Friday, December 5, 2014
Denmark shipbuilder touts new design of Reefer RoRo ship
Following the release of its Reefer RoRo Ship design in September 2013, Denmark-based shipbuilder Knud E. Hansen A/S announced its has developed a second version of the new Reefer RoRo Ship design.
The ship is intended for global operation as a Reefer RoRo vessel in the banana trade, with emphasis on a very low box rate through expedited and efficient cargo handling in port, which enables slow steaming.
In order to optimize the cargo handling on the under deck areas, the bridge and engine have been positioned forward on the ship in version II. Since there is a very large back haul cargo potential in Central America, the company said it has increased the height of the four inside decks to 4.5 meters to allow for general RoRo cargo. On the back haul, the ship is similar to an ordinary RoRo ship.
With the refined design, the ship has a capacity of about 12,500 HC pallets— 6,800 HC pallets on cassettes inside the ship and another 5.700 HC pallets in refrigerated containers on the weather deck. The ship can be loaded or unloaded in 12 hours, the statement said.
On the back haul, the ship has 4,400 lane meters, equivalent to about 900 – 1,000 cars, but with the new design general project cargo can be transported as well, the company said.
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