_001.jpg) Container ship Monte Alegre
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| History | |
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 Singapore | |
| Name | 2018–present: Monte Alegre |
| Owner | A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| Operator | Maersk Line AS |
| Port of registry | Singapore as of 27 March 2018 |
| Route | Hamburg Süd North Europe - South Mediterranean (NESM) liner service |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
 Germany | |
| Name | 2008–present: Monte Alegre |
| Owner | 2008-2018: Monte Alegre GmbH & Co KG |
| Operator | Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG |
| Port of registry | Germany as of 12 January 2008 |
| Builder | Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries |
| Laid down | 22 October 2007 |
| Launched | 6 September 2008 |
| Completed | 17 December 2008 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9348065 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 272 m (892 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Depth | 24.2 m (79 ft 5 in) |
| Ice class | D0 |
| Installed power | Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Monte Alegre 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 Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania in 2007/2008. Originally owned by Monte Alegre GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd, she has had two owners and been registered under two 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 Alegre had its keel laid down on 22 October 2007 at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania. Its hull has an overall length of 272 metres (892 ft 5 in). In terms of width, the ship has a beam of 40 metres (131 ft 3 in). The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is 24.2 metres (79 ft 5 in).
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 71,272.86 long tons deadweight (DWT).
The vessel was built with a Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C 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 HSJ7 907-10F auxiliary generators by Hyundai Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd. EES, 2 at 4,342.4-kilowatt (5,823.3 hp), and 2 at 3,257.1-kilowatt (4,367.8 hp). The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-500 auxiliary boiler.
Construction of the ship was completed on 17 December 2008.
Notes
- ^ "ABS Record - General Characteristics", 2018.
- ^ "ABS Record - Owner/Manager", 2018.
- ^ "Equasis", 2018.
- "North Europe - South Mediterranean (NESM) liner service", 2018.
- "United States Coast Guard PSIX", 2018.
- ^ "ABS Record - Machinery", 2018.
- ^ "Port of Hamburg - Monte Alegre", 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.
| Vessels of Hamburg Süd | |
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| Monte class (2004-2009) | |
| Rio class (2008-2009) | |