MOL C class
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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 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 | |||||
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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 |
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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
- 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 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)
- ↑ YP47 - Ensuring the safety of ultra large container ships - The development of YP47 high strength steel and methods for arresting brittle cracks . In: ClassNK Magazine 2008 , Vol. 60, pp. 6–9 (English; PDF; 5.8 MB)
- ↑ MOL press release of June 24, 2013
- ↑ MOL press release of June 27, 2013
- ↑ Three MOL freighters already upgraded . In: Daily port report , August 13, 2013.
- ↑ World fleet of idle vessels reached its lowest level since October 2011 at Transportweekly , 23 August 2013 (English)
- ↑ Giant container broken through - Hamburg freighter saved 26 seamen . In: Kieler Nachrichten , June 18, 2013
- ↑ Photo of the driving forecastle on the Twitter account of the MRCC Mumbai
- ↑ Photo of the drifting aft ship on the Twitter account of the MRCC Mumbai
- ↑ MOL press release from June 26, 2013
- ↑ MOL press release, June 27, 2013
- ↑ https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/one-premier-navire-aux-nouvelles-couleurs-de-la-compagnie
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
- ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)