COSCO Guangzhou
 COSCO Guangzhou approaching Port of Rotterdam | |
| History | |
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| Name: | COSCO Guangzhou |
| Port of registry: |
Valleta, Malta |
| Builder: | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Launched: | 2006 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | container ship |
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| Length: | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Beam: | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Draft: | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
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| Capacity: | 9,500 containers |
COSCO Guangzhou is a container ship, and one of the largest currently in service. She was built for Cosco Ship Management in 2006 at the company's shipyards. The ship has capacity for 9,500 TEU and mostly sails between the ports in China, India and Japan and those in Western Europe and the United States.
Design
COSCO Guangzhou is 350 meters long, with a beam of 43 meters. The fully loaded draft is 11.50 meters, giving a deadweight tonnage of 107,000 metric tons, and a gross tonnage of 99,833 GT. The ship features several new design innovations, including a type of paint that decreases water resistance. The ship's Mitsubishi engines provide 52,650 hp, and a cruising speed of 24.5 knots. The fuel and lubricant oil consumption are 4% less than in a comparable ship. Her bridge equipment includes an Automatic Identification System (AIS), GPS, Differential GPS (dGPS), an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA), and an Electronic chart system (ECDIS) for automatically plotting the ship's position against charts. Computerized systems also assist in loading and unloading the cargo.
References
- "Merchant Vessel - COSCO Guangzhou". Ships-info. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- "COSCO Guangzhou (9305570)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2011-03-02. (registration required (help)).
- "Cosco Guangzhou Docks in Port of Hamburg". marinelink.com. New York: Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
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