 Container ship Monte Tamaro seen from Santos in 2018
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| History | |
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 Singapore | |
| Name | 2018–present: Monte Tamaro |
| Owner | A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| Operator | Maersk Line AS |
| Port of registry | Singapore as of 5 April 2018 |
| Route | Hamburg Süd North America East Coast - South America East Coast (ASUS) liner service |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
 Portugal | |
| Name | 2015–present: Monte Tamaro |
| Owner | 2007-2018: Monte Tamaro GmbH & Co KG |
| Operator | Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG |
| Port of registry | Madeira, Portugal as of 10 January 2015 |
 Germany | |
| Name | 2007–present: Monte Tamaro |
| Owner | 2007-2018: Monte Tamaro GmbH & Co KG |
| Operator | Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG |
| Port of registry | Germany as of 11 January 2007 |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
| Laid down | 26 June 2007 |
| Launched | 22 September 2007 |
| Completed | 30 November 2007 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9357949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 272 m (892.4 ft) |
| Beam | 40 m (131.2 ft) |
| Depth | 24.2 m (79.4 ft) |
| Ice class | D0 |
| Installed power | HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C-B |
| Speed | 23 knots |
Monte Tamaro is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. and operated by Maersk Line AS. The 272-metre (892 ft) long ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2007. Originally owned by Monte Tamaro GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd, she has had two owners and been registered under three flags.
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.
Construction
Monte Tamaro had its keel laid down on 26 June 2007 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea. Its hull has an overall length of 272 metres (892 ft). In terms of width, the ship has a beam of 40 metres (130 ft). The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is 24.2 metres (79 ft).
The ship's container-carrying capacity of 5,552 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (5,552 20-foot shipping containers) places it in the range of a Post-Panamax container ship. The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 69,132. Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 34,823. Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is 71,587.5 long tons deadweight (DWT).
The vessel was built with a HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C-B main engine, which drives a fixed-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). The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-500 auxiliary boiler.
Construction of the ship was completed on 30 November 2007. As of 2018, the ship is classified by the ABS with the code "A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, Ice Class D0, UWILD, PMP", 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.
Notes
- ^ "ABS Record - General Characteristics", 2018.
- ^ "ABS Record - Owner/Manager", 2018.
- ^ "Equasis", 2018.
- "North America East Coast - South America East Coast (ASUS) liner service", 2018.
- "United States Coast Guard PSIX", 2018.
- ^ "ABS Record - Machinery", 2018.
- ^ "Port of Hamburg - Monte Rosa, sister ship to Monte Tamaro", 2018.
- "Hamburg Süd History", 2018.
- 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.
| Vessels of Hamburg Süd | |
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| Monte class (2004-2009) | |
| Rio class (2008-2009) | |