Type C11
The APL Korea
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The ships of the type C11 or the C11 class of the US shipping company American President Lines were the world's largest container ships when they were built .
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The series consists of the six Postpanmax container ships APL China , APL Thailand , APL Japan , APL Korea , APL Philippines and APL Singapore . The client was the US shipping company American President Lines. The series was created from 1994 at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel and Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) in South Korea. The ship type is simply referred to as type C11 according to the classification of the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD). The C11 ships can carry up to 4826 TEU containers. Due to its large width, it was possible to stow 16 containers side by side on deck and 14 containers side by side in the hold. In the hatches, up to nine layers can be moved one on top of the other, on deck there are up to five layers. The ships were initially used on the shipping company's transpacific service.
The ships (selection)
C11 type / class | ||||
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Ship name | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number |
Keel laying delivery |
Renaming and whereabouts |
APL China | HDW / 297 | 9074389 | July 12, 1994 May 19, 1995 |
Scrapped in Aliağa in 2020 . |
APL Thailand | HDW / 299 | 9077123 | February 28, 1995 November 29, 1995 |
Scrapped in Alang in 2020. |
APL Japan | HDW / 298 | 9074391 | November 30, 1994 September 1, 1995 |
2019 Japan , demolition from 4th July 2019 in Alang. |
APL Korea | DHI / 4028 | 9074535 | February 4, 1995 September 27, 1995 |
2019 Korea , demolition from August 16, 2019 in Alang. |
APL Philippines | DHI / 4033 | 9077276 | May 30, 1995 January 4, 1996 |
2018 Pineza , demolition from November 24, 2018 in Alang. |
APL Singapore | DHI / 4029 | 9074547 | April 3, 1995 November 10, 1995 |
2019 Singapore , demolition from August 2019 in Alang. |
literature
- Neumann, Peter; Somer, Jack A .: Ocean liners: Experience up close: The construction of the world's largest container ships at HDW . 1st edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7822-0679-7 .
Web links
- C11 type / class at Global Security (English)
- APL History page (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ References from Herbert Engineering ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2017 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. (English)
- ↑ ABS: APL China. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
- ↑ ABS: APL Thailand. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
- ↑ ABS: APL Japan. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
- ↑ ABS: APL Korea. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
- ↑ ABS: APL Philippines. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
- ^ ABS: APL Singapore. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .