Large container ship

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Motor container ship MCS  Bolero
MCS Amistade , sister ship of the MCS  Jowi
MTS Va-Banque , 135 × 16.8 m, 5111 t

The large container ship class is a new generation of ships introduced in inland navigation in 1998 . These ships are up to 135 meters long and 17.5 meters wide and are mainly designed for container transport. The first ship was the Jowi .

Technical specifications

The ship is double-hulled and has two apartments, fore and aft. The sister ships Jowi and Amistade have an apartment on two decks aft. The apartments and the wheelhouse are fully air-conditioned. A fire extinguishing system is installed in the engine room. The hold is equipped with connections for 60  refrigerated containers and guide rails, so-called cell guides .

Jowi-class ships are also built as tankers and bulk carriers . The propulsion usually takes place with two propellers , sometimes with three. Your sailing area is the Rhine to Basel . However, there is a driving ban for ships over 110 meters in length in the descent between Lorch and Sankt Goar at the Kaub gauge of less than 0.85 m and higher than 4.60 m.

Example of the MCS Bolero , built in 2003: The hull was built in Nantong ( China ) and the ship was completed at the Dutch shipyard De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten .

length 134.95 m
width 17.35 m
Draft 3.60 m
Side height 5.50 m
Hold 9,722 m³
Load capacity 5,327 tons or up to 500 TEU in five layers
drive 2 × Caterpillar 3512 DI-TA 1119 kW on two five-blade screws 1800 mm with Optima nozzles 1810 mm
Bow thruster 1 Caterpillar 3508 DI-TA 853 kW, Veth-Jet 4-channel 1700
Generator set Caterpillar 3412E DI-TA For bow thruster and power supply of the reefer containers
Generator sets 2 × 80 kVA Cummins for on-board supply
Steering gear 2 independently controllable hydraulic steering gear , four oars.
Hydraulic system to raise and lower the wheelhouse and its upper part, for truck crane and aft anchor winch

See also

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  • Informatie Binnenvaart, NL

Footnotes

  1. ↑ www.informatie.binnenvaart.nl