CMA CGM Vela

  • Conti Jupiter

IMO number: 9354923

The CMA CGM Vela (ex Conti Jupiter, distinctive DFUM2, IMO number 9354923 ) is a Container ship engine Postpanmax the class. Owned by the Conti 155 container shipping GmbH & Co. KG MS " Conti Jupiter ", a ship funds Munich Conti Holding. Ship manager is the NSB low Schiffahrtsgesellschaft from Buxtehude. The ship was chartered by the French shipping company CMA CGM and runs a service between Northern Europe and East Asia. The home port is Hamburg.

Name

The ship was christened the " Conti Jupiter" on October 2, 2008. The name goes back to the Conti - ship investment MV " Ville de Jupiter". The "Ville de Jupiter" was one of the first four ships were chartered to the former shipping company Compagnie Maritime d' AFFRETEMENT (CMA ) 1986. It was eight years of service, was sold in 1994 and scored for the shareholders a very good economic result.

CMA CGM has the ship after the constellation sailing of the ship, Latin " Vela " named.

General data

The CMA CGM Vela was built at the Daewoo shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, under the supervision of the NSB low Schiffahrtsgesellschaft. The ship was laid on 28 April 2008 at Kiel. The floating (see stack overflow) was 12 July 2008, the handing over to the owner on 17 October 2008. The CMA CGM has taken over the Vela on 19 October 2008.

Specifications

The CMA CGM Vela is classified by Germanischer Lloyd. The hull has the classification 100 A5 E Container Ship IW NAV -O SOLAS II, Reg 19, the machinery MC E AAUT.

The vessel has an overall length of 347.48 meters, a width of 45.20 meters, a draft of up to 15.50 meters and a deadweight of 130,700 tons. The number of container slots is according to the NSB low Schiffahrtsgesellschaft 10,960 TEUs ( 20 -foot container ). Of which can be stored on deck under 5,610 and 5,350. For 700 reefer plugs are available, 570 and 130 below deck. The loading capacity for loaded, 14 -ton 20 -foot container is specified with 7,890 TEU. CMA CGM is the number of pitches with 11,040 TEU and the maximum number of loaded containers with 7,990 TEU. The gross tonnage (GT ) of 128,600, the net tonnage ( NRZ) 72 696. The gross and net tonnages after the Suez Canal measuring letter amounted to 130,392.48 and 114,078.26.

It is driven by a ship manufactured under license in South Korea marine diesel engine of the type MAN B & W 12 K 98 ME- C7 with a total output of 68 520 kW. The two-stroke engine propels the ship at at a speed of 104 revolutions per minute at a speed of 24.2 knots. The bow thruster makes 3,000 kilowatts. Four diesel generators of the type Daihatsu 8DK - 32C together produce an electrical output of 12,000 kilowatts.

Originally, the CMA CGM Vela should get an overall length of 346.5 meters and a width of 43.20 meters. The container capacity would have a maximum of 9,710 TEUs, be when loaded with 14 -tonne containers 7,040 TEU. The ship would then reaches a speed of 25.3 knots.

Contractual and financial framework

The construction contract for the new building under construction number DSME 4125 was completed on April 25 and July 18, 2005 between CMA CGM and the shipyard. The Conti - equity firm entered in place of CMA CGM in the contract on 15 November 2005. For the ship, a construction price of 136.3 million U.S. dollars ( USD) has been agreed. The original, which includes, among other things, lashing material for securing the container, spare parts, fittings and communication and navigation aids, and the building costs were estimated at 1.3 million euros. The new ship construction was funded with EUR 57.95 million from the investment fund and 89 million USD from ship mortgage.

The CMA CGM Vela was chartered until 2020 with an option of a further three years. The agreed daily charter rate is for the first three years of $ 35,100 plus 13,455 euros, for the fourth to seventh year of $ 51,650 and then $ 45,800. After the expiration of the charter contract CMA CGM has the option to buy the ship. The agreed purchase price is USD 56 million, after a twelve-year charter and $ 51 million after a fifteen-year charter plus a difference of 25.5 percent to a higher market value, but at least 60, or 54.5 million USD.

Route

The CMA CGM Vela runs in the container-line " FAL 1" (French Asia Line ) of the CMA CGM shipping between Europe and East Asia. It runs here in Northern Europe in succession the ports of Southampton ( UK ), Hamburg ( Germany ), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Le Havre ( France ) and Marsaxlokk (Malta ) to. After crossing the Suez Canal Khor Fakkan on the Gulf of Oman to the next port on the route. In East Asia, are successively Chiwan (China), Busan ( South Korea), Gwangyang ( Korea ), Dalian (China), Tianjin (China), Shanghai ( China), Xiamen (China), Hong Kong (China), Yantian (China ), Singapore and Port Klang (Malaysia ) has been launched. On the return voyage, the ship sets still in North Africa to the port of Tangier ( Morocco). A round trip takes 70 days. The ports of Xiamen and Yantian are underway since July 2009.

Production run

The CMA CGM Vela is the first of a series of four ships that were built at the Daewoo shipyard in Okpo and go " 1 FAL " line service for CMA CGM.

Documents

The information in this article come from for the most part

  • Prospectus ship investment fund participation Conti IX ( PDF; 4.60 MB ).
  • NSB (ed.): CMA CGM Vela. In: Fleet List. Accessed on May 4, 2009.
  • CMA CGM (ed.): Vessel CMA CGM Vela. (English ) In: The ship fleet. Accessed on May 4, 2009.

The information about the type series are taken from the largest part

  • CMA CGM (ed.): The ship fleet (English ). Accessed on June 24, 2009.

In addition, the following specific evidence is cited:

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