Rotterdam port

Subject:

South Dock

Course:

Port and Airport Operation

Professor:
Gino Schettini

Semester:



Student:

Geancarlo Guilliano Alexandre
Sandoval Solis

Student Code:

200811877

PORT OF ROTTERDAM

1. Mention which types of cargo vessels are seen in the video and which type of vessels category they belong to.

Vessel´s Name | Types of Cargo Vesselsseen on the Video | Vessel Category |
Berge Stahl | Bulk cargo vessel –dry cargo(minerals-iron) | New Panamax |
Savannah Express | Container-ship | Post Panamax |
Mighty Servant 3 | Heavy lift vessel | Post Panamax |

2. Mention the main technical and operational characteristics of each cargo vessels watched.

Berge Stahl | |
Name: | Berge Stahl |
Owner: | Partrederiet Bergesen|
Operator: | Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA |
Port of registry: | Norway, Stavanger |
Builder: | Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan,South Korea |
Laid down: | 15 March 1986 |
Launched: | 5 September 1986 |
Identification: | Call sign: LATO2
DNV ID: 14702
IMO number: 8420804
MMSI no.: 258817000 |
Status: | Operational |
General characteristics |
Class and type: | Det Norske Veritas:1A1 ore carrier ESP HC E0 |
Tonnage: | 175,720 GT; 364,767 DWT |
Length: | 342 m (1,122 ft) |
Beam: | 63 m (207 ft) |
Draught: | 23 m (75 ft) |
Propulsion: | 1 screw, ∅9m
Hyundai 7L90MCE diesel engine |
Speed: | 13.5 kts |
Crew: | 16 |

Mighty Servant 3 | |
Name: | MV Mighty Servant 3 |
Owner: | Dockwise Shipping B.V. |
Port of registry: | Netherlands Antilles |
Builder:| Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Oshima, Japan |
Yard number: | 10074 |
Launched: | 31 December 2009 |
Completed: | 1984 |
Identification: | IMO number:8130899 |
Status: | Operational |
General characteristics |
Class and type: | semi-submersible heavy lift ship |
Tonnage: | 27,720 tons deadweight (DWT) 22,391 GT (gross tonnage) |
Length: | loa: 181.23 m (594 ft 7 in)
lbp:168.93 m (554 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Draught: | 4 – 22 m |
Depth: | 12.00 m |
Depth of hold: | 100 x 16 x 7.5 m (330 x 52 x 25 ft)Hatch: 31 x 14.6 m |
Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Crew: | 20 |

Savannah Express | |
Name: | Savannah Express |
Owner: | Hapag-Lloyd company |
Port of registry: | Hamburg,Germany |
Builder: | Daewoo Heavy Industries |Completed: | 2005 |
Identification: | Call sign DNDDIMO 9294989,MMSI 211693000 |
Status: | Operational |
General characteristics |
Class and type: | Container ship |
Tonnage: | DeadWeight: 108106 MTGross Tonnage of 94,483Maximum 8400 TEU |
Length: | 332 m long43 m wide |
Beam: | 43 m |
Draught: | 21m |
Depth: | |
Speed: | 19.3 / 18.8 knots |
Crew: | |

3. Mention which typeof cargo is or could be transported in each vessel watched and on which cargo category they belong to.

Vessel´s Name | Types of Cargo could be Transport | Cargo Category |
Berge Stahl | Bulk cargo (such as salt, oil, tallow, and Scrap metal, are usually defined neither as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers, and which are not handled as individual pieces). | Perishablecargo |
Savannah Express | Containers (are the largest and fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide. Containerized cargo includes everything from auto parts and machinery components to shoes, toys, and frozen meat and seafood. General Cargo, unitized cargo. | Perishable, dangerous, fragile. |
Mighty Servant 3 | Heavy lift, (include items such as manufacturing equipment, factorycomponents, power equipment). General cargo. | Cargo with special dimensions and weight. |

4. Mention which type of maritime service is provided by each vessel.

5. Mention at least 3 operational problems or dangers that each vessel had to face in order to fulfill their transportation mission and, how many time they took to complete it.

* The Savanna faced a big problem for its...