UASC A4 class
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The UASC A4 class was a class of container ships of the shipping company United Arab Shipping Company .
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The ten units built for the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) based in Kuwait were built in 1998 at the Japanese shipyards of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Sakaide, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in Ichihara . They were full container ships with superstructures four-fifths aft above the machinery . Five of using cell guides provided cargo holds were located outside the deckhouse and beyond. The hatches were closed with pontoon hatch covers. The container space capacity was initially 3802 TEU, of which a relatively high share of 54.4% (2068 TEU) could be operated in the area. The shipping company later stated the maximum container space capacity at 4101 TEU. Integral refrigerated containers could be supplied on board the ships.
The drive system consisted of a two - stroke diesel engine with an output of 34,348 kilowatts . The engine acted directly on a fixed propeller and helped the ships to a speed of 24 knots .
The lead ship of the class, the Narjan , was delivered to the client in February 1998; the nine sister ships all followed in the course of the same year.
The Fowairet ran aground on September 20, 2005 near Walsoorden , with the hull of the ship buckling. After the dumping, the affected 40-foot cargo hold section was removed from the dock in Schiedam and the Fowairet remained in service for a shortened period initially for a further 18 months before a new section was added.
As a result of the merger of UASC with Hapag-Lloyd , the ships came to Hapag-Lloyd in 2017. In the same year, five ships were sold for demolition, the remaining ships were scrapped in 2018.
The ships
| UASC A4 class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number | IMO number | Commissioning | Renaming and whereabouts |
| Najran | Kawasaki / 1474 | 9149744 | February 1998 | 2017 demolition in Aliağa |
| Abu Dhabi | Mitsubishi / 2131 | 9152258 | March 1998 | 2013: Sakaka , 2017 demolition in Xinhui |
| Al Sabahia | Mitsui / 1441 | 9154529 | March 1998 | 2013: Sabya , 2018 demolition in Jiangyin |
| Fowairet | Mitsubishi / 2132 | 9152260 | May 1998 | 2018 demolition in Jiangyin |
| Asir | Mitsui / 1442 | 9154531 | June 1998 | 2017 demolition in Aliağa |
| Al Farahidi | Kawasaki / 1475 | 9149756 | July 1998 | 2018 demolition in Aliağa |
| Al Abdali | Mitsui / 1443 | 9154543 | September 1998 | 2018 demolition in Aliağa |
| Deira | Kawasaki / 1476 | 9149768 | September 1998 | 2017 demolished in Xinhui |
| Al Mutanabbi | Mitsubishi / 2133 | 9152272 | November 1998 | 2013: Al Rain , demolished in Jiangyin in 2018 |
| Al Noof | Mitsui / 1477 | 9149770 | November 1998 | 2013: Sudair , 2017 demolition in Aliağa |
| Data: Equasis, large tonnage | ||||
Web links
- Fleet overview of UASC (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lloyd's Shipping Economist , Volume 21, Lloyd's of London Press, London, 1999, p. 27.
- ↑ Entries at cargolaw.com (English)
- ^ Hapag-Lloyd ships. Retrieved September 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Hapag-Lloyd scraps three freighters. September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Hapag-Lloyd has another seven container ships recycled in an environmentally friendly way. Accessed January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Hapag-Lloyd sends seven ships to the scrap. January 30, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
- ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)