MS Berge Stahl
| 300px Berge Stahl, the worlds largest bulk carrier. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Berge Stahl |
| Owner: | Partrederiet Bergesen |
| Operator: | Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA |
| Port of registry: | Template:NOR, Stavanger |
| Builder: |
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Ulsan, South Korea |
| Laid down: | 15 March 1986 |
| Launched: | 5 September 1986 |
| Identification: |
Call sign: LATO2 DNV ID: 14702 IMO number: 8420804 MMSI no.: 258817000 |
| Status: | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Det Norske Veritas: 1A1 ore carrier ESP HC E0 |
| Tonnage: | 175,720 GT; 364,767 DWT |
| Length: | 342 m (1,122 ft) |
| Beam: | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Draught: | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
1 screw, ∅9m Hyundai 7L90MCE diesel engine |
| Speed: | 13.5 kts |
| Crew: | 16 |
| Notes: | [1] |
MS Berge Stahl is the largest bulk carrier ship in the world. She is registered in Stavanger, Norway and was previously registered in Monrovia, Liberia.
An iron ore carrier, Berge Stahl has a capacity of 364,767 metric tons deadweight (DWT) she was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries.[1][2] The vessel is 342.08 m (1,122 ft) long, has a beam, or width, of 63.5 m (208 ft), and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23 m (75 ft).[1]
Her Hyundai B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine is 9 m (30 ft) high, drives a single 9 m (30 ft) propeller, and puts out 27,610 horsepower (20.59 MW), has a top speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h), and has a 9 m (30 ft) rudder.[1] [citation needed]
She is owned by the Singaporean shipping company BW Group.[1]
Because of its massive size, Berge Stahl can only tie up, fully loaded, at two ports in the world, hauling ore from the Terminal Marítimo de Ponta da Madeira in Brazil to the Europoort near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Even at these ports, passage must be timed to coincide with high tides to prevent the ship running aground. Berge Stahl makes this trip about ten times each year, or a round-trip about every five weeks.[3] In September 2006, the ship carried ore to the port of Majishan, China, where it was dry-docked and given its twenty-year inspection.[4] On the return voyage to Rotterdam, the ship picked up a partial load of ore in Dampier, Western Australia, and Saldanha Bay in South Africa (where the maximum draft permitted is 21 m).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Deepwater Discovery". DNV Exchange Vessel Info. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=myvi&vesselid=14702. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ↑ "Propulsion Trends in Bulk Carriers" MAN Diesel Group – retrieved: 2007-04-12 (Adobe Acrobat *.pdf document)
- ↑ "Machine Support services on world's largest dry bulk carrier" Machine Support News
- ↑ "Largest bulk cargo ship in the world comes to China" – CNSPhoto.com – September 7, 2006
- ↑ "Media Miss Once-Off South African Visit by Berge Stahl". The Cape Times. 27 December 2006. http://www.capeports.co.za/files/PP%2020061227.pdf. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
External links
| Berge Stahl
]]- Technical information and image gallery aukevisser.nl
- Image of MS Berge Stahl in port
- Satelite imagery of the Berge Stahl in port at Rotterdam
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