| |
 Yes
in the section Bulk Carriers a lot of ships, can find good place
and readers can understand much about ship sailing. The ship Mineral
Belgium definitely is getting good part as one of the largest ships
built in the world. The bulk carrier is pretty new, built in 2005
by Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding in China, and constructed in
one the of good ship-yards according to highest requirements of
IMO. The ship Mineral Belgium has overall length of 289.00 meters,
length between perpendiculars of 179.00 meters and moulded beam
of 45.00 meters. The draft of the vessel is 18.20 meters, when she
is fully loaded, which gives to the ship deadweight tonnage of 173,860
metric tons. Mineral Belgium is really large and can be classified
as capesize bulk
carrier. The gross tonnage of the ship is 88,930 gross tons. The
vessel has 8 cargo holds, who are designed according to latest technologies
for loading and discharging of cargo ion fastest way. Also the cargo
holds are compatible with the newest technologies used in some ports
like Rotterdam for quick loading of the ship. The scarf angles of
the bottom of each hold gives ability of the ship to be discharged
with bobcats, without any use of workers hands. This makes the discharge
safer, easier and much faster. The ship is registered in the port
of Antwerp, Belgium under IMO number 9309021 with call sign ONCF.
The bulk carrier Mineral Belgium is property of the company Bocimar
NV, Belgium but in this moment is operated by Anglo-Eastern Shipmanagement
Company in Hong Kong
China.
The
ship is pretty strong and reliable. The designers and builders thought
about the safety of the ship and crew. That is why they installed
strong engine, which can produce high power for short time. The
power of the main engine is 16,860 kW, which is enough for the vessel
to realize maximum speed of 16.0 knots, while the cruising speed
is 14.6 knots. The ship has ballast capacity of 53,788 metric tons,
diesel oil capacity of 342.97 tons and fresh water capacity of 534.83
tons. The ship is really one good producing of China Ship-building
and modern style bulk carriers.
date: 8th June, 2009 |
|
|
|
