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
Definitely
talking about innovations in ship-building we should mention the
car carrier Auriga Leader. The ship was finished at the end of 2008
year by the Asian ship-builder Nippon Yusen K.K. but yeasterday
was launched by the ship-operator NYK Line. The car carrier has
200.00 meters length and beam of 32.26 meters. The depth of the
ship is 34.52 meters and while fully loaded the ship has draft of
9.70 meters. The car carrier Auriga Leader is really not so large
ship, but new, modern and so much innovated. The feature, which
got our attention was integrated 328 solar panels on board, which
will give about 10% from the power of the cargo vessel. The ship
has deadweight of 18,758 metric tons and gross tonnage of 60,213
gross tons. The cargo capacity of the car carrier is 6,400 units.
The ship was designed and built in Kobe Shipyard in Japan, which
is high prove for quality of the ship and materials used. The ship
will be the first of the new generation ships, driven by solar power.
Actually on board of Auriga Leader is inserted only a little solar
panels, which will reduce the main engine work and will decrease... date: 3rd July, 2009
One
of the newest Japan ships definitely is Michigan Highway. The cargo
ship was finished in 2008 in the ship-yard of Toyohashi Shipbuilding
in Japan. This is one of the highest qualitied ship-yard of the
world, which created some of the best car carriers, sailing nowadays.
The ship is single hull vessel with overall length of 199.94 meters,
while the length between perpendiculars of the vessel is 190.00
meters. The vessel has moulded beam of 32.25 meters and depth of
34.20 meters. The draft while the car carrier Michigan Highway is
fully loaded can reach up to 8.50 meters. These measurements are
giving large cargo capacity of the vessel, and the net tonnage of
18,800 net tons. This cargo ship is really large and has deadweight
of 17,673 metric tons and gross tonnage of 36,408 gross tons. The
ship is new, modern, innovative and profitable. The ship-owner and
operator of the vessel Michigan Highway is the company best known
in car carrying “K” Line. This company has hundreds
of czar carriers sailing all over the
world and Michigan Highway is one of the pearls of their fleet... date: 16th June, 2009
The
car and vehicle carrier Positive Leader is one of the newest and
most modern vessels of Oceanic Trader S.A. The cargo ships from
this type are carrying thousands of cars with one voyage, making
the trade between Asia and Europe faster. The car carrier Positive
Leader was built in Shimonoseki Shipyard and Machinery Works in
2006 by the one of the most known ship-builders - Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd. This is high prove for the words that this ship
is among the most modern and most beautiful car carriers of the
world. The ship has overall length of 180.00 meters, while the length
between perpendiculars is 171.70 meters. The beam of the car carrier
is 30.00 meters, while the depth is 30.94 meters. This should not
be strange because of the high freeboard of such vessels. The draft
of Positive Leader is 8.20 meters, when the ship is fully loaded.
The cargo vessel has deadweight of 10,862 metric tons, while the
gross tonnage is 43,810 gross tons. The car carrier Positive Leader
has two more sisterships built earlier in the same ship-yard. The
ship was built according to highest standards according to all IMO
requirements and according to ship-owner requirements for profitability... date: 16th June, 2009
Motor
vessel Tamerlane is one of the car carriers sailing around the oceans.
The ship is pretty new, designed with the new technology of Mark
IV, which was the highest technology for the year of building of
this beautiful vessel. Actually the ship was built in the year 2000
into the famous and well known ship-yard of Daewoo Heavy Industries
Ltd. in Korea. Tamerlane is ro-ro ship with overall length of 240.60
meters, beam of 32.26 meters and maximum draft of 11.75 meters.
The car carrier has depth of 32.45 meters and air draft of 46.00
meters. Tamerlane is not so large car carrier with deadweight... date: 29th January,
2009
PCC
Grand Victory is newly built car carrier with pretty large size
and capacity. The ship was built in June 2008 by shipbuilder Shin
Kurushima in the ship-yard of Onishi Shipyard. The cars carrier
is property of Dynamic Inventor Marine S.A. and is operated by the
same company. Grand Victory is car carrier, which is designed and
projected by the latest requirements about environmental and efficiency.
The ship has overall length of 199.99 meters and length between
perpendiculars of 192.00 meters. The beam of Grand Victory is 32.26
meters, the depth is 35.80 meters and the draft, while the ship
is fully loaded is 9.62... date: 29th January,
2009
The
Maritime Transport is one sector of economy, which is developing
quickly and dynamically. The Car Carrying is part, which is absolutely
new and not so good, but we can see that Car Carriers are becoming
better and better with every month. Luna Spirit in a nice prove
for my words. The vessel Luna Spirit is vessel built in 2007 from
the famoust ship-builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The vessel
has an overall length of 180 meters and the length between perpendiculars
of 171.70 meters. The beam of Luna Spirit is 30 meters and the depth
is 30.94... date: 20th August,
2008
When
talking about new ships, we should mention the vessel Morning Chalotte.
The vessel is one of the newly built car carriers. The overall length
of Morning Charlotte is 199.94 meters and the length between perpendiculars
is 190.00 meters. The beam of the car carrier is 32.20 meters, the
depth is 34.34 meters and the draft, while ship is fully loaded
is 10.00 meters. The car carrying is part of the large economy sector
of maritime transport and the developing of each part of the logistic
is very fast. The car carrier Morning Chalotte has deadweight of
22,578 metric... date: 20th August,
2008
Mignon
is one more car carrier of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines. The vessel
is from the largest vessels of the company and has a capacity for
7,200 cars, or 3,700 cars and 600 trucks. The deadweight of motor
vessel Mignon is 28,126 metric tons, the gross tonnage is 67,264
gross tons and the net tonnage is 28,473 net tons. The vessel has
a length of 227.90 meters, a beam of 32.26 meters and the draft
of 11.02 meters, while Mignon is fully loaded. The air draft of
the ship is 47.92 meters and the height of the upper deck is 33.48
meters... date: 29th July, 2008
Motor
vessel Rigoletto is one of middle size car carrier. The vessel is
property of the large and famous company for ship-owning Wallenius
Lines and is sailing under the flag of Sweden. This is very good
advertising for the vessel and for the company, because we all know
that Sweden requirements are very hard and only high rated and very
good vessels can sail under such flag. The vessel Rigoletto has
a capacity for 4,600 cars or capacity for 2,460 cars and 360 trucks.
This car carrier has a length of 190.00 meters, a beam of 32.20
meters... date: 29th July, 2008
