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Messages - Ben Backstay

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Also worthy of note is that the MSC Daniella class and the Rickmers E classs Maersks are all 366m length overall. However, where as the MSC class can load 20 boxes across, the Rickmers E class Maersks can stow only 19 boxes across.

The reason for this is that the Rickmers ships have been built to fit the new locks being constructed in the Panama canal and are effectively the new "Panamax" generation.
The new locks are due to be operational in 2015.

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Surely these bigger container vessels will have no greater impact on traffic than the ULCC's and ore carriers that frequent Europort?

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Perhaps vessels might be a little bit longer, but I reckon the biggest capacity increase will come from extra wide or heigh vessels. This requires a new generation of gantry cranes as well.

The new cranes at Felixstowe South have an outreach of 24 boxes, so some ports already have these in place.

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The problem with a longer ship is not the berths, but the size of the swinging area in the port. Most ports have geographical constraints and will be unable to accommodate larger vessels without a huge added cost of additional channel widening to create areas where these vessels could be swung.

I am not convinced that these 18000teu vessels need to be longer than 400 metres. Afterall, they will be 24 boxes across where the E class are 22 and their hull will be more "box" like as per the MSC Daniella class. The E class can, and has actually loaded just over 15000teu.

Using MSC Daniella as an example at 13500teu and building from that, she is 20 boxes across and 44 x 20' bays long. By widening her to 24 boxes across at 7 high on deck and 10 high below deck = 44 x 4 x 17 = 2992. That increases teu to 16492. By now increasing the length by 2 x 40' bays, ie 4 x 20' bays, which brings her to about 400m long the capacity  is incresed by 4 x 24 x 17 = 1632, which gives a total 18124 teu. Take off 124 boxes for good measure and that gives you an 18000teu 400m long ship.

Another point to note is that when Maersk builds their own ships in their own yard, they are very secretive about the sizes etc, but when another yard is building them for maersk, the yard wants the publicity that they are building the first of the next generation, so they sing loadly about the actual capacity of the ship.

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The E class can stow boxes 22 across. The new cranes at Felixstowe are designed to work boxes stowed 24 across, so I guess these bigger ships will be wider. The existing ships are more or less already at a maximum length to operate in most container ports, so an increase in length would probably only be small.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Yachts & Idiots
« on: July 17, 2010, 01:46:16 PM »
Where I am based, they are known as WAFI's
ie Wind Assisted F***ing Idiots.
And I think this video explains why!

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Maersk Edinburgh is the first of eight sisters built for Rickmers being chartered by Maersk and is almost identical to CMA CGM Chistophe Columb. She is due to enter service in a few weeks time.

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Shipping News and information / Norfolk Line
« on: January 11, 2010, 05:46:44 PM »
TOR BRITANNIA has started service on the Vlaardingen to Felixstowe route for Norfolk Line, replacing the MAERSK VOYAGER.
The MAERSK VLAADINGEN will soon be replaced by TOR SUECIA.

The VOYAGER and VLAARDINGEN have been sold to Cotunav.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Maersk ultra high-speed vessels
« on: October 30, 2009, 11:05:29 PM »
They were built for an express trans pacific trade. Apparently they had a contract to ship Wal-mart goods from the far east to US. The first vessel in class was named Mearsk Bentonville, which is the city in US where the HQ of Wal-Mart is based.
They did run on the service for a short while, but didn't really reach their full potential because the fuel price rocketed through the roof, and then the economy collapsed. The ships were then scattered on various trades filling in where required, before becoming one of the first classes to be laid up by Maersk.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Maersk ultra high-speed vessels
« on: October 29, 2009, 04:32:00 PM »
There is an article on Harwich Haven Ships and Yachts about these laid up vessels.
Click here to view.

Regards
Pilot B10

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For those interested, there is a collection of photos on Harwich Haven Ships and Yachts of the repairs being done to MSC NIKITA.
Click here to view

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Shipping News and information / Re: Project to study fatigue at sea
« on: July 16, 2009, 07:22:27 AM »
The only way that owners will increase the manning level is if the EU makes it compulsory to have extra manning for vessels operating in the EU waters. This would focus the minds of the owners.

It has been achieved in the past with ships now having to burn only low sulphur fuel when in EU waters, so it can be achieved, but only with the will of the politicians. However the ship owners always seem to have a powerful lobby and often have the politicians in their pockets, so it will be interesting to see what will actually happen in the end!

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings
« on: February 16, 2009, 11:26:41 AM »
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) has started to rename and remove funnel markings from their vessels. However the port of registry still remains the same, so they are still flying the Iranian flag.

IRAN ZANJAN renamed VISEA
IRAN ARDEBIL renamed SEPANTA
IRAN PIROOZI renamed SAKAS
IRAN ILAM renamed SEPITAM

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Trip reports / ZHEN HUA 16 berthing at Felixstowe
« on: June 27, 2008, 01:20:12 PM »
A voyage report on the ZHEN HUA 16 has been posted on Harwich Haven Ships and Yachts
On home page select "voyage reports"

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Shipping News and information / Re: Alexander von Humboldt & A.v.H. II
« on: April 03, 2008, 02:26:40 PM »
The Alexander von Humboldt 11 is infact the ex Crown Monarch and will be calling in at Harwich on Thursday 8th May.
Have a look at this link Cruise Community, it is how I found out the answer to this question.
Hope this helps.

There is also a feature in the following website about the cruise ships visiting Harwich in 2008.
Visit the forum section, click on "Cruise news", and then "meet the fleet for 2008"

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