MV Karadeniz Powership Kaya Bey is a Liberia-flagged powership, a floating oil-burning power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. Built in 1983 in Brazil and christened MV Gulf Grain, she sailed as a bulk carrier under various names and flags until she was acquired in 2009 to be converted into a Powership in Turkey. The Powership supplied electricity to the power grid in Pakistan, then in Basra, Iraq.
Cargo ship
She was built by the Ishibras Shipyard of Verolme Estaleiros Reunidos do Brasil at Angra dos Reis, Brazil as a bulk carrier in October 1983. The 241.89 m (LOA) long vessel has a beam of 32.20 m and a draft of 6.66 m. By, she has a cargo capacity of.
She saw service under the names El-Amaan, St Cergue and Kamari before she was sold in May 2009 to Karpowership.
Powership
She was converted into a Powership and renamed Karadeniz Powership Kaya Bey as the third of the fleet. In 2010 she was considered the "biggest Powership of the world". The vessel is registered under the Liberian flag with homeport Monrovia.
In November 2010 the Powership with 216 MW generation power set sail to Karachi, Pakistan also carrying humanitarian aid for the victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods