Cosco Beijing

COSCO Beijing
History
Name: COSCO Beijing
Owner: Capetanissa Maritime Corp[1]
Port of registry:  Greece
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Yard number: 1653
Laid down: Ulsan, South Korea
Completed: 2006
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: (A33A2CC) container Ship (Fully Cellular)
Tonnage: 109,149
Displacement: 52,743
Length: 350.55 m (1,150.1 ft)
Beam: 43.0 m (141.1 ft)[2]
Draught: 14.500
Depth: 27.30
Decks: 1dks
Installed power: 74,760kW(101,644hp)
Speed: 25.4 knots (47.0 km/h; 29.2 mph)

COSCO Beijing is a container Ship from Greece, it was built in 2006, by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., a South Korean company. Cosco Beijing is owned by Capetanissa Maritime Corp. However the vessel remains to be operated by COSCO Container Lines Co Ltd or COSCON.[3] Cosco Beijing has a length of 350.55 m (1,150.1 ft). The company saw a 17 percent year-to-year increase in shipping volume to 715,900 t (704,600 long tons; 789,100 short tons).[4] The largest Chinese shipping company is also due to spend $1.5 billion over the next five years to purchase around 40 new to ships to replace its aging fleet.[5]

Hull and engine

COSCO Beijing is a GL class ship, one oil engine driving 1FP propeller, it has AuxGen 2 × 2,800 kW (3,800 hp) a.c., 3 × 2,200 kW (3,000 hp) a.c. Cosco Beijing has an average speed of 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph). The fastest recorded speed on COSCO Beijing was 21.3 kn (39.4 km/h; 24.5 mph)[6]

Cosco

Cosco saw a 17 percent year-to-year increase in shipping volume up to 715,900 metric tons.[4] The largest Chinese shipping company is also due to spend $1.5 billion over the next five years to purchase around 40 new to ships to replace its aging fleet.[5]

Sister ships

COSCO Beijing has 4 sister ships.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping (2007). Register of Ships. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. p. 1462. ISBN 978-1-906313-04-3.
  2. ↑ "COSCO Beijing". Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ship Overview". IHS. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Asia Pulse". Asia Pulse Pty Ltd. June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  5. 1 2 Wallis, Keith. "South China Morning Post". ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Cosco Beijing".
  7. ↑ "ships anmd yachts information". Retrieved 5 March 2012.
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