MS Berge Stahl
IMO no. 8420804
The Berge Stahl is with a loading capacity of 364 768 tonnes and a length of 343 meters one of the largest bulk carriers in the world and runs since 2011 under the flag of Great Britain (before she sailed under the flag of Norway ). From 1986 to the commissioning of the Vale Brasil, with around 400,000 tonnes of cargo capacity in March 2011, she was the largest ship of its kind
The Berge Stahl was on 14 March 1986 at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.. in Ulsan ( South Korea) set for the Partrederiet Bergesen in Stavanger, Norway to Kiel. The launch took place on 4 September 1986, at the end of the completed vessel was delivered. Is bereedert the ship by the company BW Maritime, the commercial management responsibility of the business Bulk mountains.
Because of their enormous size and a low passage of more than 23 m, it can only start two ports and a bay world laden: the Terminal Marítimo de Ponta da Madeira the mining company Vale in Brazil and the port Saldanha in South Africa - as Beladehäfen and the Europoort Rotterdam in the Netherlands as a destination port. Ten times a year the ship undertakes a journey of one of the two international ports to Europe, fully loaded with iron ore, which is usually intended for Germany.
The name Berge Stahl is derived from the name of the shipping company owner, Sigval Bergesen d y. , And in analogy to its cargo ( iron ore ). Many ships of the company begin with the name part mountains (mountains Athena, Mountain Country ) - comparable to Exxon, Shell, etc., as part of the name of tankers. Mountains is both pre-and surname in Norway, meaning as in English also pose.