Definitely
the ships are the most important spot in maritime transport last
years, but definitely bulk carriers are one of the most productive
in the industry. Today we will present the motor vessel Red Sea
Spirit. The ship has length of 146.00 meters and beam of 23.30 meters.
The draft, when the ship is fully loaded is 9.44 meters, while the
distance between the keel and the top of the mast is 54.24 meters.
The ship has deadweight of 17,500 metric tons, while gross tonnage
of the ship is 11,968 gross tons. The bulk carrier Red Seas Spirit
has net tonnage of 6,534 net tons. The ship has 4 cargo holds, with
4 cargo hatches with pontoon type, which allow separate loading
and discharging of the vessel. The ship was built in 1978 in Japan
as general cargo vessel, but in 1999 in Turkey was reconstructed
to become bulk carrier for the new Greek ship-owner - Carson Shipping
Inc. The bulk carrier Red Sea Spirit has main engine Mitsubishi
B&W6L55GF with power of 8000 hp. This power allows for the ship
to realize maximum speed of 14.9 knots, while the service speed
is 12.5 knots. With this speed the bulk carrier has fuel consumption
of 23
metric tons HFO per day and 2.0 metric tons DO per day.
The cargo ship Red Sea Spirit has cargo handling equipment
Siwertell 10000S, which quite quality and very strong, with possible
operation for the whole length of the ship, The cargo handling equipment
is very good, and allow vessel to be discharged and loaded alone,
without the modern port techniques, which reuce the taxes and allow
ship to operate in smaller ports too. The loading speed from the
port facilities to own cargo holds is 250 metric tons per hours.
The cargo handling equipment has rate for discharging again 250
metric tons per hours, to trucks with the auto tension. The pneumatical
equipment gives ability to discharge at distance of 185 meters and
elevation of 30 meters. The system is installed on the starboard
and very useful for fast cargo work in the ports. The cargo handling
equipment of Red Sea Spirit is one of the most modern and do not
make the ship to lose any stability while sailing on distant voyages.
Really when talking about bulk carriers should not miss some beautiful
and very useful features of Red Sea Spirit, which is the ship got
very famous with hijacking by pirates year ago. date: 16th December, 2009
