Bell Pioneer

Bell Pioneer

Ship data flag  Ireland other ship names Ultra Contship (1997) Ashdod Express (1998) MF Ranger (1998) Ultra Container (2000) ZIM Novorossiysk I (2001) Ultra Container (2001) Nile Express (2002) Ultra Container (2003) Med Power (2003) Ultra Container (2004 ) Alcione (2004) Egy Group (2009) Ship type Open top container ship home port Waterford Owner Bell Lines , Waterford Shipyard Teraoka Shipyard, Nandan Build number 288 Launch May 1990 Commissioning October 1990 Whereabouts Scrapped in Aliağa in 2014

Ship dimensions and crew length 114.50 m ( Lüa ) 106.00 m ( Lpp ) width 16.92 m Side height 12.52 m Draft Max. 5.20 m measurement 5,815 GRT   crew 7th

Machine system machine 1 × Wärtsilä -Vasa- diesel engine (type: 8 R32E) Top speed 14.5 kn (27 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 3,900 dw Container 301 TEU

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register + 100A1 (container ship hatch covers omitted in Nos. 2, 3 & 4 holds, Ice Class 1D) Registration numbers IMO no. 8907668

The Bell Pioneer was the world's first container ship without a hatch cover .

history

The Bell Pioneer was established in May 1990 under the hull number 288 in the Teraoka Shipyard in Nandan-chō , Japan , from the stack left and finished in August 1990th The client was the Irish shipping company Bell Lines from Waterford . Although a slightly enlarged sister ship, Euro Power, and a number of other open container ships were built by other shipyards at the same shipyard in 1992 , the concept of container ships without hatch covers with front superstructures has not been fully implemented because the container capacity for ships of this size was too low. At the JJ Sietas shipyard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde , however, conventional feeder ships with aft superstructures are being built, in which the middle cargo hold has no hatch.

After the bankruptcy of the shipping company Bell Lines the ship was sold and renamed several times and has been sailing for the shipping company Mahoney Shipping since February 23, 2009. On May 20, 2014, the ship arrived in Aliağa for demolition, where it was scrapped at Ege Celik GS from May 21.

description

The ship was propelled by a Wärtsilä -Vasa diesel engine of the type 8 R32E, which operated on a controllable pitch propeller with Becker rudder. The ship was equipped with two bow thrusters .

A shaft generator and two diesel generator sets were available for the power supply . In the event of a failure of the main engine, the drive shaft could be moved with the help of the generators, thus keeping the ship maneuverable.

The deckhouse was in the forward area of ​​the ship. In front of the deckhouse was a cargo hold closed with a folding hatch cover. There were three open holds behind the deckhouse. Here five 40-foot containers could be loaded one behind the other and five next to one another.

literature

• JC Kenny: Design Philosophy and Operational Experience of the Open Top Container Ships "Bell Pioneer" and "Euro Power" . In: Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society . tape 86 . Springer Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-540-56446-2 .
• Lingwood, John: Significant Ships of 1990 . Ed .: Knaggs, Tim. Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London 1991, ISBN 0-903055-13-9 , pp. 18 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hans Van Ham, Joan Rijsenbrij: Development of Containerization: Success Through Vision, Drive and Technology. IOS Press, Amsterdam 2012, p. 114.
2. ↑ Bell Pioneer , ShipPhotos.co.uk, accessed on November 7 2017th
3. ↑ Equasis (accessed November 7, 2017)
4. ↑ Miramar Ship Index (accessed November 7, 2017)
5. ^ ^{A b} Danny O'Neill: Out of Arklow. Author House, Bloomington 2014, p. 148.