Mitsui Concord 18th
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The Mitsui Concord 18 is a Liberty replacement ship type , which was developed in the mid-1960s by the Japanese Mitsui shipyard as a replacement for the then aging fleet of Liberty freighters and Victory ships and was built by several Japanese shipyards from 1968 onwards.
history
In the mid-1960s, around 700 of the Liberty and Victory standard freighters, as well as a few other cargo ships built during World War II, were still in service in the then world merchant fleet. Even the youngest of them were now 20 years or older, and so both the shipping companies and the shipyards were faced with the question of replacing these ships, which would soon reach the end of their service life.
The great upheavals in maritime shipping, caused by the appearance of container ships and bulk carriers , which would later almost completely replace the general cargo ships , were not foreseeable as such at this point in time, so that the classic general cargo ship , which was in its form at the time since the turn of the century, was relatively few changes was built, still appeared up to date. The Japanese Mitsui shipyard also oriented its plans for the Concord 18, like many other shipyards with their successful type ships SD-14 , German Liberty , Trampko , Seebeck 36L , to intermediate decks with their own loading gear and around 14,000 tons of load capacity. This conservative design was undoubtedly also due to the fact that most of the Liberty and Victory ships still in service at that time were operated by rather small shipping companies with limited resources. In the course of the construction period, the carrying capacity of the Concord ships was increased again.
The first ship of this type, the Sylvia Cord , was launched on March 2, 1968 and was handed over to its new owner, Concord Line (a subsidiary of the Lauritzen shipping company) from Copenhagen on May 29, 1968 at Osaka Zosenho in Osaka .
The German shipping company DDG "Hansa" acquired six identical ships from the Greek shipowner Michael A. Karageorgis, who had a large number of Concord ships built, in 1974/75. After being taken over by DDG “Hansa”, these units were converted into heavy lift ships or 924 TEU full container ships of the F-class .
technology
The ships have four holds with seven hatches and a volume of 21,474 m³ (bulk cargo) or 19,724 m³ (general cargo). The holds are suitable for the transport of heavy loads. As own loading stood default eleven derricks with 5 to 15 tons of capacity available, there were during the series, however, numerous other variants with conventional derricks, heavy lift , Stülcken-Schwergutgeschirr built, or cranes. In addition, existing ships were converted into heavy lift ships or container ships.
The main propulsion of the ships consisted of a seven-cylinder Mitsui / B&W diesel engine that acted directly on a fixed propeller. In the beginning the type 7-62VT2BF-140 with around 8400 HP was used, later the 1000 HP more powerful Type 7 K 62 EF with a speed of 144 revolutions per minute each. There was no bow thruster .
The ships (selection)
| Mitsui Concord 18th | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| execution | Building name | Shipyard / construction number | IMO number | Client | Commissioning | Later names | Whereabouts |
| General cargo ship | Sylvia Cord | Osaka Zosensho (subcontract) / 270 | 6814207 | JD Lauritzens Concord Line A / S, Copenhagen | 1968 | 1977 to China as Fu Ping | cancellation |
| General cargo ship | Margaret Cord | Osaka Zosensho (subcontract) | 6814207 | JD Lauritzens Concord Line A / S, Copenhagen | 1968 | 1973 Silja Dan , 1975 Protoklitos , October 24, 1981 Golden Benin , June 27, 1984 Golden Arabia | From July 22, 1986 demolition in Kaohsiung |
| General cargo container ship |
Aristarchus | Mitsui / 910 | 7121671 | Michael A. Karageorgis | January 18, 1972 | 1974 Freienfels , 1980 Neckar Express , 1984 Lizard , 1985 Leeward , 1996 Heung-A Carmen , 1998 ZIM Odessa I , 2004 Good Hope I , 2004 MSC Arabia | Demolition from 3rd July 2010 in Alang |
| General cargo container ship |
Aristandros | Mitsui / 921 | 7206433 | Michael A. Karageorgis | May 25, 1972 | 1974 Frankenfels , 1980 Fulda Express , 1984 Biscay , 1986 Carmen Carina , 1995 Heung-A Grace , 1998 Grace , 1998 ZIM Constantza I , 2004 Good Luck , 2004 MSC Sharjah | Demolition from November 16, 2008 in Alang |
| General cargo container ship |
Aristipus | Nipponkai / 169 | 7326829 | Michael A. Karageorgis | 20th November 1973 | 1974 Frauenfels , 1980 Ibn Al Suwaidi , 1982 Isar Express , 1986 Norasia Karsten , 1987 Carmen Alba , 1987 Ocean Express , 1993 Barbican Succes , 1998 Pangani , 1998 Tabora | Demolished in 1999 in Alang |
| General cargo ship | Aristogenis | Nipponkai / 170 Mitsui / 992 |
7355325 | Michael A. Karageorgis | February 22, 1974 April 25, 1975 |
1975 Trifels , 1980 Tribels | Demolished in 2002 in Alang |
| General cargo ship Heavy cargo ship |
Aristocleidis | Mitsui / 981 | 7374101 | Michael A. Karageorgis | April 30, 1974 | 1975 Trautenfels , 1980 Trautenbels | Demolition from April 5, 2000 in Alang |
| General cargo container ship |
Aristotelis | Mitsui /? | 7374113 | Michael A. Karageorgis | July 25, 1974 | 1975 Freudenfels , 1980 Werra Express , 1984 Werra , 1984 Windward , 2003 Pelayo , 2005 Windward | Demolition from November 26, 2008 in Alang |
| General cargo ship | Aristomachus | Mitsui /? | 7374242 | Michael A. Karageorgis | 1975 | 1976 Star Alcyone , 1979 Jin Cheng | Cancellation from January 22nd, 2009 |
| General cargo ship | Aristeidis | Mitsui /? | 7374254 | Michael A. Karageorgis | 1976 | 1976 Star Procyon , 1979 Xiang Cheng | Termination after 2008 |
| General cargo ship | Aristonidas | Nipponkai / 170 Mitsui / 992 |
7355325 | Michael A. Karageorgis | 1977 | 1978 Tong Cheng | Demolished in 2008 |
| General cargo ship | Velenje | Mitsui / | 7507215 | Splošna Plovba Piran | June 1976 | - | Stranded in a cyclone off Kandla in 1998 and scrapped in Alang on November 21, 1998 |
| General cargo ship | Celje | Mitsui / | 7507239 | Splošna Plovba Piran | March 1977 | - | Cancellation from March 31, 2009 in India |
| General cargo ship | Kamnik | Mitsui / | 7507241 | Splošna Plovba Piran | May 1977 | - | Cancellation from March 4th 2011 |
| General cargo ship | Kranj | Mitsui / | 7502772 | Splošna Plovba Piran | July 1976 | - | Cancellation from January 14, 2009 |
| General cargo ship | Maribor | Mitsui / | 7512741 | Splošna Plovba Piran | September 1976 | - | Cancellation from November 6th, 2009 |
literature
- Prager, Hans Georg: DDG Hansa - From liner service to special shipping . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1976, ISBN 3-7822-0105-1 .
- Peter Kiehlmann, Holger Patzer: The cargo ships of the DDG Hansa . HM Hauschild, Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-931785-02-5 .