Fast Feeder Containership
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The series of extremely unconventional container ships of the type NG254 FFB (Fast Feeder Containership) have also become known as container frigates .
history
The concept of the British ship construction firm Nigel Gee & Associates, known above all for its designs of fast yachts, provided the basis for the ship type without hatch, which was exceptionally fast in its construction . The design of either a particularly fast feeder ship or a small liner container ship was developed in collaboration between the Swiss shipping company Norasia Lines and the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel .
As the first ship of the series, Howaldtswerke built the Norasia Samantha in 1998 for the owner company Samantha Shipping . It was completed in June 1998 and taken over by Norasia Lines. Then the strikingly designed ship with its streamlined structure began its maiden voyage on the Canada Express Service from Zeebrugge to Montreal, on which it set a speed record for cargo ships with a speed of 26.15 knots. This type ship was followed by four of the same type of sister ships on the HDW : Norasia Savannah , Norasia Salomb , Norasia Sheeba and Norasia Scarlet . Another five sister ships built from 1999 to late 2000, the Chinese shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard in Zhangjiagang . They were the Norasia Sultana , Norasia Selina , Norasia Shereen , Norasia Salwa , and Norasia Sabrina . The units built in China differ in a few points from the HDW buildings. The German buildings received two MAN SE 9L 58/64 diesel engines as the main engines, while the Chinese units received two Sulzer 16VZAV40S each instead. There are also externally differences - for example, the Jiangnan units have a triangular recess in the outer skin in the foredeck area , which was consistently straight and closed on the ships built in Kiel. In addition, the free-fall lifeboat in the HDW structures is fitted into the aft Cellguides structure; in the Chinese ships, there is a platform in the upper area of the transom in the entire width of the deck on which the lifeboat frame is built.
Technical problems of the whole series, especially with the gearboxes supplied by Schelde-Naval, led to downtimes and financial losses, whereupon the whole shipping company Norasia got into trouble. The Norasia Samantha and the other ships of the series were sold to Abu Dhabi Container in 2000 and then mostly passed through several hands. All remaining units in the series are now owned by the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
In 2012 the ships built in 1999 and 2000 as Norasia Sultana and Norasia Shereen near Jiangnan were scrapped as the first units of the series. In 2013 the Norasia Selina , built in 1999, followed , so that as of 2013 seven ships were still in service.
The ships
| Fast Feeder Containership | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | delivery | Client | Later names and whereabouts |
| Norasia Samantha | HDW / 336 | 9169029 | June 1998 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Samantha , 2001 Ayrshire , 2003 Safmarine Prime , 2004 Ayrshire , 2004 Lykes Crusader , 2005 MSC Edith , disabled in early November 2007 , emergency anchoring and repaired off the South Island of New Zealand |
| Norasia Savannah | HDW / 337 | 9169031 | 1998 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Savannah , 2001 Cheshire , 2004 MSC Marylena |
| Norasia Salome | HDW / 338 | 9169043 | October 8, 1998 | Norasia Lines - |
1999 Norasia Shamsha , 2000 ADCL Shamsaa , 2001 Oxford , 2005 MSC Caitlin |
| Norasia Sheba | HDW / 339 | 9169055 | 1998 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Sheba , 2002 Warwick , 2003 MSC Malaysia , 2004 MSC Adriana |
| Norasia Scarlet | HDW / 340 | 9169067 | January 29, 1999 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Scarlet , 2001 Buckinghamshire , 2005 MSC Mia Summer |
| Norasia Sultana | Jiangnan / 2240 | 9162605 | 1999 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Sultana , 2001 Perth , 2004 Lykes Master , 2005 CP Master , 2006 Perth , 2008 MSC Kiwi , 2010 Ocean Producer , 2012 Ocean , scrapped from May 24, 2012 |
| Norasia Selina | Jiangnan / 2241 | 9162617 | 1999 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Selina , 2001 Hertford , 2008 Ocean Provider , 2008 MSC Provider , 2013 Pro , scrapped in Alang from May 2013 |
| Norasia Shereen | Jiangnan / 2242 | 9162629 | 2000 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Shereen , 2001 Lancashire , 2003 City Of Salerno , 2003 Lancashire , 2004 MSC Beatrice , 2004 Beatrice I , 2005 Soraya , 2012 Ora , scrapped in Alang from November 5, 2012 |
| Norasia Salwa | Jiangnan / 2243 | 9162631 | July 2000 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Salwa , 2002 Lincoln , 2004 MSC Asli |
| Norasia Sabrina | Jiangnan / 2244 | 9162643 | November 2000 | Norasia Lines - |
2000 ADCL Sabrina , 2001 Shropshire , 2004 MSC Lea |
| Data: Equasis, large tonnage | |||||
literature
- Witthohn: Article in Deutsche Seeschiffahrt. Journal of the Association of German Shipowners . Paul-Gerhard Kuhls publishing house "Deutsche Seeschiffahrt", Hamburg March 1999
Web links
- Data sheet on merchantships-international.at (pdf, English; 158 kB)
- Data sheet of the ship on the website of the BMT Group (pdf, English; 1.13 MB)
- Report by the design office Nigel Gee ( PDF file; 1.11 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miramar (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Miramar (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Miramar (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Southland Times report (November 2, 2007)
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
- ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)
