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Hannover
Bridge is the name of one of the largest container ships of world
container fleet. The vessel is part of K-Line Group and is not
only large but also very modern and very beautiful. Hannover Bridge
was built in 2006, and for the year of its building carries all
the allowed equipment and all innovative systems on board. The
ship is sailing under the flag of Panama (in spite of the German
name and Japan ship-owner) and has a length of 336 meters. The
beam of Hannover Bridge is 46 meters. The gross tonnage of Hannover
Bridge is 98,747 metric tons. Hannover Bridge can carry 8,212
TEUs, according to data from the company and more than 10,000
TEUs according to IMO requirements. The ship was built in the
Japan ship-yard IHR-Kure, which is one of the most qualited yards
of the world. This makes Hannover Bridge, not the largest, but
one of the best known vessels in world container Shipping, and
the company K-Line, which is mostly directed in carrying cars,
to be a serious player on Container Shipping.
Hannover
Bridge has the most modern bridge equipment of the world shipping.
The vessel got all the requirements and even many more. The dGPS
position shows the exact position of the vessel with a mistake
of less than 10 meters. That is not so necessary for you as a
bridge offices, but very interesting in technological view. Also
the Immarsat H is included into the entertainment on board. The
officers can use Internet, Mail and other services for cheaper
prices, just because of the system, which is still in trial version,
but when is fully started will be a very useful information and
entertainment service on board. Also the engine of Hannover Bridge
is made by Daewoo in low emissions sector. It is designed to reduce
CO2 substances which are thrown in the atmosphere and to use them
into the Fuel Tanks and Slop Tank, and just after that to be cleaned
the thrown in the air, but with low emissions of CO2 and other
toxic elements. Hannover Bridge is one of the most modern and
very useful container ships. The consumption of heavy fuel is
decreased with nearly 20% and consumption of light fuel is decreased
with nearly 25%. That is making this vessel very profitable and
the ship-owner that owns it should be very happy to have such
a modern ship in their fleet. K-Line Shipping Group is the ship-owner
that developed the sailing and the ship industry, with its investing
in innovations. That is why this company is going to good.
date: 14th May, 2008
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