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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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