MOL C class

**MOL C class**
	The APL Poland
Ship data
Ship type	Container Ship
Shipping company	Mitsui OSK Lines, Tokyo
Shipyard	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki ; Koyo Dockyard, Imabari
Construction period	2007 to 2014
Units built	14th
Cruising areas	Worldwide trip
Ship dimensions and crew
length	316.00 (320.37) m ( Lüa ) 303.18 (304.93) m ( Lpp )
width	45.60 (46.00) m
Side height	25.00 (24.90) m
Draft	Max. 14,535 (14,524) m
measurement	86,692 (88,089) GT , 48,825 (42,417) NRZ
crew	26th
Machine system
machine	1 × Mitsubishi- Wärtsilä RT-flex96C eleven- cylinder two-stroke diesel engine
Machine ; performance	62,920 kW (85,547 hp)
Top ; speed	25.25 kn (47 km / h)
propeller	1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity	90,613 (90,466) dwt
Container	8110/8540 (8102) TEU
Others
Classifications	Nippon Kaiji Kyōkai
Data
Basic data	Mitsubishi shipyard
Dates in brackets	Koyo Dockyard construction yard

The MOL C-Class is a class of container ships operated by the Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).

Construction and time of use

The ship class includes six units of the shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki , and another two ships of the type Imabari 8000 the shipyard Koyo Dockyard in Mihara , which in the years 2007 to 2013 the Tokyo shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines were built (MOL). Some of these ships were put into service for the MOL shipping company and some for the American President Lines (APL).

In March 2008, Japanese shipping companies also placed an order with Mitsubishi for four sister ships , which were to be put into service in a long-term charter on the European-Far East route of the Malaysian shipping company MISC Berhad . Since MISC had meanwhile given up this route in January 2010 and left the Grand Alliance and the ships were too big for MISC's inner-Asian lines and the route to Australia and New Zealand, the newbuildings were put on the charter market in 2010/2011. The Bunga Seroja Lima was after her delivery, 2011. Charter of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) times the largest container ship on the route between the Far East and the South American west coast. In the meantime, these four units are operating for APL, while the units that started out as APL ships are again operating as MOL ships.

technology

The MOL Charisma , down the Elbe

The ships of the MOL C class are post-Panamax container ships. The ship's superstructures and the engine room below are about four fifths of the length aft. Compared to other 8000 TEU ships, the ships of this class were designed to be a 40-foot bay shorter and a row of containers wider. The total capacity is a little over 8100 TEU , of which 3494 TEU can be stowed in the holds and 4616 TEU on deck. Later units in the series have a higher total capacity of 8450 TEU. There are connections for 630 refrigerated containers .

A main engine of the type Sulzer or Wärtsilä RT-flex96C with an output of 62,920 kW, which acts directly on a fixed propeller and enables a speed of up to 25.25 knots, was used for the series. The units delivered in 2007/2008 and 2013 received Mitsubishi-made engines, while the main engines of the Koyo buildings and the four 2010/2011 units received Mitsui instead. In order to meet the current MARPOL regulations, all bunker tanks are arranged within the double hull .

In terms of shipbuilding, what was remarkable about the ship type of the units built by Mitsubishi was the first-time use of high-strength YP47 steel of grade "E" (YP460MPa) with a tensile strength of around 461 N / mm² for the hull . The new steel grade was developed by Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and its use was tested in cooperation with the classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai .

Due to the so far unexplained cause of the breakthrough of the MOL Comfort , a joint investigation of the sister ships MOL Creation , MOL Charisma , MOL Celebration , MOL Courage , MOL Competence and MOL Commitment by the shipping company MOL, the shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai started. After the ships were examined by the respective crews as the first measure during ongoing operations and a preliminary plan for reducing the hull loads was drawn up, the shipping company decided to take all sister ships of the shipping company out of service and to strengthen their hulls. By mid-August, these reinforcements were on the MOL Celebration , MOL Courage and MOL Creation performed, the MOL Charisma and the MOL Competence followed in the fall. The core of the MOL Commitment should be strengthened in February 2014. ^[outdated]

MOL Comfort accident in June 2013

On June 17, 2013, the MOL Comfort was on a voyage from Singapore to Jeddah in the Arabian Sea about 430 nautical miles southeast of Salala in a bad weather area when it initially showed severe dents in the midships area, soon afterwards buckled and finally broke into two parts. The crew of 26, consisting of eleven Russians, one Ukrainian and 14 Filipinos, was able to save itself in two life rafts and a lifeboat and was picked up by the Yantian Express as part of the rescue operation coordinated by the MRCC Mumbai .

The fore and aft of the damaged vessel initially retained their buoyancy and, after the incident, drifted east-northeast at a speed of around two knots. On June 26th, the towing of the fore in the direction of the Persian Gulf began, the aft sank on June 27, 2013 near the position 14 ° 26'N; 066 ° 26'E at a water depth of about 4000 meters. Around 1700 containers were lost and around 1500 t of heavy oil sank with them.

The ships

MOL C-Class and identical ships
Building name	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	delivery	Client	Later names and whereabouts
MOL Creation	MHI, Nagasaki / 2225	9321237	June 29, 2007	MOL Euro-Orient Shipping, Bahamas MOL, Tokyo	-
MOL charisma	MHI, Nagasaki / 2226	9321249	September 28, 2007	MOL, Tokyo	2007 APL France , 2010 MOL Charisma , 2017 Tong Hai Bai Da → MOL Charisma (2017)
MOL Celebration	MHI, Nagasaki / 2227	9321251	February 14, 2008	MOL Euro-Orient Shipping, Bahamas MOL, Tokyo	-
MOL Comfort	MHI, Nagasaki / 2228	9321263	March 31, 2008	MOL Euro-Orient Shipping, Bahamas MOL, Tokyo	APL Poland (2008) → MOL Courage (2012)
MOL competence	MHI, Nagasaki / 2233	9339662	June 27, 2008	MOL Euro-Orient Shipping, Bahamas MOL, Tokyo	ONE Competence (2018)
APL Russia	MHI, Nagasaki / 2234	9358761	July 2008	MOL Euro-Orient Shipping, Bahamas MOL, Tokyo	MOL Comfort (2012) → Broken and sunk in two parts in the Arabian Sea in 2013
APL Finland	Koyo Dockyard, Mihara / 2260	9388352	August 17, 2008	Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Imabari MOL, Tokyo	MOL Continuity (2012) → ONE Continuity (2018)
MOL Cosmos	Koyo Dockyard, Mihara / 2261	9388340	July 20, 2008	Luster Maritime / Higaki Sangyo, Imabari MOL, Tokyo	ONE Cosmos (2018)
Bunga Seroja Tiga	MHI, Nagasaki / 2258	9495038	May 31, 2010	Southern Route / Nissen Kaiun, Imabari	APL Zeebrugge (2010) → Seroja Tiga (2013)
Bunga Seroja Empat	MHI, Nagasaki / 2259	9495040	August 27, 2010	Kyowa Kisen / Green Spanker, Imabari	APL Ningbo (2010) → Seroja Empat
Bunga Seroja Lima	MHI, Nagasaki / 2268	9567661	March 29, 2011	Tokei Kaiun, Imabari	APL France (2013) → Seroja Lima
Bunga Seroja Enam	MHI, Nagasaki / 2269	9567673	August 10, 2011	Nissen Kaiun, Imabari	APL Poland (2013) → Seroja Enam
MOL commitment	MHI, Nagasaki / 2293	9629902	June. 17.2013	Rocky Crest Maritime, Marshall Islands MOL, Tokyo	One Commitmeht (2018)
MOL Contribution	MHI, Nagasaki / 2294	9629914	March 2014	White Summit Maritime, Marshall Islands MOL, Tokyo	ONE Contribution (2019)
Data: Equasis, large tonnage

Web links

Commons : MOL C class - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Report of the investigation into the sinking of the “MOL Comfort” in the Indian Ocean (PDF file, 1.5 MB), Bahamas Maritime Authority, September 2015 (English)

Individual evidence

↑ MSC to charter 8,540 TEU Bunga Seroja Lima from MISC , SOL Shipping OnLine

↑ News Radar - New Launchings ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Mitsui OSK Lines (English)