CSCL Arctic Ocean

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CSCL Arctic Ocean dwarfs a smaller freighter, in Rotterdam.
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Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Name CSCL Arctic Ocean
Operator China Shipping Container Lines
Port of registry Hong Kong
Identification IMO number:  9695169
StatusOperational
General characteristics
Class and type Globe class container ship
Tonnage
Length400 m (1,312 ft) [2]
Beam59 m (194 ft) [1]
Draft16.0 m (52.5 ft) [1]
Installed power69,720 kW at 84 rpm [3]
PropulsionMAN B&W 12S90ME-C [3]
Speed
  • 22.0 knots (41 km/h) (maximum)
  • 20.5 knots (38 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity19,100 TEU [2]
Crew23 [2]

CSCL Arctic Ocean is a container ship, operated by China Shipping Container Lines. At the time of her construction she, and her four sister ships, Globe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean, were the largest container ships afloat, each carrying 19,100 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers. [4] Half a dozen slightly larger vessels have been built, since then. [5] Chinese officials said the vessels cost $136 million each to build.

In May 2017 the vessel made a visit to the Baltic Sea. On May 19, 2017, the city of Gdańsk celebrated the arrival of the Arctic Ocean, as it marked the first time a container ship of its size had visited the port. [6] [7] On May 22, 2017, she moored at JadeWeserPort, the container port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on the River Weser. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CSCL Globe". ShipSpotting.com. January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "The world's biggest ship - for 53 days". BBC. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "CSCL Globe Container Ship". Ship-Technology.com. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Gavin van Marle (2015-01-09). "Asia-Europe rates on the slide again as world's biggest boxship docks in the UK". Loadstar magazine . Retrieved 2017-06-19. Three further 19,100 teu vessels – the CSCL Atlantic Ocean, CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean – are all due to be delivered by March to join the same service, which is eventually expected to deploy 11 vessels between 10,000-19,000 teu on a weekly rotation.
  5. ↑ "Portacontenedores de ayer y hoy: La evolución del transporte de contenedores en 60 años de historia" [Container ship yesterday and today]. Mundo Maritimo (in Spanish). 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2017-06-16. El top 10 está ocupado por barcos con capacidades sobre los 18 mil TEUs, cuatro de los cuales pertenecen a MSC, cinco son de CSCL y uno de UASC. A pesar de tener la misma capacidad de 19.224 TEUs que sus 'heramos', el MSC Oscar es el portacontenedor más grande del mundo, seguido por el MSC Oliver, el MSC Zoe y el MSC Maya. La naviera china CSCL ocupa con sus barcos desde la quinta a la novena posición, con los CSCL Globe, CSCL Pacific Ocean, CSCL Indian Ocean, CSCL Atlantic Ocean y CSCL Arctic Ocean, todos con una capacidad de 19.000 TEUs.
  6. ↑ "Do portu w Gdańsku wpływać będą największe kontenerowce świata" [To the port of Gdansk will affect the world largest container]. Onet.pl (in Polish). 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-06-16. Dziś w terminalu DCT w porcie w Gdańsku zacumował jeden z największych statków oceanicznych świata "CSCL Arctic Ocean", pływający w barwach czwartego na świecie pod względem tonażu armatora kontenerowego - COSCO Shipping Lines. Jednostka ma pojemność ok. 19 000 TEU (kontenerów 20-stopowych), długość - 399,67 metra, szerokość - 58,6 metra.
  7. ↑ Stefan Kraszewski (2017-05-19). "NAJWIĘKSZE KONTENEROWCE ŚWIATA BĘDĄ PRZYBYWAĆ DO GDAŃSKIEGO PORTU" [THE LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPS IN THE WORLD WILL ARRIVE TO THE PORT OF GDANSK]. Radio Maryja (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-06-19. Do portu gdańskiego przybył jeden z największych statków oceanicznych CSCL Arctic Ocean. Jest to początek współpracy z największymi jednostkami azjatyckimi.
  8. ↑ "Chinas größte Reederei am JWP" [China's largest shipping company at JWP]. Wilhelmshavener Zeitung  [ de ] (in German). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-06-16. Der JadeWeserPort nimmt weiter Fahrt auf: Im Rahmen der sogenannten Ocean Alliance ist am Sonnabend der erste Anlauf der Reederei COSCO erfolgt. Der Containerriese CSCL Arctic Ocean mit über 19 000 TEU war zugleich das erste ganz große Schiff der Allianz im Rahmen des regelmäßigen Anlaufs.
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