BV Proposes 12,500-TEU Mega Containership

Bureau Veritas (BV), working with Knud E. Hansen, BV has developed a 12,500-teu containership design, it says will provide economies of scale and harness innovative technical solutions to providing more capacity.

"There are nearly 15 major terminals which could accommodate this size of vessel," says Matthieu de-Tugnv, product manager dry bulk and containers for BV. "There are several feasible technical solutions to developing such ships, which represent new designs. At capacities over 10,000 teu, conventional designs cannot be maintained. It is a challenge for the whole shipping industry.

As a class society, we try to ensure safety by assessing and solving any potential difficulties in advance." BV's mega containerships would have a scantling draft of 47.5 ft. (14.5 m) and molded breadth of 178 ft. (54.2 m), carrying 12,523 teu on a dwt of 152,000 dwt. The engine room and casings are positioned one quarter length from aft with the deckhouse forward of amidships, designed to give higher torsional rigidity, shorter shaftlines and better visibility from the bridge. Steel thickness in the amidships region are higher than those in current use. Hydrodynamics calculations give a power requirement of 94.000 kW at 25 knots, and the design allows for twin 47,000 kW diesels or azipod systems using hybrid power plants.

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