MV Mairangi Bay

MV Mairangi Bay was launched on 9 January 1978 and completed for OCL on 28 April 1978.

The ship was one of two identical sisters built by Bremer Vulkan shipyard in West Germany, the other being the MV Resolution Bay.

[1][2] In 2002 P&O Nedlloyd named a new ship P&O Mairangi (IMO 9244881, later renamed Maersk Denton, MSC Marbella, Santa Rufina then MSC Arushi R.[3] Mairangi Bay had a tonnage of 43,995 gross register tons (GRT) and a top speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).

She was propelled by two eight-cylinder two-stroke slow-speed crosshead diesel engines with a total power output of 53,280 brake horsepower (39,730 kW).

The brine was cooled by a large refrigeration plant located in the engine room.