The MV Karadeniz Powership Esra Sultan is a Powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. Built in 2007, it was converted into a Powership in 2015 by Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. She was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in Ghana. Currently, she serves in Dakar, Sénégal.
Ship
The vessel is named after the sister of the chairperson of Karadeniz Holding. The 139.90 m long vessel has a beam of 42.00 m and a draft of 8.00 m. She has a cargo capacity of.
Powership
On October 27, 2015, the Powership set sail to Ghana following a farewell ceremony held in Tuzla, Istanbul, where another Powership of the fleet, the MV Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan, also weighed anchor to head to Indonesia. She arrived in Ghana earlier than expected and begin her service at Tema Harbour by December 2015. The powership has an installed capacity of 235 MW.
As of July 2018 the Powership operates in Lebanon.[1]