Vale Brasil
| History | |
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| Name: |
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| Owner: | Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. |
| Port of registry: |
 Singapore
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| Route: | Brazil to China |
| Ordered: | 26 October 2009 |
| Builder: | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, South Korea |
| Yard number: | 1201 |
| Laid down: | 15 November 2010 |
| Launched: | 31 December 2010 |
| Completed: | 30 March 2011 |
| In service: | 2011– |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bulk carrier |
| Classification: | Det Norske Veritas |
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| 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 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph) |
| Crew: | 33 |
MS Ore Brasil, previously known as Vale Brasil, is a very large ore carrier owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale. She is the first of seven 400,000-ton 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, which are designed to carry iron ore from Brazil to Asia along the Cape route around South Africa. While close to the specifications of Chinamax, these ships are generally referred to as Valemax vessels by Vale. They are the largest bulk carriers ever built.
The overall length of Ore Brasil is 362.0 metres (1,187.7 ft), making her one of the longest ships currently in service. 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.
Ore Brasil 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, Ore Brasil is limited to only a few deepwater ports in Brazil, Europe and China.
Ore Brasil 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 Ore 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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