CSCL Indian Ocean
 CSCL Indian Ocean grounded in the Elbe River, while approaching Hamburg, on February 4, 2016.
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| History | |
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 Hong Kong | |
| Name | CSCL Indian Ocean |
| Operator | China Shipping Container Lines |
| Port of registry | Hong Kong |
| Identification | IMO number: 9695157 |
| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Globe class container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 400 m (1,312 ft)[2] |
| Beam | 59 m (194 ft)[1] |
| Draft | 16.0 m (52.5 ft)[1] |
| Installed power | 69,720 kW at 84 rpm[3] |
| Propulsion | MAN B&W 12S90ME-C[3] |
| Speed |
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| Capacity | 19,100 TEU[2] |
| Crew | 31[citation needed] |
CSCL Indian Ocean is a container ship, operated by China Shipping Container Lines. She was built in Ulsan, Korea, by Hyundai Heavy Industries, and launched on November 15, 2014. At the time of her construction she, and her four sister ships, CSCL Globe, CSCL Pacific Ocean, CSCL Atlantic Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean, were the largest container ships afloat, each carrying 19,100 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers. Chinese officials said the vessels cost $136 million each to build.[4]
On February 3, 2016 CSCL Indian Ocean grounded in the River Elbe, while approaching Hamburg, Germany.[5][6][7] Her rudder controls were reported to have malfunctioned. It took almost a week to free her from the sandbank, because she grounded at high-tide. Her fuel was unloaded, and she was finally freed, February 9, six days later, during the next spring tide. Twelve tugboats were required to assist in freeing her.[8] Two dredgers had helped cut away at the sandbank, near the grounding.[9]
CSCL Indian Ocean's grounding triggered commentary over the wisdom of building such large vessels.[5][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "CSCL Globe". ShipSpotting.com. January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ a b "The world's biggest ship - for 53 days". BBC. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ a b "CSCL Globe Container Ship". Ship-Technology.com. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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Gavin van Marle (2015-01-09). "Asia-Europe rates on the slide again as world's biggest boxship docks in the UK". Loadstar magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
Three further 19,100 teu vessels – the CSCL Atlantic Ocean, CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean – are all due to be delivered by March to join the same service, which is eventually expected to deploy 11 vessels between 10,000-19,000 teu on a weekly rotation.
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"Chinese Container Ship Aground near Hamburg". Maritime Executive magazine. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
The stricken vessel is the 19,000TEU CSCL Indian Ocean owned by Chinese shipping company China Shipping Container Lines. It ran aground after suffering a rudder breakdown while approaching Hamburg on Wednesday night, port pilots said.
- ^ "POL-HH: 160204-2. Containerschiff "CSCL INDIAN OCEAN" auf Grund gelaufen - Wasserschutzpolizei ermittelt" [POL-HH: 160204-2. Container ship "CSCL INDIAN OCEAN" on ground - water protection police determined] (in German). 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "Containerschiff in der Elbe auf Grund gelaufen" (PDF). HAVARIEKOMMANDO. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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"Container ship stuck in Elbe River successfully rescued". Deutsche Welle. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
At the time of running aground in the Elbe, the boat was carrying 6,600 containers of cargo. In terms of twenty-foot equivalent unit (teu) measurements, the maximum number of containers a ship could carry is 19,100 teu. Only a handful of cargo vessels in the world exceed 19,000 teu.
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"CSCL Indian Ocean Readied for Next Refloat Attempt". Maritime Executive magazine. 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
The CSCL Indian Ocean, grounded on the Elbe River near Hamburg on February 3, and several earlier attempts to refloat the vessel have failed.
- ^ "There are fewer and fewer accidents". Luzerner Zeitung. 2017-06-13. Archived from the original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
In February 2016, a particularly spectacular shipwreck also attracted many visitors to the Unterelbe. The container giant "CSCL Indian Ocean" was stuck in the Elbsand and could only be freed again after several days.
- ^ Sam Chambers (2016-02-04). "19,000 TEU vessel hard aground on the Elbe". Splash 247. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
External links
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Media related to IMO 9695157 at Wikimedia Commons
