drums, for a total of 840 drums or 350,000 kg of uranium concentrate,[6] on board.

## References

1. ↑ "DELIVERY OF MCP ALTONA HCY-47". Intership Navigation. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=636091366. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
2. ↑ "MCP ALTONA". United Container Carrier. http://www.unitedcontainercarrier.com/index.php?pageID=MultipurposeFleet&fleetID=MCPClass&FName=Altona&VGear=no. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
3. ↑ "MCP ALTONA". MarineTraffic.com. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=636091366. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
4. ↑ "Update on Uranium Shipment". Cameco. January 20, 2011. http://www.cameco.com/media/news_releases/2011/?id=543. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
5. ↑ "Cameco logs net earnings of $207 million in Q4 on $673 in revenue". Canadian Press. http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Cameco-logs-net-earnings-207-capress-3858571360.html?x=0. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
6. ↑ "UPDATE Jan. 24: Uranium ship out of Stuart Channel". Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle. 2011-01-18. https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/update-jan-24-uranium-ship-out-of-stuart-channel/. Retrieved 2021-10-26.

## External links

* Meratus Palembang, IMO: 9371921, Call Sign: POGI. ShippingExplorer. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

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