Nye generation Mærsk Container skib - Mærsk Equinox Klasse
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KVALNES
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The worst place on a Vessel to stay.
urbiehome
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Yes, Mr.Risberg it may be sad (trist) ... but I don't think you will attract many passengers on a ship with only accomodation forward, hitting 20 or 30 foot waves at an average 18 knots. I remember some Gorthon paperships arriving in Zeebrugge with accomodation forward and used on the North Atlantic run. They had all windows welded shut with steel plates, because every trip they suffered from smashed windows.
Well, actually, freight ships don't attract may passengers in general (maximum allowed numbers of passengers is 12 but I have never had more than 5 fellow passengers during any of my eleven freight cruises, and I have also been alone) and I fear that the pandemic may kill the opportunity of travelling by freighters, just like it nearly disppeared in the 70's.
urbiehome
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You may be right. I have often had passengers on board during my seafaring life. Some were nice and interesting people, some weird and peculiar... but on average always pleasant.
When I was third mate , there was a writer who did the trip from Norfolk to Brasil and back to Europe. He only left his cabin for meals. But all day and often at night he was tapping on one of those old typewriters. This was the only time I was glad a passenger left the ship ....
As a sea pilot I do see ships in pre Corona times with passengers, especially CMA CGM (The French Line) container ships. But as you say, this may be the end for some time at least.
When I was third mate , there was a writer who did the trip from Norfolk to Brasil and back to Europe. He only left his cabin for meals. But all day and often at night he was tapping on one of those old typewriters. This was the only time I was glad a passenger left the ship ....
As a sea pilot I do see ships in pre Corona times with passengers, especially CMA CGM (The French Line) container ships. But as you say, this may be the end for some time at least.
Actually, on my latest (last?) freighter journey (by the CAP SAN ANTONIO Buenos Aires - Maasvlakte 2015) I had a fellow passenger whom I saw twice. He didn't even turn up for meals. I believe he was a (wannabe) writer too.
But believe me, I met very different types of not only fellow passengers but officers as well on my trips. From the East German captain on the CMA CGM LA BOURDONNAISE Mombasa - Fos-sur-Mer 2001, who pretended there were no passengers on board, until he had to ask us for our passports through the Suez canal, the Romanian captain on the CAP CLEVELAND Philadelphia - Sydney 2008, who had a really South European temperament, telling his Russian and Ukrainan officers what he thought of "Russian mentality" and answered me, on my request of a better cabin "Of course you can, you can have any cabin you like" to the most likable Polish captain (and all the Polish officers and crew) on the GREY FOX Lisbon - Cape Town & Cape Town - Port Elizabeth 2001, making that freighter journey my most pleasant ever, in spite of lack of fellow passengers.
But believe me, I met very different types of not only fellow passengers but officers as well on my trips. From the East German captain on the CMA CGM LA BOURDONNAISE Mombasa - Fos-sur-Mer 2001, who pretended there were no passengers on board, until he had to ask us for our passports through the Suez canal, the Romanian captain on the CAP CLEVELAND Philadelphia - Sydney 2008, who had a really South European temperament, telling his Russian and Ukrainan officers what he thought of "Russian mentality" and answered me, on my request of a better cabin "Of course you can, you can have any cabin you like" to the most likable Polish captain (and all the Polish officers and crew) on the GREY FOX Lisbon - Cape Town & Cape Town - Port Elizabeth 2001, making that freighter journey my most pleasant ever, in spite of lack of fellow passengers.
stuarty
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Mærsks mindste nybygningsprogram: Enkeltkøb af feederskib skal høste børnesygdomme ved metanoldrift
Selv om Mærsk netop har bestilt en serie af oceangående containerskibe, lægger teknisk direktør, Palle Laursen, stor vægt på, at rederiets første erfaringer med metanoldrift bliver høstet med det meget mindre metanol-feederskib, der går i drift i 2023. Direktøren giver her en status for feederprojektet
Af Nicolai Østergaard15. december 2021 13:15
Mærsk vil gøre de første metanol-erfaringer i Østersøen med blot ét feederskib, som skal tage de værste børnesygdomme inden rederiet går i luften med de helt store metanolnybygninger.
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Det forklarer teknisk direktør i A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Palle Laursen.
Hvad er status for feederprojektet?
- Det er fortsat i designfase. Køllægning bliver først i 2022, siger Palle Laursen til Søfart.
A.P. Møller-Mærsk lancerede i sidste uge sin nybygningsserie på otte kommende metanolskibe med så megen brask og bram, at man næsten kunne glemme, at det første metanolskib i Mærsk-flåden skal ud og sejle allerede i 2023 - og i øvrigt hidrører en helt anden nybygningsserie.
I sommer offentliggjorde Mærsk planen om at bygge et mindre - metanoldrevet - feederskib til levering allerede i 2023.
Og selv om det kunne virke som om, at feederprojektet nu er blevet overhalet af den langt mere ambitiøse nybygningsserie af containerskibe i Hong Kong-klassen, lægger Palle Laursen vægt på, at de første metanolerfaringer bliver gjort i så lille målestok som overhovedet muligt.
Skibets kapacitet bliver nemlig på ’blot’ på lidt over 2.000 containere.
Et enkelt skib
Er det fortsat meningen, at I kun vil bygge et enkelt feederskib?- Vi skal selvfølgelig på sigt udskifte vores nuværende feederskibe med nye, der kan sejle CO2-neutralt. Om det lige bliver dette design, det kan jeg dog ikke sige.
Er feederskibet en nødvendig forudsætning for at kaste sig ud i det store nybygningsprojekt?
- Hvis du spørger, om byggeriet af de store skibe kunne have ladet sig gøre uden feederskibet, så er svaret, at det kunne det nok godt. Men vi er langt mere komfortable ved at tage det første metanolskib i mindre målestok, forklarer Palle Laursen.
Han understreger, at rederiet føler sig tryg ved at gøre de første metanolerfaringer i rederiets østersønetværk, tæt på Danmark. Feederskibets brændstof - den såkaldte e-metanol - skal produceres på dansk grund af virksomheden Reintegrate.
- Det betyder meget, at vi kan få feederskibet i drift her i vores egen baghave, forklarer Palle Laursen, og fortsætter:
- Og selv om der ikke kommer til at gå meget lang tid, fra feederskibet bliver sat i drift, og til det første skib i den store nybygningsserie idriftsættes, vil vi alligevel have høstet en lang række værdifulde driftserfaringer via feederskibet. Disse vil betyde, at idriftsættelsen af de store skibe bliver meget lettere.
Hvilke børnesygdomme er mest sandsynlige?
- Det er altid svært at forudsige. Det eneste man kan sige med sikkerhed er, at de nok skal dukke op i et eller andet omfang. Jeg har aldrig deltaget i et nybygningsprojekt uden børnesygdomme.
- Hvis jeg skulle pege på nogle specifikke ting, så kunne det være sådan noget som systemer til metanolhåndtering, som jo vil være nye elementer i en maritim sammenhæng. Det vil bygge på nye principper i branchen, og vi vil utvivlsomt komme til at opleve at pumper eller andre komponenter ikke er lige så holdbare som forventet, når de kommer i drift på skibet, og derfor vil skulle udskiftes eller modificeres, siger Palle Laursen.
FAKTA:
I sommeren 2021 meldte Mærsk ud, at verdens første CO2-neutrale containerskib skulle sejle på såkaldt e-metanolDen første nybygningsordre gik på et mindre feederskib, som skal leveres i 2023 til Mærsks østersønetværk
Den næste nybygningsordre blev offentliggjort i sidste uge og indebærer otte containerskibe i den såkaldte Hong Kong-klasse, hvilket indebærer, at disse skibe kan sejle på rederiets hovedruter mellem kontinenterne
De første af de store metanolskibe bliver leveret i 2024
Alle nybygninger bliver leveret med såkaldt dual fuel maskineri så skibene kan slå over på konventionelt brændstof
Mærsk har lavet en aftale med en dansk producent af e-metanol til feederskibet
A.P. Moller - Maersk continues green transformation with six additional large container vessels
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announces that it has ordered a further six large ocean-going vessels that can sail on green methanol.www.maersk.com
HHI splashes Maersk's first large green methanol-powered containership
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Mærsk Equinox Klasse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Namn | Bygge nr. | IMO Nummer | Kjølstrekk Sjøsatt Levering |
| Ane Mærsk | 3322 | 9948748 | - 6. Oktober 2023 25. Januar 2024 |
| Astrid Mærsk | 3323 | 9948750 | - 9. Dezember 2023 2024 |
| Antonia Mærsk | 3324 | 9948762 | 10. Oktober 2023 - 2024 |
| Alette Mærsk | 3325 | 9948774 | 20. November 2023 - 2024 |
| Alexandra Mærsk | 3326 | 9948786 | 11. Dezember 2023 - 2024 |
| A.P. Møller | 3328 | 9948803 | - - 2024 |
| Adrian Mærsk | 3329 | 9948815 | - - 2024 |
