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 and optimized.
The ship is very modern and very quality. The special shape of the
hull is reducing the water resistance and increase the power of
the main engine. The paint used to cover the hull is protecting
the hull for overgrowth and reduces the needs from cleaning. The
new model of the engine is giving high power at low revolutions.
The special system for controlling of exhaust system is introduced
on this ship in case to reduce the air pollution, while ship is
operating.
The navigational equipment of Brasilia Highway is according
to latest requirements of IMO and SOLAS and also with latest innovations.
The ECDIS is plotting the ship position directly on the electronic
chart, which is reducing the work of navigational officer and gives
him enough time for analyzing the situation around. Integrated ARPA
and AIS are making the maneuvering easy and ship acknowledgment
quite simple. The ship is constructed according to best practices
of Imabari Shipbuilding and really is among the best cargo ships
built last years. date: 2nd January, 2010
