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Container ship Rio de Janeiro
History
Singapore
Name	2018–present: Rio de Janeiro
Owner	A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Operator	Maersk Line AS
Port of registry	Singapore as of 24 April 2018
Route	Hamburg Süd Australia/New Zealand South East Asia (SENZ-Southern Loop) liner service
Identification	IMO number: 9357963 MMSI number: 563052900 Callsign: 9V9768
Status	In service
Germany
Name	2008–present: Rio de Janeiro
Owner	Rio de Janeiro GmbH & Co KG
Operator	Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG
Port of registry	Germany as of 6 January 2008
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Laid down	4 February 2008
Launched	19 April 2008
Completed	12 June 2008
Identification	IMO number: 9357963
General characteristics
Class and type	ABS A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, Ice Class D0, UWILD, TCM, PMP
Tonnage	73,899 GT 80,454.6 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length	286.45 m (939.8 ft)
Beam	40 m (131.2 ft)
Depth	24.2 m (79.4 ft)
Ice class	D0
Installed power	Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine and Machinery Division 8RTA96C
Speed	24.7 knots

Rio de Janeiro is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. and operated by Maersk Line AS. The 286.45-metre (939.8 ft) long ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2008. Originally owned by Rio de Janeiro GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd, she has had two owners and been registered under two flags.

The vessel is one of three ships of the Rio class built for Hamburg Süd by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in 2008.

Construction

Rio de Janeiro had its keel laid down on 4 February 2008 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea. Its hull has an overall length of 286.45 metres (939.8 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 5,905 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (5,905 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 73,899. Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 39,673. Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is 80,454.6 long tons deadweight (DWT).

The vessel was built with a Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine and Machinery Division 8RTA96C 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 5,857.1-kilowatt (7,854.5 hp) each, and one at 3,857.1-kilowatt (5,172.5 hp). The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-4500 auxiliary boiler, as well as an Aalborg AG-2 exhaust gas boiler.

Construction of the ship was completed on 12 June 2008.

Notes

1. ^ "ABS Record - General Characteristics", 2018.
2. ^ "Equasis", 2018.
3. ^ "ABS Record - Owner/Manager", 2018.
4. "Australia/New Zealand South East Asia (SENZ-Southern Loop) liner service", p. 9-10, 2018.
5. "United States Coast Guard PSIX", 2018.
6. ^ "ABS Record - Machinery", 2018.
7. ^ "Port of Hamburg - Rio de Janeiro", 2018.
8. "Hamburg Süd History", 2018.
9. "Fleetmon Rio Class", 2018.
10. MAN Diesel & Turbo, "Propulsion Trends in Container Vessels" Archived 2018-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2009, pp.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.

• Merchant ships
• 2008 ships