Hansa Marburg

Hansa Marburg

Ship data flag  Luxembourg Ship type Container Ship Callsign LXHM home port Luxembourg Owner Shipping company "HANSA MARBURG" mbH & Co. KG Shipping company Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipyard Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, Guangzhou Build number GWS326 Keel laying December 22, 2004 Launch December 5, 2006

Ship dimensions and crew length 175.54 m ( Lüa ) 166.1 m ( Lpp ) width 27.4 m Side height 14.3 m Draft Max. 10.91 m measurement 18,327 GT / 10,908 NRZ

Machine system machine 1 × MAN - diesel engine Machine performance 16,660 kW (22,651 hp) Top speed 19.5 kn (36 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 23,419 dwt Container 1,740 TEU

Others Classifications DNV GL IMO no. 9334818

The Hansa Marburg is a full container ship operated by the Hamburg shipping company Leonhardt & Blumberg, sailing under the Luxembourg flag .

history

The ship was from 2004 to 2007 under the hull number GWS326 on the shipyard Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China's Guangzhou built. The keel of the ship was laid on December 22nd, 2004 and the launch on December 5th, 2006. The ship was completed on January 26, 2007.

Pirate attack off West Africa

On April 22, 2013, the ship - then operated under the Liberian flag - was attacked by pirates off the coast of Equatorial Guinea about 130  nautical miles southwest of Malabo . The pirates took four crew members from Russia , Ukraine and Kiribati hostage. It is said to have been the master, the second officer, the chief engineer and the boatswain of the ship. The kidnapped sailors were released at the end of May. Nothing was known about the payment of a ransom. The ship was chartered by a Spanish company in liner service between Spain and Equatorial Guinea.

Technical specifications

The ship is powered by a seven - cylinder two - stroke diesel engine made by MAN , which was built under license by Hudong Heavy Machinery (type: 7 S 60 MC-C). The engine output is 16,000  kW . The engine acts on a fixed propeller . The ship can thus achieve a speed of up to 19.5  kn . In the bow area , the ship has a transverse thruster control system with an output of 900 kW.

Three diesel generators and an emergency generator are available for power supply. Two of the diesel generators have an apparent power of 1750  kVA , the third over 1500 kVA. The emergency generator has an apparent power of 212.5 kVA.

The ship is equipped with two cranes with a capacity of 40 t. The cranes are located amidships between hatches 3 and 4 and 7 and 8. The ship's container capacity is 1740  TEU . The ship can load 1,330 TEU with a homogeneous load of 14 t containers . 292 connections are available for refrigerated containers. Eight hatches that can be closed with pontoon lids are available for the containers . On deck there is space for nine 40-foot containers one behind the other and up to 12 40-foot containers next to each other.

The deckhouse is at the stern of the ship. The pitches in front of the deck house up to a height of five layers one above the other with 40-foot cell guides and behind the front crane deck spaces on the hatches 4 to 8 a location high equipped with 40-foot cell guides. Between hatch 1 and the forecastle there is a breakwater to protect against overflowing water.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hansa Marburg - Seafarers were taken hostage ( memento from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Leonhardt & Blumberg, April 25, 2013.
2. ↑ Pirates take hostages again ( Memento from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), NRD, April 25, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Seafarers of the "Hansa Marburg" free again ( memento from July 2, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , May 28, 2013.
4. ↑ Hansa Marburg - Seafarers have been released ( Memento from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Leonhardt & Blumberg, May 24, 2013.
5. ↑ Flota Marguisa , Marguisa. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
6. ^ MS "Hansa Marburg" ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Ocean Partners Shipping.