Pacific Dawn is cruise ships property of the luxury cruise like P&O Cruises. The ships of the company are among the best known all over the world, making voyages in all the oceans and seas. The ship Pacific Dawn was built in Italy in 1995 at price for over 400 million USD. The vessel has overall length 261.00 meters and length between perpendiculars of 245.10 meters. The beam of the ship is 32.00 meters and the draft is 8.00 meters, when fully loaded. The cruise ship has 14 decks and total height of 49.40 meters. This large ship has gross tonnage of 68,845 gross with displacement of 6896 metric tons and the capacity of Pacific Dawn is ,2022 passengers. The ship has main engine of MAN B&W with total power of 24,000 kW, which are giving to two propellers ability to reach the speed of 21 knots. The ship is very large and quite beautiful, which in spite of its age has good service, strong hull and reliable engine. Pacific Dawn has 2 sister-ships - Pacific Sun and Pacific Jewel. The ships are really offering high service holiday on board, served by more than 900 crew members. The passengers have enough space for them, and when you board Pacific Dawn definitely will feel the beauty of the cruise. The ship has 795 cabins, divided into 4 different classes. The most luxury cabins are situated on the top decks, with large verandahs and nice sea-view... date: 8th March,
2010
Louis Majesty is cruise ship, which became quite famous last days. The ship was hit by large wave and gave 2 victims from its passengers. In spite of this fact, we wanted to present you some information about the beautiful and quite modern cruise ship, operated by Louis Cruise Line. The ship was built in 1991 in the ship-yard of Kvaerner-Masa Yards in Turku, Finland by the ship-builder Wartsila Marine. The ship-yard is really among the highest quality of the world and the ship was built according to latest requirements for the year of 1991. The ship was first property of Majesty Cruise Line, later sold to Norwegian Cruise Line, then to Star Cruises and finally reached the company Louis Cruise Line. Many people tell that the company owning this ship has Russian origin, but these facts are still not proved. We can tell that the cruise ship Louis Majesty is high quality and having great design and engine for the operation, which was engaged in. The ship has length of 207.26meters, the beam of 27.60 meters and the draft of 6.20 meters, when fully loaded. The cruise ship has these measurements, after refitting in 1999, because the length was increased with about 30 meters, in case to be able to carry more passengers. With these measurements the ship has gross tonnage of 40,876 gross tons.... date: 8th March,
2010
One
of the most discussed car carriers last days was Asian Glory, which
was hijacked by pirates around the shores of Somalia. The ships
sailing in the location are often victim of attacks, in spite of
the strong military ships in the vicinity. The Asian Glory is car
carrier built in 1994 and sailing for the fleet of Zodiac Maritime
Agencies Ltd. The ship has overall length of 184.07 meters and a
beam of 30.60 meters. The Asian Glory has moulded depth of 31.86
meters and summer draft of 8.82 meters. These measurements are giving
for the vessel large cargo space and capacity for 4,363 units. The
car carrier has summer deadweight of 13,363 metric tons and displacement
of 27,739 metric tons. The Asian Glory is quite large vessel with
gross tonnage of 44,818 gross tons and net tonnage of 13,445 net
tons. The TPC value of the ship is 44.770 metric tons and we already
discussed the importance of this number. The car carrier Asian Glory
has main engine MAN 8UEC560L, which is giving power of 9,058 kW.
This power is enough for the ship to reach service speed of 18.0
knots. This speed is enough for the ship to operate profitable for
the ship-owner. The fuel consumption at service speed is 39.00 metric
tons of heavy fuel per day and 0.10 metric tons of diesel oil per
day... date: 2nd January, 2010
One
of the newest and most modern car carriers is Brasilia Highway.
The Ro-Ro vessel was built in 2009 in Marugame Shipyard from the
famous builder - Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd. The vessel is quite
modern and very large having capacity for 6,237 units. The ship
has overall length of 199.97 meters, while the length between perpendiculars
is 192.00 meters. The value is quite important for navigation and
ship handling. The beam of Brasilia Highway is 32.26 meters and
the depth of the vessel is 34.48 meters. While the ship is fully
loaded the draft can reach 10.00 meters. The deadweight of the ship
is 18,793 metric tons and the gross tonnage is 59,440 gross tons.
The ship is modern, large and very reliable. The ship has main engine
Kobe Diesel-MITSUBISHI B&W 8UEC60LSII, which is high economy
and very high power. The engine is giving power of 13,260 kW at
100 rpm, which is enough for service speed of 20.0 knots. The cargo
ship has 11 car decks and also one garage on the upper accommodation
deck in the aft part. Two of all cargo decks are liftable specially
for cargo handling and cargo operations. The ship has also one deck
available for roll-on/roll-off with two movable ramps. The aft ramp
allows the ship to be loaded and discharged from 3 points, which
make the process very short... date: 2nd January, 2010
St
James Park is the ship, which was highly discussed last days, due
to hijacking of Somali Pirates. The ship is chemical tanker with
deadweight of 13,924 metric tons and gross tonnage of 7,926 gross
tons. The ship is quite large for chemical tanker, carrying dangerous
cargoes from class B. The net tonnage of the chemical tanker is
4,736. The cargo vessel St James Park (or Saint James Park as it
is also known) has length of 132.00 meters and the beam is 20.50
meters. The depth of the ship is 8.80 meters and the draft, when
fully loaded can reach 7.90 meters. The ship is sailing under the
Great Britain’s flag for the company Zodiac Maritime Agencies
Ltd. The chemical tanker was built in 1993 and is sailing for the
company through all the years. The chemical tanker is carrying usually
manufacture of plastics and sailing on voyages between Western Europe
and Asia. The ship has 30 cargo tanks divided into 3 groups –
10 central, 10 from starboard and 10 from port. Also there are 2
slop tanks for tank cleaning and storage of the dirty water. The
capacity of the cargo tanks is 16,207 cubic meters and the displacement
of the ship is 17,792 metric tons. The ship is quite modern built
according to the requirements of IMO and SOLAS for... date: 29th December, 2009
Millennium
Park is one more chemical tanker of the company Zodiac Maritime
Agencies Ltd in London. The ship is quite modern and built in 2008.
The cargo ship is one of the largest for the company in this class
and has amazing measurements and systems for preventing of water
and air pollution. The requirements of SOLAS and MARPOL and quite
high for this type of ships, but we can tell that Millennium Park
is covering all of them. Really this is one very beautiful and quite
interesting chemical tanker designed to carry some of the most dangerous
cargoes of the world. The cargo ship Millennium Park has overall
length of 145.50 meters, while the length between perpendiculars
is 142.30 meters. The moulded... date: 29th December, 2009
One
of the newest crude oil tankers build by Namura Shipbuilding Co
Ltd, is called Atlantic Pioneer. The crude carrier was completed
in Imari Shipyard on 1st October 2009 and has overall length of
333.00 meters. The VLCC has length between perpendiculars of 324.00
meters and moulded breadth of 60.00 meters. The cargo ship Atlantic
Pioneer has depth of 29.00 meters and draft, when fully loaded
of 20.60 meters. Really the giant looking quite large in measurements
and it is quite hard such large ship to be projected and completed.
The builders promise that this ship will have higher stability
that even smaller vessels, because of the new technology used
for fireworks. This increases highly... date: 29th December, 2009
High Glow
is product tanker property of Golden Pegasus Navigation S.A. The
ships from this class are not carrying crude oil cargoes, but usually
some oil products, which are high explosive and very dangerous for
the nature. The shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation created this
beauty in the ship-yard of Setoda Works and designed it according
to the latest requirements of IMO and SOLAS. The ship High Glow
is with maximized beam to pass through Panama Canal and the double
bottom allows the ship to carry light and heavy oil products and
also palm oil. The cargo ship has overall length of 179.90 meters
and beam of 32.20 meters. The depth of the ship is 19.25 meters
and the draft... date: 29th December, 2009
One ore
carrier, which is revealing the newest technologies in ship-building
is Cosco Ansteel. The cargo ship has deadweight of 297,719 metric
tons and gross tonnage of 150,971 gross tons. The ship was built
in the years of financial crisis according to latest requirements
and latest innovations on ship-building and engineering. The cargo
ship has length of 327.00 meters and moulded breadth of 55.00 meters.
The Cosco Ansteel has depth of 29.25 meters and when fully loaded
has draft of 21.40 meters. The ship is quite large and building
of such vessel always cost a lot of troubles for the ship-builder.
The company created this modern and very large... date: 29th December, 2009
One of
the newest and most modern bulk carriers definitely is Alexandra
P. The owner of this beauty is Auckland Trading Co registered in
Liberia, which gave the flag for the ship also. The Capesize bulk
carrier was built by Sasebo Heavy Industries Co Ltd, which is new
company engaged with ship-building. The cargo ship has deadweight
of 181,255 metric tons and gross tonnage of 93,385 gross tons. The
overall length of the ship is 292.00 meters and the length between
perpendiculars is 283.00 meters. The moulded breadth of the ship
is 45.00 meters and the depth is 24.70 meters. Really we can imagine
the size of this bulk carrier and know how many cargo she is carrying
only with... date: 29th December, 2009
Definitely
the ships are the most important spot in maritime transport last
years, but definitely bulk carriers are one of the most productive
in the industry. Today we will present the motor vessel Red Sea
Spirit. The ship has length of 146.00 meters and beam of 23.30 meters.
The draft, when the ship is fully loaded is 9.44 meters, while the
distance between the keel and the top of the mast is 54.24 meters.
The ship has deadweight of 17,500 metric tons, while gross tonnage
of the ship is 11,968 gross tons. The bulk carrier Red Seas Spirit
has net tonnage of 6,534 net tons. The ship has 4 cargo holds, with
4 cargo hatches with pontoon type, which allow separate loading
and discharging... date: 16th December, 2009
