The
new and most discussed ship last days was the new building of Daewoo
Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering - MSC Danit. The ship is the
largest container ship built ever. The vessel MSC Danit has capacity
for 14,000 TEUs with deadweight of 165,517 metric tons. The ships
from the class of MSC Danit are really the largest and most interesting
container ships of the world, built ever. The ship has overall length
of 365.50 meters and moulded beam of 51.20 meters. The ship is leading
in the competition of MSC fleet with Maersk fleet, and got the first
place, at least for now. The ship MSC Danit has draft of 16.00 meters
at maximum cargo weight, which is giving a gross tonnage of the
ship of 153,092 gross tons. The ship was finished at the beginning
of March and on 26th of March, 2009 was christened by the vice-president
of Daewoo ship-yard, president of MSC Israel - Edni Simkin and his
daughter Danit Simkin, who gave the name of the vessel. The ship
is really innovation in ship-building with improved stability and
better engine, for increasing power and speed of the ship. The main
engine of the ship MSC Danit is MAN B&W 12K98MC-C with output
power of 72,240 kW. the speed is enough for the ship to reach maximum
speed of 25.0 knots, while th cruising one is 24.1 knots.... date: 28th April, 2009
The
container ship CMA CGM Thalassa is on of the largest ships of the
company CMA CGM. The ship was built at the end of 2008 and quickly
got all eyes of the ships experts, because the vessel is not only
large, but also very qualited and built with latest technologies.
The container ship CMA CGM Thalassa has overall length 346.50 meters
and a beam of 43.20 meters. The summer draft of the ship is 15.00
meters and the summer deadweight is 130,700 metric tons. These measurements
are giving to the ship capacity of 10,960 TEUs, which is placing
this vessel among the largest container ships owner by CMA CGM.
The number of reefer containers is 700 TEUs. The container ship
was finished on 30th December 2008 by the ship-builder Daewoo Shipbuilding
& Marine Engineering Ltd in the ship-yard of the company in
South Korea. The container ship is perfectly designed and created
according to the latest requirements of IMO about MARPOL and SOLAS.
CMA CGM Thalassa has main engine MAN B&W 12K98MC-C with full
power of 72,264 kW.... date: 3rd March, 2009
Hundreds
of new container ships, larger and larger are leaving the ship-yards
every year. One of these products of developing transport sector
of economy is CMA CGM Vela. The container ship is the largest one
operated by CMA CGM Shipping Line. CMA CGM Vela has overall length
of 347.48 meters and beam of 45.02 meters. These measurements are
really amazing and getting this ship close to the largest container
ships of the world. The cargo capacity of CMA CGM Vela is 11,040
TEUs. The summer deadweight of the ship is 131,831 metric tons and
the summer draft is 15.50 meters. The container ship is from new
generation, built in Daewoo Ship-yard in 2008. The gross tonnage
of the container ship CMA CGM Vela is 128,600 gross tons and the
net tonnage is 72,696 net tons. The ship is really large and designed
with latest technologies and best equippment. The classification
of CMA CGM Vela is GL +100 A5 E Container Ship IW NAV-O SOLAS II
2 Reg 19 + MC E AAUT. The main engine of the vessel is Man B&W
12K98ME-C, which can give for the container ship enough power.... date: 3rd March, 2009
Maersk
Taikung is one of the large container ships of the largest container
logistic company of the world - Maersk Line. The container ship
Maersk Taikung is among the largest ships from the fleet of the
company. The ship has overall length of 332.00 meters nd deadweight
of 107,500 metric tons. The other measurements of the container
vessel are really amazing, which can show to you the greatof the
ship. The overall beam of Maersk Taikung is 43.20 meters and the
maximum constructed draft is 14.50 meters. The ship is not in the
group of the largest ships of the company, but definitely is not
small. The maximum TEU capacity of Maersk Taikung is 8,402 containers
and the gross tonnage of the ship is 94,322 gross tons. The large
ship is sailing under the flag of Singapore and was built in 2007
into the ship-yard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Ltd in South Korea. The main engine of the ship Maersk Taikung is
B&W 12RT-flex96C, which is giving full power of 68,640 kW. This
allows for the ship to reach... date: 11th December,
2008
Maren
Maersk is one more container ship from the lagest fleets in maritime
transport of the world. The ship is third in the series of six container
ships with capacity of 7,600 TEU. Maren Maersk has overall length
of 367.00 meters and beam of 43.10 meters. The measurements of the
ship are really amazing and great. The maximum constructed draft
of the container ship is 15.30 meters, which is also the maximum
allowed draft for this vessel according to IMO certificate. And
if we want to amaze all of you with fantastic mesurements of Maren
Maersk, we should not miss the deadweight of 115,000 meric tons.
This container ship definitely is not among the largest ships of
the world, but definitely is amazing us with its size, engine and
shape. The main engine of the Maren Maersk is Wartsila RT-flex,
which is giving to the ship a full power of 62,640 kW. The innivations
is building of this ship are really much, and when we start from
the paint, which is decreasing the water resistance and also increase
the power for the engine. The ship is the first from the modern
ships building, which is made with new improved design and smaller
engine.... date: 11th December, 2008
The
company, which is taking leading place in Maritime Transport and
mostly in container shipping, is NYK Line. The newest vessel from
the fleet of this ship-owner is called NYK Orpheus and was built
in Kure Shipyard on 30th June, 2008. The vessel is large and very
innovated technology. The capacity of NYK Orpheus is 8,600 TEUs.
The vessel has length of 336.00 meters and beam of 45.80 meters.
The moulded depth of NYK Orpheus is 24.40 meters and the draft while
the container ship is fully loaded is 13.00 meters... date: 2nd November,
2008
Today
I started the theme about Maersk vessels and Ebba Maersk is one
of the largest Maersk ships, and also some of the largest containers
of the world fleet. The ship is a sister-ship of the giant Emma
Maersk, but only a little bit lower measurements are giving lower
place in the table of the world’s container giants. Ebba Maersk
has a length of 397.00 meters and a beam of 56.00 meters. The vessel
is very large and the depth is 30.00 meters. These large measurements
are giving to the container ship Ebba Maersk deadweight of... date: 17th September,
2008
The
container shipping is very important part of Maritime Transport,
and the company of Maersk is the one leader in the world of TEUs.
Now we will present to your attention of the largest container vessels
of the company Maersk Line - Adrian Maersk. The ship was built in
2004 by the famous ship-yard – Dense Steel Shipyard is Denmark,
where are built some of the largest ships of the world. And Adrian
Maersk is one of them. The container vessel has a length of 352
meters and a beam... date: 8th September,
2008
NYK
Venus is one of the largest ships of NYK Lines, with capacity for
8,600 containers (TEU). The vessel is pretty large and the measurements,
which she has are amazing for container vessel from middle class.
Of course if you compare this vessel with Emma Maersk or some other
vessel from highest class, this will not be something interesting.
But in spite of this NYK Venus is large and has a good capacity
and the builder designed this ship to be profitable and very useful
for the ship-owner... date: 8th September,
2008
One
of container vessels of the national Bulgarian ship-owner Navigation
Bulgarian maritime (Navibulgar) is the ships Stoyko Peev. The company
is not from the best and highest rated companies, because of the
bad ruling of the ships. In spite of everything today's article
is motor vessel Stoyko Peev. the ship has an overall length of 148.66
meters and length between perpendiculars is 137.12 meters. The beam
of motor vessel Stoyko Peev is 21 meters and... date: 8th September,
2008
The
vessel COSCO Guangzhou is one of the largest container vessels of
the world. The ship is in the top 10 ships and definitely you will
be amazed buy the large measurements and beautiful design of this
vessel. The container ship COSCO Guangzhou was built in 2006 in
the COSCO ship-yard. The vessel has 3 sisterships – COSCO Yantain,
COSCO Hellas, COSCO Ningbo and COSCO Beijing.The
four ships are property of the large container and logistics... date: 9th August,
2008
