Maersk Peary
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The Maersk Peary is a tanker, operated by the shipping firm Maersk Line, that was designed for working in the polar regions.
The Maersk Peary provides fuel to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MT Jutul |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea[1] |
| Laid down | 2004 |
| Launched | 25 September 2004 |
| Identification |
|
| Name | Maersk Peary |
| Namesake | Robert E. Peary |
| Operator | Maersk Line[2] |
| Port of registry |  Norfolk, Virginia[2] |
| Acquired | 2011 |
| Identification |
|
| Status | in active service[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 180 m (590 ft)[3] |
| Beam | 32 m (105 ft)[3] |
| Draft | 10.275 m (33.71 ft)[5] |
| Ice class | 1B[1] |
| Installed power | 15,000 hp diesel Hyundai MAN B&W 7S50MC-C engine [1][6] |
| Speed | 14.8 kn (27.4 km/h)[4] |
| Capacity | 45,186.7 cbm |
| Crew | 21[4] |
She was built in 2004 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea,[1] originally with a red hull and registered in Norway as the MT Jutul.[3][7] In 2011, Maersk won a long-term contract to supply Thule AFB, in Greenland and McMurdo Station, in Antarctica, and the Maersk Peary was reflagged as an American vessel and painted blue, sailing with an American crew.[2] The vessel was then leased to the Military Sealift Command.[4]
As of August the eleventh 2023 the Maersk Peary now sails under the name Acadia Trader.
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