Hoegh Xiamen

Hoegh Xiamen

Ship data flag  Norway Ship type Car carrier (Pure Car / Truck Carrier) Callsign LAJM7 home port Oslo Owner Ocean Yield, Lysaker Shipping company Höegh Autoliners Shipyard Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd, Xiamen , China Build number XSI461B Keel laying March 30, 2010 baptism October 12, 2010 Launch July 15, 2010 Commissioning October 15, 2010

Ship dimensions and crew length 182.80 m ( Lüa ) 171.79 m ( Lpp ) width 31.50 m Draft Max. 9.02 m measurement 47,232 GT / 14,315 NRZ   crew 21st

Machine system machine 1 × MAN diesel engine (type: 9S50MC-C) Machine performance 19,334 hp (14,220 kW) Top speed 20 kn (37 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 12,250 dwt Vehicle capacity 4900 cars

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO no. 9431848

The Hoegh Xiamen is a 2010 in Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. Car transporter built in Xiamen, China .

history

The ship was built in 2010 by the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. in China. It is one of two identical ships, the sister ship is the Hoegh Beijing . In 2014, the Hoegh Xiamen were chartered to Höegh Autoliners for eight years on the basis of a bareboat charter .

Fire 2020

On June 4, 2020, the Hoegh Xiamen , which is on a time charter for the Italian shipping company Grimaldi Deepsea, was lying at the Blount Island Marine Terminal ⊙ in Jacksonville , Florida, loaded with used and new vehicles for West Africa and was waiting for the pilot at around 4 p.m. Local time a fire broke out on deck 7. As a result of the fire, there was an explosion in which eight firefighters were injured. On June 8, 2020, the ship was still burning and being cooled from the outside.

Preliminary schedule of Hoegh Xiamen , trip HOX0420
Loading port	Arrivals	Departure
Freeport (Texas)	28th of May	May 29th
Jacksonville	June 2nd	June 5th
Baltimore	June 09	June 10th
Cotonou	June 29th	June 30th
Lagos	June 27th	June 29th

The fire was extinguished on June 12, 2020.

Technical specifications

The car carrier is of a MAN diesel engine driven type 9S50MC-C, which acts on a propeller. There are three generators for power generation, which are driven by two MAN diesel engines of type 8L23 / 30H and one MAN diesel engine of type 6L23 / 30H. An emergency generator powered by another diesel engine was also installed. The ship is equipped with an electrically powered bow thruster .

The ship has two loading ramps. The stern ramp has a capacity of 120 t. The entrance to the deck is 7.6 meters wide. The second, lower capacity ramp is located approximately amidships to starboard. The Hoegh Xiamen has eleven decks that are connected to one another by ramps. Three decks can be adjusted in height up to 5.3 m to accommodate the type of cargo. The total area of ​​the decks is around 41,000 m².

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Höegh Xiamen. Press release. Höegh Autoliners, October 22, 2010, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Höegh Beijing / Xiamen. Ocean Yield, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Höegh Xiamen in Jacksonville. Press release. Höegh Autoliners, June 5, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
4. ^ Message from Grimaldi-ACL - Service Announcement - Hoegh Xiamen 0420 Jacksonville Update. Ghanem Forwarding, June 8, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
5. ^ Car carrier Hoegh Xiamen Continues to burn. Maritime Executive, June 5, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
6. ^ Grimaldi Schedule North America - West Africa Service - Week 23. Grimaldi Lines, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
7. ^ Fire Out on Hoegh Xiamen in Jacksonville. gCaptain, accessed June 16, 2020 . 
8. ↑ M / S «HÖEGH XIAMEN». Skipsrevyen, accessed June 11, 2020 . 
9. ^ Hoegh Xiamen - vessel details. Höegh Autoliners, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
10. ^ Niels C. Jensen: First Chinese Ship to Norwegian Car Carrier. ScandAsia, July 19, 2010, accessed June 11, 2020 .