COSCO Guangzhou

COSCO Guangzhou

The COSCO Guangzhou

Ship data flag  Greece (until 2015) Malta (since 2015)  Ship type Container Ship Callsign SYIE home port Piraeus (until 2015) Valletta (since 2015) Owner Rena Maritime Corp., Monrovia Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries , Ulsan Launch December 9, 2005

Ship dimensions and crew length 350.56 m ( Lüa ) width 42.80 m Draft Max. 14.5 m measurement 109,149 GT / 52,743 NRZ

Machine system machine 1 × marine diesel engine, MAN 12 K98MC Machine performance 74,760 kW (101,645 hp) Top speed 25.4 kn (47 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 107,526 dwt Container 9,383 TEU

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd Registration numbers IMO no. : 9305570

The COSCO Guangzhou was one of the construction of the largest container ships in the world. The ship was built under the hull number H1643 at the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan . The keel was laid on October 4th and launched on December 9th, 2005. The largest container ship in the world at the time was completed on February 22nd, 2006.

Driven COSCO Guangzhou by a MAN - twelve-cylinder - two-stroke - diesel engine with a power of 74,800  kW . The diesel engine (type: 12 K98MC), which was built under license by Hyundai Heavy Industries, was the world's first with an output of over 100,000 hp (73,600 kW).

The COSCO Guangzhou , as well as the four also delivered in 2006. Sister ship COSCO Ningbo , COSCO Yantian , COSCO Beijing and Cosco Hellas is from the Greek company Costamare Co. Shipping bereedert . All five ships are on time charter with the Chinese liner shipping company COSCO ( China Ocean Shipping Company ) for 12 years .

The ships of the class

Building name	Build number	IMO number	Keel laying, launching, delivery	Renaming and whereabouts
COSCO Guangzhou	H1643	9305570	October 4, 2005 December 9, 2005 February 22, 2006	so in motion
COSCO Ningbo	H1644	9305582	November 8, 2005 January 20, 2006 March 20, 2006	so in motion
COSCO Yanitan	H1645	9305594	December 13, 2005 March 10, 2006 April 28, 2006	so in motion
COSCO Beijing	H1653	9308508	January 24, 2006 April 14, 2006 June 8, 2006	so in motion
COSCO Hellas	H1654	9308510	March 14, 2006 May 19, 2006 June 6, 2006	so in motion

Web links

Commons : COSCO Guangzhou- class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• DNV GL: Cosco Guangzhou

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Equasis home page. Retrieved October 21, 2012 . 
2. ↑ MAN B&W Diesel breaks the 100,000 bhp limit , MAN Diesel & Turbo
3. ^ Fleet List , Costamare Inc.
4. ↑ DNV GL: COSCO Ningbo. Retrieved July 4, 2017 . 
5. ↑ COSCO Yanitan. Retrieved July 4, 2017 . 
6. ↑ DNV GL: Cosco Beijing. Retrieved July 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ DNV GL: COSCO Hellas. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .