Rio Madeira (ship)
Rio Madeira is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.[2] and operated by Maersk Line AS[3]. The 286.45-metre (939.8 ft) long ship was built at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries[1] in Mangalia, Romania in 2009. Originally owned by Rio Madeira GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd[3], she has had two owners and been registered under three flags.
Container ship Rio Madeira | |
History | |
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Name: | 2018–present: Rio Madeira[1] |
Owner: | A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.[2] |
Operator: | Maersk Line AS[3] |
Port of registry: | Singapore as of 20 March 2018[1] |
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Status: | In service[6] |
History | |
Name: | 2014–present: Rio Madeira[1] |
Owner: | Rio Madeira GmbH & Co KG[3] |
Operator: | Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG[3] |
Port of registry: | Monrovia, Liberia as of 6 January 2014[3] |
Name: | 2009–present: Rio Madeira[1] |
Owner: | Rio Madeira GmbH & Co KG[3] |
Operator: | Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG[3] |
Port of registry: | Germany as of 11 January 2009[3] |
Builder: | Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries[1] |
Laid down: | 22 September 2008[1] |
Completed: | 10 November 2009[1] |
Identification: | IMO number: 9348106 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | ABS A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, Ice Class D0 , UWILD, TCM, PMP[1] |
Tonnage: | 73,899 GT[1] |
Length: | 286.45 m (939.8 ft)[1] |
Beam: | 40 m (131.2 ft)[1] |
Depth: | 24.2 m (79.4 ft)[1] |
Ice class: | D0 |
Installed power: | Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C[7] |
Speed: | 23 knots[8] |
Capacity: | 80,300 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[1] |
The vessel is one of three ships of the Rio class built for Hamburg Süd by Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in 2009.[9][10]
Construction
Rio Madeira had its keel laid down on 22 September 2008[1] at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries[1] in Mangalia, Romania. Its hull has an overall length of 286.45 metres (939.8 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 5,905 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (5,905 20-foot shipping containers)[8] places it in the range of a Post-Panamax container ship.[11] The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 73,899.[1] Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 39,673.[1] Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is 80,300 long tons deadweight (DWT).[1]
The vessel was built with a Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C[7] main engine, which drives a controllable-pitch propeller. The 8-cylinder engine has a Maximum Continuous Rating of 45,765 kW with 102 revolutions per minute at MCR. The cylinder bore is 960mm. The ship also features 4 main power distribution system auxiliary generators, 2 at 5,428.5-kilowatt (7,279.7 hp), and 2 at 4,071.4-kilowatt (5,459.8 hp).[7] The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-500 auxiliary boiler, as well as an Aalborg AQ-2 exhaust gas boiler.[7]
Construction of the ship was completed on 10 November 2009.[1] As of 2018, the ship is classified by the ABS with the code "A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, Ice Class D0 , UWILD, TCM, 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]
Notes
- "ABS Record - General Characteristics", 2018.
- "ABS Record - Owner/Manager", 2018.
- "Equasis", 2018.
- "Asia – South America East Coast ASIA 2 / New Good Hope Express liner service", p. 3-4, 2018.
- "Australia/New Zealand South East Asia (SENZ-Southern Loop) liner service", p. 9-10, 2018.
- "United States Coast Guard PSIX", 2018.
- "ABS Record - Machinery", 2018.
- "Port of Hamburg - Rio Madeira", 2018.
- "Hamburg Süd History", 2018.
- "Fleetmon Rio Class", 2018.
- MAN Diesel & Turbo, "Propulsion Trends in Container Vessels", 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.