The
largest Car Carrier in the world is named motor vessel Faust. The
ship is one of the interesting engineer outfits. The vessel was
built in 2007 in the ship-yard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine
Engineering DSME. The ship is sailing under the flag of Sweden and
with its deadweight of 30,383 metric tons in maximum draft is the
largest car carrier built ever. Well the number looks too low, but
car carriers are designed to carry light cargoes, and their freeboards
are too big. That is the main reason this one to have so little
deadweight. But
m/v Faust has not so little measurements. The Gross Tonnage of the
vessel is 71,583 metric tons, with a length of 228 meters and a
beam of 33 meters. The maximum draft of m/v Faust is 11.5 meters
and the Air Draft of the vessel is 52 meters. The capacity of the
ship is for nearly 8000 cars, but this large vessel is designed
to carry not only cars, but also trucks.
The
vessel Faust is very interesting ship, which is sailing over the
all continents. The stern ramp has a width is 9.5 meters and a height
of 6.5 me ters. The ramp has a capacity of 240 tones. The m/v Faust
has 13 decks, 5 from which are hoistable. The whole capacity area
is about 67,300 cubic meters. As I said the vessel can carry not
only cars, but also trucks and busses. This is making the work of
engineers harder, because the difference inthe weight of cars will
make some lift or will make some twist of the construction. The
maximum allowed trucks or busses to be carried are 468 and then
will have place for nearly 3,484 cars. So
large and difficult to be designed vessel needs from strong engine
with a lot of power to move is quickly through the water. Vessels
from Ro-Ro type, in which are also Car Carriers, needs a lot of
speed. The vessel Faust got its speed from a main engine B&W
7S60MC-C. The maximum speed that the vessel reaches is 21 knots,
and the crossing speed is about 19 knots.
The call sign of m/v Faust is SLKQ (Sierra Lima Kilo Quebec) and
the IMO number is 9332925. The vessel is operated by the ship-owner
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. The ship is very interesting in
the engineer’s point of view. This is the main reason to present
it to your attention and to explain the general data of it. I hope
that you liked this car carrier, in spite of its angular shape and
design. date: 27th March, 2008
