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 of
38,486 metric tons, gross tonnage of 67,140 gross tons and net tonnage
of 24.275 metric tons. The ro-ro ships are typically not sailing
under regular route, which is very important and showing the main
features of these ships. The volume capacity of Tamerlane is 125,620
cubic meters. The ship is property of one of the largest companies
operating with such type of vessels – the Norwegian ship-owner
Wallenius Wilhemsen. The ship is in good condition and this is one
of the reasons this vessel to be sailing under Norwegian flag. This
is fact, which is important for... 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 meters. These measurements are talking a
lot for the cargo space on board, but the exact deadweight is 18,299
metric tons. The gross tonnage is of the ship is 59,217 gross tons.
The ship has capacity to carry up to 6,402 units. And to be high
efficient, the ship should realize pretty high speed, because the
time in ro-ro shipping is restricted. The PCC Grand Victory can
reach maximum speed of 20.1 knots, while the cruising one is 19.8
knots. This speed is provided by the main engine MAN B&W 7S60MC... 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 meters. The Car Carrier has 10 decks, from which 2 are
liftable. The capacity of the vessel is 3,930 cars, including heavy
vehicles such as dump trucks, mobile cranes and bulldozers. The
vessel has deadweight of 11,100 metric tons and the Gross Tonnage
of 43,810 gross tons. The vessel Luna Spirit is modern and very
innovative designed ship. The ship-owner is Fair Wind Navigation
S. A. and the ship-yard... 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. You can imagine about... 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
The vessel
Aquamarine ACE is the newest vessel of the company Mitsui O.S.K
Lines, Ltd. (MOL). The vessel was built in the Kobe Shipyard &
Machinery Works on March 21, 2008 by the ship-builder Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries, Ltd. Aquamarine ACE has a length of 192.00m and
beam of 32.26 meters. The draught of the vessel is 34.52 and the
Gross tonnage is 60,143 metric tons. Aquamarine ACE is one of the
most modern and most beautiful car and vehicle carriers of the world.
The vessel has a capacity for 6,400 units... date: 24th July, 2008
Phoenix
Leader is the newly built car carrier with capacity for 6,501 units.
The vessel was built into the ship-yard of Imabari Shipbuilding
Co. Ltd at the beginning of the year. The Phoenix Leader can carry
also buses, trucks and recreational vehicles, but then the capacity
decreases to 5,400 units. Phoenix Leader is property of Onjin Shipholding
S.A. The vessel has 3 sister-ships, built into the same ship-yard,
but I think that this vessel is shining with many stars in the sky
of Car Carriers... date: 23rd June, 2008
Western
Highway is the newly build car carrier of the ship-owner Bulkstar
Enterprise. The vessel has a capacity to carry 3,893 units. The
car carrier has 10 decks, and while building the most important
problem that was solved, was about security and high production
of roll on and roll off of cars. The ship can be loaded from 2 points,
ramps situated on the starboard middle and on the stern. The ramps
can load not more than 10 cars per minute, but even this rate is
too big for the loading... date: 30th April,
2008
