The design was originally developed by the Flender shipyard in Lübeck . During the years that it was part of the Bremer Vulkan group , the design was built as BV 2500 by other shipyards within the group. From 1996 the Stralsund Volkswerft first built the type of ship as the VW 2500 series for various German shipping companies. The MTW shipyard built it with slight modifications from 1997, first as the MTW 2500 , later as the Baltic 2500 and even later as the further developed Aker 2500 . Based on this, the enlarged Aker 2700 and later the Wadan 2800 were developed at MTW .
The CSAV Hamburgo in the roadstead
The ships are designed as multi-purpose dry cargo ships with a deckhouse far aft. They are mainly used in container transport. The container capacity is around 2500 TEU, with homogeneously loaded 14-ton containers it is still 1894 TEU. The ships have three holds that are closed with pontoon hatch covers. The ships were developed for use in areas with poorly developed port infrastructure and are therefore each equipped with three NMF cranes, each with a capacity of 45 tons, arranged amidships .
A characteristic of the 2500 TEU type is the deckhouse , which forms a unit with the integrated chimney shaft. The ships are equipped with freefall lifeboats arranged at the stern .
The ships are powered by a two-stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock with an output of around 17,200 kW. The engine acts directly on a fixed pitch propeller and does not have a shaft generator . The engine type enables a service speed of around 20 knots and a top speed of almost 21 knots. There are also three auxiliary diesels and an emergency diesel generator available. The berthing and casting off maneuvers are supported by a bow thruster .
Construction list
MTW 2500 container ships (selection)
Building name
Shipyard / construction number
IMO number
delivery
Client
Renaming and whereabouts
Borkum Trader
MTW / 431
9138276
1998
Shipping company Hermann Buss, Leer
Brasil Star , Borkum Trader , Brasil Star , Borkum Trader , CSAC Hamburgo , CSAV Hamburgo , Borkum Trader , Panther
Anika Oltmann
MTW / 432
9138288
1998
Shipping company Oltmann, Stade
Montebello , Anika Oltmann , MSC Caracas , sold in 2016 for demolition in Alang
Juist Trader
MTW / 433
9138290
1998
Shipping company Hermann Buss, Leer
Cielo del Canada , CP Canada , Juist Trader , Maruba Orion , Juist Trader , 2017 demolition in Alang
Helgoland Trader
MTW / 434
9138305
1998
Shipping company Hermann Buss, Leer
Maersk Sao Paulo , ECL Rotterdam , Lykes Osprey , CSAV New York , Helgoland Trader , Niledutch Shenzhen , Helgoland Trader , Monemvasia
Detlefsen, Gert Uwe; Abert, Hans Jürgen: Register of the German Kümos as well as other cargo and container ships from 500 to 1600 GRT and up to GT 5000 1945-1999 . 1st edition. Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Bad Segeberg 1999, ISBN 3-928473-54-9 (2 volumes).
Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Hans Jürgen Abert: The history and fate of German series freighters . Volume 1 - The development, German series after 1945 The fate of the Hansa-A-Freighter. Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Bad Zwischenahn 1998, ISBN 3-928473-41-7 .
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