13.000 TEU carriers to come in 2009 ?

[portagent]

German Shipping Gazette reporting :

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, biggest shipyard in the world, and German classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL), have finalized their studies and investigations regarding the new generation of 13.000 TEU carriers.

Main characteristics of such vessels to read:
Loa: 382 m | beam 54,2 m | draft 13,5 m |  2/two engines

[portagent]

German Shipping gazettes reporting today (Oct.14,2005) about rumours that obviously MAERSK has ordered the first "giant" with a nominal intake of 13.460 TEU at their own Odense Shipyard. This should be treated carefully, as no official confirmation available time being.

Do our Danish members know more ?

[Jesper T Andersen]

Hi.

No news about 13.000 Teu`s vessels from Lindo but the new vessel Gunvor M

[Andrew McAlpine]

yes as usual the bog blue will keep us guessing! all i hope is that i will see the big blue containerships steaming up southampton water when the take over of P&Onedlloyd is completd?

p.s nice site Jesper & some good drawings!!

[Mats]

I suppose the most relevant way of measuring the size of containerships for the future may be the deadweight tonnage, since M

[Jesper T Andersen]

Hello Mats.

Yes you are right, we can only see the size of the container vessels on the Grt and Tdw.
Thank for your nice words about my website, there is comming alot of tankers to Fredericia port, it is very nice, my favorit types of ship is Tankers Tugs And Bulkcarriers.
Goodsilla :-o no i mean Front Scilla is the biggest vessel i have ever seen, extreme mean big tanker :-D
Will take a look at the French site.
Best Regards Jesper

[portagent]

Dear all,

found below mentioned hint in "Dyna Liners" # 42/2005, dated Oct. 21, 2005 :

"More details emerge on the assumed Maersk-Sealand 13.460 TEU super-leviathan under construction at Odense: 400 metre length-over-all, width 56 metres, draft 16 metres, 175.000 dwt (instead of 125.000), one single srew 80mW (106.000 hp)main engine, 25 knots."

Wow !

[Glenn Towler]

400m loa @175,000t dwt 56m beam and is going to be pushed at 25knts by one screw with a cargo lets say around 10,000 containers by the time you throw in half height and forty foot boxes also.

Apart from that being a very BIG SHIP that is going to have to be one heck of an all mighty big power plant to run it.

It will be intresting to see her when complete.

[Ceefex]

I really look forward to seeing it !

[Andrew McAlpine]

yet again maersk are ahead of the competition, i look forward to seeing it as well hopefully in southampton sometime!?

[Glenn Towler]

I doubt I will ever get to see it down here in Hobart, although our container berth has the depth.  We don't even have a regular overseas service anymore. We used to occasionaly get the New Zealand Pacific come in may be once every 2 years.  But even though she is history we don't even get any overseas container vessels drop by.

I guess I can only wish, Hobart is the only port in Tasmania that could accomodate her.

The other thing is also although we know maersk are building and apparentley ahead of the field how do we know that one of the compeditors is not planing also but keeping details quiet.

[rgr004]

Hi glenn,

Suspect it is almost impossible to keep details quiet unless you own the shipyard, which is the case for Maersk regarding Odense. I remember reading an article in Lloyds List about the delivery of Svenborg Maersk which was much bigger that the serie initiated by Regina Maersk. Market discovered with much suprise that a larger vessel had been delivered keeping competion behind for at least 2 years.

rgds / roland

[Glenn Towler]

INCAT Down here is pretty good at keeping things quiet.  But they can no longer deny that they are building a vessel when you can quite clearly see it in the sheds.