The FSG Type 3 is a type of container ship from the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft , which was built between 1984 and 1986 in two units for the Brazilian shipping company Aliança and two units for the Chinese shipping company COSCO .
The Type 3 design was based on the FSG Type 1 designed by FSG in the late 1970s , which was built in eight units for several shipping companies from 1980. The series of types 1 to 5 formed a model family of container ships from 1150 TEU to 1800 TEU, which were marketed by the parent company Harmstorf Group until the FSG was sold in 1982 .
The ships are designed as versatile container ships with a far aft deckhouse . The basic design was further developed for the two Aliança ships with a view to the requirements of container liner travel to South America. Its container capacity is 1402 TEU, of which 656 TEU can be stowed in the holds. The Aliança design was adjusted in length and made shorter, but was planned for an extension of 16 meters (the length of a 40-foot container bay), which would have increased the capacity to a total of 1,600 TEU - the option became short for the two Ships never implemented. The COSCO ships built somewhat later, on the other hand, were completed in the long type 3 basic variant. The Alianca ships have eight cargo holds , each of which is divided fore and aft in cargo holds 2 to 8 by two lengthways and closed by three pontoon hatch covers arranged next to one another , the COSCO units have only six, some longer, cargo holds with the same lengthways division. All units have a 40-foot deck space behind the deckhouse. For use in areas with poorly developed port infrastructure, the Aliança ships were equipped with two electrohydraulic slewing cranes, each with a capacity of 36 tons, arranged amidships ; the COSCO ships have no loading gear .
The propulsion of the Aliança ships consists of a MAN B&W two-stroke diesel engine of the type 5L80GBE with an output of 11,300 kW, the COSCO ships received a B&W engine of the type 6L70MC with an output of 10,800 kW. The motors act directly on an Escher-Wyss controllable pitch propeller and enable speeds of around 17 to 17.5 knots . The propeller shaft also drives a shaft generator via a Vulkan coupling . There are also three auxiliary diesels and an emergency diesel generator available. The berthing and casting off maneuvers are supported by a bow thruster .
