MS Berge Stahl

The MS "Berge Stahl" is the largest bulk carrier ship in the world. She is registered in Stavanger, Norway. She was previously registered in Monrovia, Liberia.

An iron ore carrier, the "Berge Stahl" has a capacity of DWT|364,767|metric|first=yes she was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries.DNV_name|14702|MV Berge Stahl|classification] DNV_name|14702|MV Berge Stahl|summary] [ [http://www.manbw.com/files/news/filesof5479/5510-0007-00ppr.pdf "Propulsion Trends in Bulk Carriers"] MAN Diesel Group – retrieved: 2007-04-12 (Adobe Acrobat *.pdf document)] The "Berge Stahl" is 1,122 feet (343 m), has a beam, or width, of 208.3 feet (65 m), and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23 m.DNV_name|14702|MV Berge Stahl|dimensions]

Her Hyundai B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine is 30 feet (9 m) high, drives a single 30 foot (9 m) screw, and puts out 27,610 horsepower (20.59 MW), has a top speed of 13.5 knots, and has a 30 foot (9 m) high rudder.DNV_name|14702|MV Berge Stahl|machinery summary] Fact|date=May 2007

She is owned by the Singaporean shipping company BW Group.

Because of her massive size, the "Berge Stahl" can only tie up, fully loaded, at two ports in the world, hauling ore from the Terminal Marítimo de Ponta da Madeira in Brazil to the Europoort near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Even at these ports, passage must be timed to coincide with high tides to prevent the ship running aground. The "Berge Stahl" makes this trip about ten times each year, or a round-trip about every five weeks. [ [http://www.machinesupport.com/english/news-6.html "Machine Support services on world's largest dry bulk carrier"] Machine Support News] In September 2006, the ship carried ore to the port of Majishan, China, where she was dry-docked and given her twenty-year inspection. [ [http://www.cnsphoto.com/English/ShowNewsDetailEn.asp?
] – CNSPhoto.com – September 7, 2006] On the return voyage to Rotterdam, she picked up a partial load of ore in Dampier, Western Australia, and Saldanha Bay in South Africa (where the maximum depth permitted is 21 m). [ [http://www.capeports.co.za/files/PP%2020061227.pdf "Media Miss Once-Off South African Visit by Berge Stahl"] – The Cape Times – 27 December 2006 – (Adobe Acrobat *.pdf document)]

See also

* List of ship launches in 1986
* List of the world's longest ships

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Photos

* [http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rotterdam/images/rtd_photos/rtd060.jpgMS Berge Stahl in port]

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