Monte Verde (ship)

Monte Verde is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.[2] and operated by Maersk Line AS[3]. The 272-metre (892 ft) long ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering[1] in Okpo, South Korea in 2005. Originally owned by Reederei Monte GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd[3], she has had three owners and been registered under two flags.

Container ship Monte Cervantes, sister ship to Monte Verde
History
Singapore[1]
Name:	2018–present: Monte Verde[1]
Owner:	A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.[2]
Operator:	Maersk Line AS[3]
Port of registry:	Singapore as of 21 March 2018[1]
Route:	Hamburg Süd US Gulf/Central America/Caribbean - South America East Coast (UCLA 1) liner service[4]
Identification:	IMO number: 9283239[1] MMSI number: 563051800[3] Callsign: 9V7575[3]
Status:	In service[5]
Germany[1]
Name:	2011–present: Monte Verde[3] 2005–present: Alianca Maua[3]
Owner:	2011–present: Reederei Monte GmbH & Co KG[3] 2005–2011: Monte Verde GmbH[3]
Operator:	2005–2018: Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG[3]
Port of registry:	Germany as of 8 January 2005[3]
Builder:	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering[1]
Laid down:	27 December 2004[1]
Launched:	18 June 2005
Completed:	9 August 2005[1]
Identification:	IMO number: 9283239
General characteristics
Class and type:	ABS A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, UWILD, PMP[1]
Tonnage:	69,132 GT[1]
Length:	272 m (892.4 ft)[1]
Beam:	40 m (131.2 ft)[1]
Depth:	24.2 m (79.4 ft)[1]
Installed power:	HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C-B[6]
Speed:	23 knots[7]
Capacity:	71,415.6 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[1]

The vessel is one of ten ships of the Monte class built for Hamburg Süd by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries between 2004 and 2009.[8]

Construction

Monte Verde had its keel laid down on 27 December 2004[1] at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering[1] in Okpo, South Korea. Its hull has an overall length of 272 metres (892 ft).[1] In terms of width, the ship has a beam of 40 metres (130 ft).[1] The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is 24.2 metres (79 ft).[1]

The ship's container-carrying capacity of 5,552 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (5,552 20-foot shipping containers)[7] places it in the range of a Post-Panamax container ship.[9] The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 69,132.[1] Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 34,823.[1] Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is 71,415.6 long tons deadweight (DWT).[1]

The vessel was built with a HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C-B[6] main engine, which drives a controllable-pitch propeller. The 8-cylinder engine has a Maximum Continuous Rating of 45,760 kW with 102 revolutions per minute at MCR. The cylinder bore is 960mm. The ship also features 4 main power distribution system auxiliary generators, 3 at 4,100-kilowatt (5,500 hp), and 1 at 2,700-kilowatt (3,600 hp).[6] The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CHB 5000 auxiliary boiler.[6]

Construction of the ship was completed on 9 August 2005.[1] As of 2018, the ship is classified by the ABS with the code "A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, UWILD, PMP[1]", meaning that it was constructed under the supervision of a recognized classification society, that the construction complies with the society's rules, and that it is classed as a general cargo carrier and container ship.[1]

Current Service

As of December 2018, Monte Verde runs the Hamburg Süd US Gulf/Central America/Caribbean - South America East Coast (UCLA 1) liner service.[4]

Southbound

Direction	From	To	Journey Duration	Total Elapsed Days
Southbound	Houston	Cristobal	5	5
Southbound	Cristobal	Cartagena	1	6
Southbound	Cartagena	Suape	7	13
Southbound	Suape	Santos	3	16
Southbound	Santos	Navegantes	3	19

Northbound

Direction	From	To	Journey Duration	Total Elapsed Days
Northbound	Navegantes	Itapoa	1	1
Northbound	Itapoa	Paranagua	1	2
Northbound	Paranagua	Santos	2	4
Northbound	Santos	Rio de Janeiro	1	5
Northbound	Rio de Janeiro	Salvador	4	9
Northbound	Salvador	Cartagena	8	17
Northbound	Cartagena	Cristobal	1	18
Northbound	Cristóbal	Veracruz	3	21
Northbound	Veracruz	Altamira	1	22
Northbound	Altamira	Houston	3	25

Notes

1. "ABS Record - General Characteristics", 2018.
2. "ABS Record - Owner/Manager", 2018.
3. "Equasis", 2018.
4. "US Gulf/Central America/Caribbean - South America East Coast (UCLA 1) liner service", 2018.
5. "United States Coast Guard PSIX", 2018.
6. "ABS Record - Machinery", 2018.
7. "Port of Hamburg - Monte Cervantes, sister ship to Monte Oivia", 2018.
8. "Hamburg Süd History", 2018.
9. MAN Diesel & Turbo, "Propulsion Trends in Container Vessels" Archived 2018-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2009, p.8-9.

References

• Det Norske Veritas (January 2011). "Part 1, Chapter 2: Class Notations". Rules for the Classification of Ships (PDF). Høvik, Norway: Det Norske Veritas AS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
• International Maritime Organization (2002). "International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969". International Maritime Organization. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2008). Review of Maritime Transport, 2008 (PDF). New York and Geneva: United Nations. ISBN 978-92-1-112758-4.