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Shipping News and information / Re: SKARV FPSO
« on: February 22, 2010, 05:13:46 AM »
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Shipping News and information / Re: Is Maersk "E" class containership still the largest?
« on: February 20, 2010, 01:46:27 PM »
The MSC and CMA CGM ships under construction in Samsung and Daewoo yards are certainly large with accommodation midships and funnel stack aft...not the best looking, compared to Emma Maersk. With CMA CGM under financial bail out from the French government I expect, who knows what will happen to their ships.
If we look at STX shipyard say below...we have farther to go on the increase in size. Extract from http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10082.html
New designs on the world's biggest container ships
Behemoths would dwarf current giants and be the longest merchant ships...
STX Shipbuilding of South Korea said in a press release that they have designed what are the world's biggest ever container ships.
If the ships come to fruition, they will in fact be the longest ships, at 450 metres, operating on the high seas. The world's longest ship is currently the KNOCK NEVIS, at 458 metres, but she is now permanently moored in the Persian Gulf as a floating oil storage facility.
The new designs (there are two, one with a single propellor the other with twin propellors) will carry an astonishing 22,000 TEUs. Currently the largest container ships, the eight vessels of the EMMA MAERSK class, are designed as 13,500 TEU ships. These ships, which are giants at the moment, have a length of 397 metres.
(To put this into some perspective for those who still think in terms of feet - as this writer does!- the familiar QE2 is 963 feet long, the new STX designs are 1476 feet long!)
"The 22,000 TEU marks a breakthrough in the sense that the 20,000 TEU was once considered as the limit of a container ship can get in terms of its transport capacity both in terms of technology and economy." said STX.
Despite the carrying capacity of the new ships, STX say they will 'fit most major world ports'.
The drive to bigger ships, carrying more containers ever more efficiently, is driven largely by the price of fuel, STX say that these new vessels would cut the shipping price per container by 40%. A massive saving for exporters.
If we look at STX shipyard say below...we have farther to go on the increase in size. Extract from http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10082.html
New designs on the world's biggest container ships
Behemoths would dwarf current giants and be the longest merchant ships...
STX Shipbuilding of South Korea said in a press release that they have designed what are the world's biggest ever container ships.
If the ships come to fruition, they will in fact be the longest ships, at 450 metres, operating on the high seas. The world's longest ship is currently the KNOCK NEVIS, at 458 metres, but she is now permanently moored in the Persian Gulf as a floating oil storage facility.
The new designs (there are two, one with a single propellor the other with twin propellors) will carry an astonishing 22,000 TEUs. Currently the largest container ships, the eight vessels of the EMMA MAERSK class, are designed as 13,500 TEU ships. These ships, which are giants at the moment, have a length of 397 metres.
(To put this into some perspective for those who still think in terms of feet - as this writer does!- the familiar QE2 is 963 feet long, the new STX designs are 1476 feet long!)
"The 22,000 TEU marks a breakthrough in the sense that the 20,000 TEU was once considered as the limit of a container ship can get in terms of its transport capacity both in terms of technology and economy." said STX.
Despite the carrying capacity of the new ships, STX say they will 'fit most major world ports'.
The drive to bigger ships, carrying more containers ever more efficiently, is driven largely by the price of fuel, STX say that these new vessels would cut the shipping price per container by 40%. A massive saving for exporters.
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Shipping News and information / Re: SKARV FPSO
« on: February 20, 2010, 01:34:38 PM »
I see her everyday in Samsung shipyard and got a couple of photos of her when she was floated last summer I can dig up if you want ? She will be far more advanced now though.
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Shipping News and information / Re: Containership newbuildings > 4.000 TEU - deliveries February 2009
« on: March 26, 2009, 02:12:00 PM »
How many of these are going straight into lay up i wonder ?
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Scale Models / Re: What is the name for the base that will allow helicopter land on the ship?
« on: March 26, 2009, 02:07:36 PM »
Not many commercial merchant vessels allow helicopters to land on the deck, as they are not deigned for this structurally. In addition the regulatory requirements are more onerous. You may be referring to the deck markings for drop and pick up. OCIMF have a guide for helicopter operations and this may help you.
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