Bremerhaven (ship, 1999)

Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven in 2010

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type ferry Callsign DC4782 Owner Weser ferry GmbH Shipyard SET Schiffbau- u. Development company Tangermünde Launch 1999 Whereabouts in operation

Ship dimensions and crew length 59.00 m ( Lüa ) width 13.40 m Draft Max. 2.9 m

Machine system machine 2 × MTU diesel engines (type 8 V 4000 M 60, each with 880 kW at 1800 rpm) Machine performance 1,760 kW (2,393 hp) propeller 2 × Voith-Schneider propellers

Transport capacities running track meters 150 m Permitted number of passengers 300

The Bremerhaven is a ship of the Weser ferry Bremerhaven – Nordenham .

The ship

The ship was built in 1999 at SET Schiffbau- u. Development company Tangermünde on the Elbe and has since been in use as a passenger and car ferry on the Weser between Blexen and Bremerhaven . The ferry is a double-ended ferry with a Voith Schneider drive at both ends. The Bremerhaven may dangerous goods of the classes of hazardous 2, 3, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, convey. 8 and 9

The ferry has four decks: sundeck, upper deck, main deck and lower deck under the parking spaces for vehicles.

Use as a fire ship

Since 2007, the ferry has been equipped with a fire-fighting cannon installed on a lifting mast. Since then, the ferry has been able to be used to fight fire at sea between Bremerhaven and Brake. The volunteer fire brigade of the city ​​of Nordenham provides the necessary fire service personnel.

operation area

The ferry is approved for zone 2 of the inland vessel inspection regulations. This means that the ferry is allowed to travel from the port in Brake to the line connecting the church towers of the Langwarden ( coord. ) And Cappel ( coord. ).

Incidents

On November 25, 2014, on the way from Bremerhaven to Blexen, the Bremerhaven collided in thick fog with a coaster anchored in the Blexen roadstead to the southeast of the Weser navigation channel . Three people were injured in the accident. Both ships were damaged. The cause of the accident is given as a driving error by the skipper of the Bremerhaven , who is said to have misinterpreted the radar image.

See also

• Nordenham (ship)

Web links

• Weser ferry "Bremerhaven" (information about the ship)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transport of dangerous goods with the ferry "Bremerhaven". ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ History of the Weser ferry from 1910 to 2001. ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ List of the waterways in the Federal Republic of Germany divided into geographical zones 1, 2, 3 and 4. ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Weser ferry collides with merchant ship , Weser-Kurier, November 26, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2014.
5. ↑ Driving error was the reason for the collision ( memento of the original from November 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radio Bremen, November 27, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2014.