CSCL Globe
{{Short description|Container ship}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = CSCL Globe arriving at Felixstowe, United Kingdom.jpg | Ship caption = MV CSCL Globe arriving at the Port of Felixstowe, England, during its maiden voyage in January 2015. }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country = Hong Kong |Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Hong Kong}} | Hide header = | Ship name = CSCL Globe | Ship renamed = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = COSCO Shipping | Ship registry = Hong Kong | Ship route = | Ship ordered = May 2013 | Ship builder = Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = December 2014 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification =*Call sign: VRNU2
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Operational | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Globe-class Container ship | Ship type = | Ship tonnage =*{{GT|187,541}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|400|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30696685|title=The world's biggest ship - for 53 days|publisher=BBC|date=8 January 2015|accessdate=15 January 2015}} | Ship beam = {{convert|59|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|16.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 69,720 kW at 84 rpm{{cite web|url=http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/cscl-globe-container-ship/|title=CSCL Globe Container Ship|publisher=Ship-Technology.com|date=2014|accessdate=15 January 2015}} | Ship propulsion = MAN B&W 12S90ME-C | Ship speed =*{{convert|22.0|kn|km/h|0}} (maximum)
| Ship capacity = 19,100 TEU | Ship crew = 23 | Ship notes = }} |
CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by COSCO Shipping and previously, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes,{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/nation-world/cscl-globe-worlds-largest-container-ship/worlds-largest-container-ship/slideshow/45882527.cms|title=World's largest container ship|work=Economic Times|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=15 January 2015}} she was the largest container ship in the world at the time of her launch in November 2014,{{cite news|title=A quarter of a mile long and arriving here now - the world's biggest ship docks in Britain|last1=Tovey|first1=Alan|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 January 2015|accessdate=16 January 2015|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/11330899/A-quarter-of-a-mile-long-and-arriving-here-now-the-worlds-biggest-ship-docks-in-Britain.html}} with a maximum capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot containers.
Construction
CSCL Globe and her four sister ships were ordered by CSCL in May 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.gizmag.com/cscl-globe-worlds-largest-container-ship-hyundai/35102/|title=World's largest capacity container ship embarks on maiden voyage|publisher=Gizmag.com|date=7 December 2014|accessdate=15 January 2015}} The ship was constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, with the first steel for the hull cut in January 2014. CSCL Globe completed her sea trials in October 2014, and was delivered to CSCL in November 2014. Upon its entry into service, CSCL Globe superseded Mærsk's {{ship||Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller|ship|2}} as the world's largest operational container ship.
Design and engineering
CSCL Globe has an overall length of {{convert|400|m|0|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|59|m|abbr=on}} and a summer draft of {{convert|16.0|m|ft|abbr=on}}. With a deadweight of {{DWT|184,605}} and a gross tonnage of {{GT|187,541}}, the vessel can carry 19,100 TEU with 2,000 reefer points. The vessel is constructed to DNV GL class standards. The ship operates with a crew of 23.
CSCL Globe{{'}}s main engine is a MAN B&W 12S90ME-C with a total output power of 69,720 kW at 84 rpm. At the time of her completion, the {{convert|17|m|ft|adj=on}} tall engine was the largest ship engine ever built. Designed to maximise fuel efficiency while reducing noise and carbon dioxide emissions, it permits the ship a service speed of {{convert|20.5|kn|km/h|0}}, while the maximum speed attained during sea trials exceeded {{convert|22.0|kn|km/h|0}}.
Career
CSCL Globe left Shanghai, China, on her maiden voyage in early December 2014, and arrived at its first port of call – Felixstowe, England – on 7{{nbsp}}January 2015. In January 2015, CSCL Globe was superseded as the world's largest container ship by Mediterranean Shipping Company's {{ship||MSC Oscar}}, which exceeded her TEU capacity by 124 containers.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/1/8/7513317/container-ship-msc-oscar|title=The MSC Oscar just became the world's biggest container ship|last=Stromberg|first=Joseph|work=Vox|date=8 January 2015|accessdate=13 January 2015}}
After the merger of the ultimate parent company, China Shipping Group, with China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation (COSCO), forming China COSCO Shipping, the livery of the ship has changed from "China Shipping Line" to "COSCO Shipping".
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229105423/http://www.shipsreview.net/cscl-globe.html CSCL Globe] at ShipsReview.net
Category:Merchant ships of China