MV Tampa
The Tampa
Lloyd 's Register of Shipping 100 A1 Vehicle Carrier, RoRo, movable decks LMC and UMS
The ConRo ship Tampa is the type of ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries three-game series of the Norwegian shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen. The Tampa followed by sister ships Texas and Taiko.
The Tampa became famous in August 2001, after the ship under the command of his captain Arne Rinnan, 433 shipwrecked Afghans had received from an overloaded fishing boat. It kindled a diplomatic dispute between the governments of Australia, Norway and Indonesia on the whereabouts of the refugees.
Technical Description
Cargo facilities
The Tampa is designed for the transport of motor vehicles, on individual decks rolling project cargo and heavy cargo can be loaded beyond. A 12.5 -meter-wide 420 -ton stern ramp on the starboard side serves as access to the ship. In addition, the ship has a JSW - Hägglund G4030/3632 crane with 40 ton lifting capacity on the bow. The fan system allows, depending on the deck, a 20 to 30 air changes per hour.
Machinery
The vessel is propelled by a MAN B & W 8 L90GB diesel engine with 26950 kW at 94 revolutions per minute and a four -bladed propeller with 7.8 meters in diameter. The machinery can be monitored from the bridge. Berthing and departure maneuvers are supported by two Kamewa 2800B/AS-CP bow thruster with 1910 kW. The electrical supply is provided by a total of six Daihatsu auxiliary and Notdieseln.
Accommodation
The living area is furnished on decks five through eight. The team are out of the fairs TV room, library, conference room, gym and swimming pool in the outdoor area.
Afghan shipwrecked in 2001
The Tampa was on 26 August 2001 at the journey from Australia Freemantle to Singapore when she received a message from the Australian search and rescue, that a ship had fallen in international waters between Indonesia and Australia's Christmas Island in distress. The Tampa found the vehicle, which turned out to be crowded 25-meter wooden boat with 433 people, mainly from Afghanistan. Captain Arne F. Rinnan took the people on board the Tampa. The Australian authorities refused the Norwegian ship then to enter its territorial waters. Also a request from the captain to provide the passengers with medicines and relief, has been rejected by the Australian authorities. On 29 August, the Tampa sent from an international distress and headed for the Australian Christmas Island.
Close to Christmas Island, an Australian special forces boarded the Tampa, took control on board and prevented the refugees go ashore. Captain Rinnan refused a renewed leakage in international waters, so long as the refugees were on board. Ensued in the following days, a dispute between the shipping company and the Norwegian government on the one hand and the Australian Government on the other, who found a world-wide media coverage and was accompanied by a series of protests by various human rights organizations against the attitude of Australia.
On September 1, 2001, part of the refugees was taken up for processing their asylum applications from the small Pacific island of Nauru, which was financially supported by Australia. Another nine were refugees from New Zealand refugee status.
On 20 June 2002 received Rinnan captain, the crew of the Tampa and the shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen in Oslo for their outstanding service to the compliance with the international agreements to the rescue of people in distress and moral courage the Nansen Refugee Award by the then UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers.
In August 2013, the Tampa was scrapped in China.