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City of Rotterdam


City of Rotterdam

City of Rotterdam inbound for the first time to the Port of Tyne, North East England on 18th May 2011. This was her maiden voyage from the Ship yard in Japan. Photographed from Western Quay North Shields.

IMO number 9473468
Call Sign 3FUA7
MMSI 372002000

LOA:140.00 m
Beam: 22.50 m
Draught : 8.30 m

Gross tonnage : 21143
DWT : 4693

Year of build : 2011 @ KYOKUYO SHIPYARD, SHIMONOSEKI JAPAN

Flag : Panama
Port of Registry : Pamama

Owner : PICER MARINE SA - Japan
Manager : NEW ASIAN SHIPPING CO LTD - China
Chartered to : Nissan Cars - Japan



    Big lump of metal that steve.................. 8:) ;) ;)

    Steve Ellwood
    May 18 2011 09:26 PM
    Noisy bugger as well - this is meant to be one of the new generation of environmentally friendly vessels.

    Regards

    Steve

    Will taylor
    May 18 2011 09:29 PM
    Looks more like a plane than a ship at the fore end, Steve.  Looks the business though.
    ;)
    Aye so much for progress marrrrra, a bet she's a rolly bas*ard................ ;) 8:)

    Steve Ellwood
    May 18 2011 09:32 PM
    Hi Wilf

    Technically speaking - semi-spherically shaped bow reducing wind resistance  ;)

    Regards

    Steve
    just looks weird to me.

    shouldnt be roly, the stabilisers should take care of that  ;)

    Steve Ellwood
    May 19 2011 12:26 PM
    One thing you don't want in a Car Carrier is for it to roll about - too many damaged cars as a result  ;)

    Regards

    Steve

    Steve Ellwood
    May 19 2011 12:30 PM
    Courtesy of Ships & Offshore @ http://www.shipandof...hip-design.html

    Quote

    Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation, Yamaguchi, Japan, will start building a new series of 2,000 units type pure car carriers with an innovative hull design which significantly reduces wind resistance.

    The company commenced research for the development of totally new and aerodynamic hull shape design above the water line at the beginning of 2007. the goal was to reduce wind resistance and gain higher fuel efficiency, which means lower running costs for ship owners/operators and lower CO2 emission for the Earth.

    The development was code-named "SSS bow" because it was aiming at giving a Semi Spherical Shaped bow to pure car carrier, that is usually squarely shaped and quite susceptible to wind pressure. Wind tunnel tests at Research Institute for Applied Mechanics of Kyushu University proved that its wind resistance is up to 50% less than that of conventional PCC design.

    The head charterer of the series, Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co., Ltd. gave high marks to the design for her good performance in both economical and ecological aspects. The vessels are planned to be operated in Europe and North Sea areas by its subsidiary company, Euro Marine Carrier B.V. of Holland. We look forward to having their performance results in real conditions.

    The first SSS bowed vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the end of this year, after keel laid in June, while her sister will be completed three months later.
    Whit length of runway does that thing need tae take off!? Jumbo797!? ;)
    space ship  enterprize