MS Berge Stahl
Berge Stahl had been the world's largest bulk carrier until 2011
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| Name: | Berge Stahl |
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| Route: | Mostly Brazil to Rotterdam |
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| Laid down: | 14 March 1986 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1986 |
| Completed: | 4 December 1986 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Type: | Bulk carrier (Ore carrier) |
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| Length: | 342.08 m (1,122.3 ft) |
| Beam: | 63.53 m (208.4 ft) |
| Draught: | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Installed power: | Hyundai 7L90MCE |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft; 9 m (30 ft) fixed pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Crew: | 24 |
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MS Berge Stahl is a bulk carrier. Until the delivery of MS Vale Brasil in 2011 she was the longest and largest iron ore carrier in the world. She was registered in Douglas, Isle of Man. Before that, she was registered in Stavanger, Norway as well as in Monrovia, Liberia.
An iron ore carrier, Berge Stahl had a capacity of 364,767 tonnes deadweight (DWT) . She was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 342.08 m (1,122 ft) long, had a beam, or width, of 63.5 m (208 ft), and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23 m (75 ft).
Her MAN B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine was 9 m (30 ft) high, drives a single 9 m (30 ft) propeller, and puts out 27,610 horsepower (20.59 MW). The ship had a top speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph), and had a 9 m (30 ft) rudder.
She was owned by the Singaporean-operated shipping company Berge Bulk.
Because of its massive size, Berge Stahl could originally 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. Berge Stahl made this trip about ten times each year, or a round-trip about every five weeks.
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