Mountains Everest

Mountains Everest

Ship data flag  Isle of Man Ship type Bulk carrier class Valemax class Callsign 2JST6 home port Douglas Owner Mountains Everest Company Shipping company Mountains bulk Shipyard Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Build number BH416-1 Order April 30, 2007 Keel laying 20th September 2010 Launch April 13, 2011 Whereabouts In motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 360.97 m ( Lüa ) 345.34 m ( Lpp ) width 65.0 m Side height 30.5 m Draft Max. 23.2 m measurement 195.199 GT / 66.019 NRZ

Machine system machine 1 x Wärtsilä - diesel engine Machine performance 29,400 kW (39,973 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 388,134 dwt Volume 389,700 m³

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO no. : 9447536

The mountain Everest is a VLOC - bulk and with 361 meters in length, one of the largest in the world.

General

The Everest Mountains were built in 2011 under the hull number BH416-1 at the Chinese shipyard Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co, Ltd. built. The ship belongs to the Valemax class and is one of four ships of the class that were built at the Werft für Berge Bulk. The keel was laid on September 20, 2010, the launch on April 13, 2011. The ship was completed on September 23, 2011.

The in Douglas on the Man Isle of registered ship belongs to the mountains Everest Company and by Berge Bulk Maritime bereedert .

The Everest Mountains was the first Valemax-class ship to call at the port of Caofeidian in China in November 2015 . China had closed its ports to the ships of the Valemax class to protect the national shipping companies and only released them in early 2015.

Technical data and equipment

The vessel is powered by a Wärtsilä - diesel engine (type: 7RT-flex84T-D) with 29,400  kW power driven. Three Wärtsilä diesel generators (type: 6L20) each with an output of 1,050 kW and a MAN emergency generator (type: D2866 LE203) are available for power supply. The maximum speed is given as about 12  knots .

The ship has seven holds with a total capacity of 389,700 m³. The rooms are closed with hatch covers that can be rolled to the port side to open.

See also

• Mountains fjord
• List of the largest ships in the world

Web links

• Ship data at DNV GL

Individual evidence

1. ^ Building the world's largest bulk carriers ( Memento of May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Det Norske Veritas, January 30, 2008.
2. ↑ China Bohai Shipbuilding to soon deliver 1st mega dry bulk ship , Reuters , July 20, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Mountains Everest , Mountains Bulk. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
4. ↑ Jing Yang: China lifts three-year ban on Valemax cargo ships , South China Morning Post, February 10, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2019.