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 Do
you wonder what is looking the largest bulk carrier vessel built
ever. That definitely is MS Berge Stahl. The ships is part of the
fleet of Bergesen d.y. ASA. The flag of the ship is in Stavanger,
Norway. This is a little bit strange, because it was previously
registered in Monrovia, Liberia, but with changing of ship-owners
they changed the flag too. The ship MS Berge Stahl is designed to
carry iron in bulk. Her deadweight is a 364,767 m.t. and has a length
of 343 m. The enormous ship has a width of 65 m and its draft is
23m. The vessel was built in 1986 in the ship-yard of Hyundai Heavy
Industries. So big ship should has a heavy engine, which should
give to it enough power to made this weight go through water. The
main engine is Hyundai B&W 7L90MCE with power of 27,610 horse
powers,  which
is nearly 20.59 MW. The top speed of MS Berge Stahl is 13.5 knots.
Interesting about the heavy unit is that only the rudder is 9m in
height and the main engine has the measurements of 9x9 meters.
Due to its large lenght and width and also due to its
big draft, when it is fully loaded the ship can handle in only two
ports of the world. That is why the ship is making courses to Europort
in Rotterdam, from the Terminal Maritimo de Ponta da Madeira in
Brazil. Even in these ports it takes a lot of time to be maintained
this ship and in some cases in low water it can go aground. In the
world there are also some ports that are taking this ship, but they
are reducing the weight of the ship in the bay and just after that
it is coming in.
But this ship is wonderful
and very beautiful with its large size and its large deadweight.
I like it very much and I'm sure you will like it too. MS Berge
Stahl is one of the wonders of engineer plan and one of the man
made wonders of the world ever.
date: 11th March, 2008 |
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