| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MCP Altona |
| Owner: | Intership Navigation Co |
| Operator: | Mini Container Pool |
| Port of registry: | Liberia |
| Builder: | Shandong Huangai Shibuilding Co [1] |
| Completed: | 2007 |
| Maiden voyage: | July 4th 2007 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | China Classification Society |
| Length: | 117 m |
| Beam: | 20 |
| Draft: | 6.45 m |
| Installed power: | (Daihatsu 8DKM-28L) 2,500 kW |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Capacity: | 629 TEU |
| Notes: | "MCP ALTONA". United Container Carrier. http://www.unitedcontainercarrier.com/index.php?pageID=MultipurposeFleet&fleetID=MCPClass&FName=Altona&VGear=no. Retrieved 2011-02-12.</ref> |
The MCP Altona is a 629 TEU container vessel built by Shandong Huangai Shibuilding Co in 2007. [2]
On December 23, 2010 while enroute 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, restock supplies. [3] [4] The ship had 24 sea containers on board each containing up to 35 drums for a total of 840 drums or 350,000 kg of uranium concentrate. [5]