Cargo liner
Vega IV ( ex.Cargo-Liner I )
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Cargo-Liner was the name of a class of ships consisting of six units of river ocean-going vessels , which was built from 1973 for the Cargo-Liner shipping company based in Berlin .
history
The ships were designed by Gerhard Wessels, who founded the Wessels Befrachtungs- und Bereederungsgesellschaft after his sea voyage as captain in the 1960s , together with an engineering office. The ships were built by three shipyards with sometimes slightly different dimensions and data. The type ship was built at the Kramer & Booy shipyard in Kootstertille, the Netherlands, the successor ships were built at the Kötter Brothers shipyard in Haren (Ems) and the Schlömer Brothers shipyard in Oldersum .
The ships designed for inland and coastal shipping were classified by Germanischer Lloyd and approved for medium voyage. They were built for the Cargo-Liner shipping company founded by Gerhard Wessels in Berlin in 1972. The company contractually undertook liner cargo for the main engines of VEB heavy machinery "Karl Liebknecht" to use and got in return the approval, on transit traffic between Berlin and the Baltic Sea the Oder-Havel Canal to the Oder to use, instead of the longer route Having to take the Mittelland Canal , Elbe and Kiel Canal into the Baltic Sea. This gave the company a competitive advantage, as it was able to offer transports to and from Berlin in less time. Furthermore, uninterrupted traffic could be offered with the Cargo-Liner, as the cargoes did not have to be reloaded again in a seaport between sea and inland waterway . The freighting was carried out by the Rhein-, Maas- and See-Schiffahrtkontor in Duisburg.
In addition to the Baltic Sea, the ships were also used in the rest of Europe as well as in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and on European inland waterways .
The uninterrupted traffic between Berlin and the Baltic Sea ports was discontinued after 1978 because it was no longer economical under the conditions at the time. The ships were sold in the early 1980s. At least two of the ships, today's Miska , built as Cargo-Liner II and today's Mistral , built as Cargo-Liner IV , are still in service.
Cargo space explosion on the Maria
On July 11, 1988 , a cargo hold explosion occurred on the Maria , which was located in Brunsbüttel in the old northern lock of the Kiel Canal . The for the Dutch shipping company Amasus Shipping propelled ship was 1100 tons of cargo from dumped ferromanganese briquettes and silicon manganese briquettes and palletized ferrosilicon briquettes on a trip from Porsgrunn to Duisburg . Hydrogen had formed in the ferrosilicon due to moisture , which was probably ignited by sparking during grinding work on the hatch. A man who was unauthorized in the area of the locks died and 15 other people were injured, some seriously. Major property damage occurred on the ship, the five sport boats lying in the lock chamber and the lock facilities, especially the central control room. The hatch covers , which weighed several tons, and the captain's car on deck were thrown up to 30 meters high in the explosion and sometimes landed 300 meters away from the ship. The shock wave shattered up to half a kilometer window panes in the vicinity. In Seeamts process in Kiel on 12 January 1989, complained among other things that the captain had tolerated the work with sparking during the lock stay of the ship.
Technical data and equipment
The drive of the ships was made by a four-stroke - eight-cylinder diesel engine is the manufacturer VEB heavy machinery "Karl Liebknecht" (type: 8NVD48A). The engine output was 995 bhp (around 1000 hp). The ships reached a speed of 10 knots .
The superstructures are located in the rear third of the ships. They are very flat, but kept quite long. The wheelhouse and forecastle of the ships are hydraulically adjustable in height. There is a foldable mast each in the fore and aft areas . The low height of the superstructure, the height adjustability of the wheelhouse and the folding masts allow the ships to pass under fixed bridges on inland waterways. In front of the superstructure is the 53 meter long hold , which is closed by steel “piggy-back” hatch covers.
The ships were later partially rebuilt and newly motorized. Two ships of the series were to barges converted, one at a cement carrier.
The ships
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number | IMO number | Launched completion |
Renaming and whereabouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo liner I | Handel- & Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Kramer & Booy, Kootstertille 166 |
7510781 | April 19, 1973 September 21, 1973 |
1981 Bielefeld , 1984 Tasman , 1992 Noorderling , 1997 Omega III , 2000 Vega III , 2007 Vega IV , scrapped at Kiliclar in Aliağa from May 1, 2011. |
| Cargo liner II | Gebr. Kötter shipyard, Haren / Ems 68 |
7510793 | December 1973 June 28th 1974 |
1982 Pia , 1982 Maria , 1992 Deo Volente , 1995 Deo Gratias , 2009 Miska , so on the move . |
| Cargo Liner III | Shipyard Gebr. Schlömer, Oldersum 231 |
7424530 | November 28, 1975 March 12, 1976 |
1981 Amy , 1983 conversion to cement freighter , 1983 Farnese , 1993 Gorgulho , 2002 Vranjic , on March 5, 2015 in Solin, Sveti Kajo, stranded in a storm, total loss. |
| Cargo Liner IV | Shipyard Gebr. Schlömer, Oldersum 232 |
7393078 | June 28, 1974 September 14, 1974 |
1981 Uelzen , 1982 Manja , 1997 conversion to a building material barge, 1997 Esther , 2002 Mistral , so in motion. |
| Cargo-Liner V | Shipyard Gebr. Schlömer, Oldersum 233 |
7424499 | April 24, 1975 May 23, 1975 |
1981 Inez V , 1983 Argo , 1993 Compaen , 1999 conversion to a building material barge, 1999 Cornelis , 2000 Tuimelaar , 2018 Adrie-S , so in motion. |
| Cargo Liner VI | Shipyard Gebr. Schlömer, Oldersum 234 |
7424542 | September 27, 1975 November 21, 1975 |
1982 Terschelling , 1989 Marina , 1990 Port de Lyon , 1993 Joy , 2007 Antivari , 2010 Dak , total loss after machine damage on March 29, 2012, scrapped in Aliağa from December 24, 2014 |
literature
- Fritz Wilhelm Achilles: The cargo liner and river liner types , In: Seeschiffe in the inland: the combined inland sea traffic in Germany , Kabel-Verlag, 1985, p. 391ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wessels - 100 years of tradition and innovation. In: Schiff & Hafen , No. 10, October 2012, pp. 25–26 (PDF file, 2.6 MB). Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Fritz Wilhelm Achilles: Die Cargo-Liner- und River-Liner-Types, In: Seeschiffe im inland: the combined inland sea traffic in Germany, Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg, 1985, p. 350.
- ^ Wessels-Reederei , Maritime Mile Haren, Heimatverein Haren (Ems) eV. Accessed on March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Cargo-Liner , Maritime Meile Haren, Heimatverein Haren (Ems) eV Accessed on March 7, 2017.
- ^ Project: Expansion of the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße (HFW) , press release from the Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office , March 11, 2003, pp. 2–3 (PDF file, 942 kB). Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Mistral - GMS (Cargo-Liner) , Binnenschifferforum.de. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Druckwelle up to Koogstraße , Brunsbütteler Zeitung , July 12, 1988.
- ↑ Cargo space explosion in Brunsbüttel , In: "Hansa", Volume 126, No. 3/4 1989, p. 169/170.
- ↑ Seeamtspruch of 12 January 1989, Maritime Office Kiel, 11-DI / 62/88.
- ^ Inland seagoing vessels type CARGO-LINER (I-VI) , Ships, Schiffahrt & Schiffbau, Eisenhüttenstadt & Oder-Spree-Canal, January 28, 2012. Accessed March 7, 2017.
- ^ Cargo-Liner I , Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Cargo-Liner II , Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Cargo-Liner IV , Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Cargo-Liner V , Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Cargo Liner V (7424499) , Binnenvaart.eu. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ↑ Tuimelaar , Vereniging “De Binnenvaart”. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ Cargo-Liner VI , Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 7, 2017.