MV Karadeniz Powership Alican Bey
 Karadeniz Powership Alican Bey | |
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| Owner: | Karadeniz Powership Co., Istanbul, Turkey |
| Operator: | Karadeniz Powership Co. |
| Builder: | Singapore |
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| Class and type: | Special Service-Floating Power Plant |
| Capacity: | 104.3 MW generation (as powership) |
The MV MV Karadeniz Powership Alican Bey is a power barge, a floating power plant, owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Karadeniz Powership Co. Built in Singapore and converted into a powership in Turkey, she was commissioned in 2011 to supply electricity to the power grid in Pakistan.
Vessel
She was built in Singapore as a specialized submersible vessel and christened STX Rose 1.[1][2][3]
Powership
End January 2011, she arrived at Port of Karachi, Pakistan joining MV Karadeniz Powership Kaya Bey, the first powership of the fleet, which came to Korangi on November 17, 2010.[4] The total installed capacity of the two powerships amounted 330 MW,[5] while the contract capacity of the power purchase agreement was 232 MW.[3] The powerships were able to meet almost 50% of the electricity power needs of the 18 million people in Karachi.[6]
Dispute
In the wake of political contentions in Pakistan,[7] the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared on March 30, 2011 that all rental power plants (RPP) are illegal and the operating RPPs have to be closed.[8] In March 2012, the Karadeniz Energy Group (Karkey) annulled the energy purchase agreement - a RPP contract- with the Pakistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB), which covered the service of the powerships MV KPS Kaya Bey and the later stationed MV KPS Alican Bey. The reason was that the Pakistani side failed to perform their obligations in payments and oil supply. By the end of October 2012, the Pakistani government ordered the repayment of the unused deposit in amount of US$17.2 million from the Turkish partner before the ships can leave.[6] Upon a complaint filed by a politician in the Parliament of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the seizure of the retained powerships due to a fine of US$120 million demanded by the NAB.[9] The case went to international arbitration on March 11, 2013.[10][11][12][13]
On May 16, 2014 after two years of retainment, LPS Kaya Bey left Karachi heading Dubai for repairs and maintenance in compliance with an intermediate decision of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). On August 1 the same year, a second decision of the ICSID enabled the definitive and lasting release of the powership.[11]
The dispute was also subject of talks at highest-level of politicians between the both countries' prime ministers and state presidents. It was reported that KPS Alican Bey and two other vessels of the Turkish company were still in retainment by August 2014.[11]
References
- ↑ "Filomuz" (in Turkish). Karadeniz Enerji. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ "What is Karadeniz Powership?". Marine Insight. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- 1 2 "Second Turkish powership arrives". DAWN. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ "Kaya Bey likely to start power generation this week". The News. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ "Rental Power: Turkish ship conducts test". Tribune. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- 1 2 "Türk enerji gemileri Pakistan'dan ayrılıyor". Sabah (in Turkish). 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ Kazim, Hasnain (2013-01-15). "Crisis in Pakistan: Prime Minister's Arrest Ordered amid 'Revolution'". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ↑ Akhtar, Syed Ovais (2012-04-07). "The sad saga of rental power plants". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ↑ "Yüzen santral gemisi krizi büyüyor, fatura 120 milyon dolar" (in Turkish). Enerji Enstitüsü. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ "Retained ships set for arbitration". Hürriyet Daily News. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- 1 2 3 "Pakistan Tarafından Rehin Tutulan Yüzer Enerji Santrali Gemisi". Platin Haber (in Turkish). 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ Ocak, Serkan (2013-03-19). "Pakistan'daki rehin gemiler tahkimde". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ↑ Ahmadani, Ahmad (2014-07-06). "Turkish power firm's damages suit: ICSID rejects Pakistan's plea against tribunal's jurisdiction". Daily Times. Retrieved 2015-12-07.