Prague Express class

Prague Express class

The Prague Express on the Elbe

Ship data Ship type Container Ship Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea Construction period 2009 to 2010 Commissioning 2010 Units built 3 Cruising areas worldwide ride

Ship dimensions and crew length 335.94 m ( Lüa ) 323.50 m ( Lpp ) width 42.80 m Side height 24.50 m Draft Max. 14.61 m measurement 93,750 GT / 37,699 NRZ   crew 22nd

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine (Hyundai 10K98ME) Machine performance 57,200 kW (77,770 hp) Top speed 23.5 kn (44 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity approx. 104,000 dw Container 8749 TEU Connections for refrigerated containers 730

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd

The Prague Express class is a series of container ships operated by the Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd .

details

The Prague Express class includes three ships that were built between 2009 and 2010 at the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries . The ships are largely the same as the Colombo Express class units delivered between 2005 and 2008 and the ships in the Vienna Express class that was built at the same time . The three Prague-class ships differ from the latter in terms of their main engine design. With a width of 42.8 m, they belong to the shipping company's Post- Panamax ships. You sail under the German flag with your home port of Hamburg.

technology

The ships are powered by a ten-cylinder two - stroke diesel engine from Hyundai Heavy Industries with an output of 57,200  kW , which acts on a fixed pitch propeller. This enables the ships to reach a speed of around 25  knots .

In the bow of the ship is a bow thruster fitted with an output of 2,500 kW.

The container storage capacity is 8,749 TEU . There are 730 connections for refrigerated containers.

The ships

Prague Express class
Ship name	Build number	IMO number	Keel laying, launching, delivery
Prague Express	2067	9450399	October 12, 2009 December 24, 2009 March 22, 2010
Sofia Express	2077	9450404	December 30, 2009 April 30, 2010 June 30, 2010
Frankfurt Express	2098	9450442	November 23, 2009 February 16, 2010 April 15, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prague Express ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2010 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. , Hapag-Lloyd.
2. ↑ DNV GL: Prague Express. Retrieved June 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Sofia Express ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2010 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. , Hapag-Lloyd.
4. ^ DNV GL: Sofia Express. Retrieved June 2, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Frankfurt Express ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2010 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. , Hapag-Lloyd.
6. ↑ DNV GL: Frankfurt Express. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .