MV Vale Rio de Janeiro
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| History | |
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| Name: | Vale Rio de Janeiro |
| Owner: | Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. |
| Operator: | Anglo Eastern Ship Management |
| Port of registry: |
 Singapore
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| Route: | Brazil to China |
| Builder: | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, South Korea |
| Yard number: | 1202 |
| Completed: | September 2011 |
| Maiden voyage: | September / October 2011 - South Korea to Ponta da Madeira |
| In service: | 2011 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bulk carrier |
| Classification: | Det Norske Veritas |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 65.0 m (213.3 ft) |
| Draught: | 23.0 m (75.5 ft) (moulded) |
| Depth: | 30.4 m (99.7 ft) |
| Main engine: | MAN B&W 7S80ME-C8 (29,260 kW) |
| Auxiliary engines: | 3 × Hyundai-HiMSEN 6H21/32 (3 × 1,270 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Fixed-pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 15.4 kn (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph) |
| Crew: | 33 |
MV Vale Rio de Janeiro, owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale, is one of the world's largest very large ore carriers and a sister ship of Vale Brasil. Designed to carry iron ore from Brazil to Asia (primer market China) along the Cape route around South Africa, she is the second of seven 400,000-tonne very large ore carriers (VLOC) ordered by Vale from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea and twelve from Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries in China. While close to the specifications of Chinamax, these ships are generally referred to as Valemax vessels by Vale.
The overall length of the Vale Rio de Janeiro is 362.0 metres (1,187.7 ft), making her (with her sister ships) the largest bulk carrier(s) in the world. The breadth and depth of her hull are 65.0 metres (213.3 ft) and 30.4 metres (99.7 ft), respectively, giving her a gross tonnage of 198,980.
The Vale Rio de Janeiro has seven cargo holds with a combined gross volume of 219,980 cubic metres and net tonnage of 67,993. Her deadweight tonnage is 402,347 tons. When carrying a full load of iron ore, equal to around 11,150 trucks, her draught is 23 metres (75.5 ft). Like other very large ore carriers of her size, the Vale Brasil is limited to only a few deepwater ports in Brazil, Europe and China.
As of October 2011, Vale plans to set up a transhipment project off Subic bay. In addition to bringing in many more jobs for locals, this is expected to boost other industries in Subic bay, and put Philippines on the world map of Iron ore shipments. It is also expected to boost local industries like travel, hotels ship supplies and provisions.
The Vale Rio de Janeiro is propelled by a single MAN B&W 7S80ME-C8 two-stroke low-speed diesel engine directly coupled to a fixed-pitch propeller. The main engine, which has a maximum output of 29,260 kilowatts (39,240 hp) at 78 rpm, burns 96.7 tons of heavy fuel oil per day. However, due to the large size of the vessel the emissions per cargo ton-mile are very low, making the Vale Brasil in fact one of the most efficient long-distance dry bulk carriers in service, and for this reason the ship received the Clean Ship award of 2011 in the Norwegian shipping exhibition Nor-Shipping. Vale has reported 35 % drop in emissions per ton of cargo in comparison to older ships. Her service speed is 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph).
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