Type VCS 420
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The type VCS 420 was a series ship type, consisting of six identical units. The container ships were built by the Juliana Constructora Gijonesa shipyard in Gijón for the Deutsche Seereederei Rostock (DSR), the state shipping company of the German Democratic Republic .
description
The first ship, the Halberstadt , was launched on November 6, 1985 and was delivered to the client on May 30, 1985.
The ships are designed as double hull multi-purpose dry cargo ships with a deckhouse far aft and three forward cargo holds . The three cargo holds are equipped with cell guides (cell frames for guiding the containers) for 40-foot containers , which can be quickly dismantled to enable the transport of conventional general cargo and bulk cargo. The containerization of the planned shipping areas of the Red Sea and the African coast, which was not yet comprehensive at the time, made such a solution necessary. This type was equipped with two 36-tonne board cranes from the Lübeck manufacturer Orenstein & Koppel . A trimming tank on the starboard side made it possible to compensate for any impact sides when using the on-board cranes , since these cranes are located on the port side. The container capacity was 194 TEU below deck and 246 TEU on deck, whereby the deck capacity was increased to 324 by stowing another container layer. The holds of the ships are closed with hydraulic folding hatch covers.
The ships are powered by a twelve-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine of the type SKL 12 VDS 48/42 AI-2 with an output of 4413 kW. The engine acts via a gearbox on a propeller and a VEB ELMO shaft generator and enables a speed of around 16.0 knots . There are also three SKL auxiliary diesel engines and one Pegaso emergency diesel engine . The berthing and casting off maneuvers are supported by a bow thruster .
Remarks
- The ships were paid for with a bulk delivery of lignite briquettes from the GDR production.
- According to the ideas of the politically responsible in the GDR Ministry of Transport, this series of ships was intended to honor anti-fascists or personalities of the German labor movement (letter of February 6, 1984).
- The then general director of the DSR had some problems with the proposed ship name Neustadt . Throughout Germany there are over twenty places with the name Neustadt . So this ship should at least be called Neustadt / Orla because of the agricultural machinery combine there. He couldn't prevail and so the name stood for all new towns .
The ships
| Type VCS 420 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Build number IMO |
Launched delivery |
Later names and whereabouts |
| Halberstadt | 302 8322181 |
November 6, 1984 May 30, 1985 |
Originally planned as Fritz Grosse ; July 23, 1992 to Ever Gain Shipping Co. Ltd. Kingstown ( St. Vincent and the Grenadines ) as Ever Gain ; ; 1992 in Eagle Sun ; Ever Gain again in 1993 , then Orient Star , in 1994 to Blue Angel Maritime Ltd. Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda) as Star Light ; 1999 as Claire A. at Menkar Navigation SA, Izmir ; 2008 Timucin A , 2011 to Elkenz Denizcilik Nakliyat ve Ticaret, Istanbul Simin , in motion |
| Arnstadt | 303 8322193 |
December 10, 1984 August 9, 1985 |
Originally planned as Hans Marchwitza ; September 11, 1992 to Syarikat Perkapalan Kris Sendirian Berhad, Labuan , Malaysia as Kris Terasek ; 1998 to Mirak Shipping SA, Izmir as Diane A .; 1999 to Menkar Navigation SA, Izmir; in motion |
| Rudolstadt | 304 8322208 |
March 7, 1985 October 25, 1985 |
Originally planned as Max Lademann ; June 18, 1990 to DSR GmbH, Rostock, July 29 in Metz Beirut ; April 16, 1992 in Karakoram ; January 25, 1994 in Hyundai Vostochny ; 1995 in Hyundai Tanjin ; 1996 in Qingdao Express , 2000 Li Ming , 2004 Xing Ming 1 , 2006 He Jiang , 2012 still in the register |
| Johanngeorgenstadt | 305 8322210 |
July 5, 1985 December 20, 1985 |
Originally planned as Fritz Ehrlich ; June 18, 1990 to DSR GmbH, Rostock; June 30, 1992 to Marsfjord Shipping Co. Ltd. Limassol ; in July 1992 transferred to Imke Wehr Shipping Co. Ltd., St. John's and renamed Imke Wehr in autumn 1993 ; 1996 in Tiger Creek and in May 1996 to Menkar Navigation SA, Izmir, renamed Vivien A .; January 2004 as Erkut , on the move; |
| Neustadt | 306 8411853 |
July 31, 1985 February 14, 1986 |
Originally planned as Theodor Neubauer ; June 18, 1990 to DSR GmbH, Rostock; August 4, 1992 to Hainan Shipping & Enterprises Co. Ltd. Haikou ( People's Republic of China ) renamed Wan Ning He ; June 1998 as Sirte Star at Seatide Shipping Ltd .; Kingstown (VCT); in motion |
| Jöhstadt | 307 8411841 |
October 1, 1985 April 16, 1986 |
Originally planned as Fritz Heckert ; July 15, 1991 in Metz Larnaca ; April 10, 1991 renamed Khyber ; on June 26, 1992 to Marsfjord Shipping Co. Ltd. Limassol ; immediately transferred to Imke Wehr Shipping Co. Ltd., St. John's and renamed Peter Wehr in 1993 ; Conversion, new loading capacity 581 TEU; 1994 in Samudera Thai : 1995 Peter Wehr again ; 1995 chartered as FMG America ; May 1996 as Wanda A. , Teoman A , Aspendos M , in motion |
literature
- German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock Author collective Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen ISBN 3-928473-81-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 67
- ^ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 302
- ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping (various years)
- ^ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 300
- ^ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 302
- ↑ Home Equasis (English, data request only after registration)
- ↑ The Rudolstadt at Coasters & other ships revised (English)
- ↑ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 305
- ↑ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 305
- ^ German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, page 306