Container Vessel

INTRODUCTION

The container is a type of ship specially designed to transport cargo in standardized containers. Their increasing capacities, have led to an economic growth of world trade and a change of direction for the naval sector.

Largest Container Ship World

(The Mercury) Economy of scale, energy efficiency and environmental care are the three concepts under which the largest in the world and whose model is named "Triple-E" (for English words) designed boat.

This is a giant ocean container 400 meters long, 73 meters high and 59 meters wide. It was built at the shipyard in Okpo, Korea, for the Danish company Maersk, a division of Danish conglomerate AP Møller-Maersk.

This is a giant ocean container 400 meters long, 73 meters high and 59 meters wide. It was built at the shipyard in Okpo, Korea, for the Danish company Maersk, a division of Danish conglomerate AP Møller-Maersk.

The "Triple-E" uses a slow navigation system, designed to reduce fuel consumption by 37% and carbon dioxide emissions per container by 50%.

The boat is bigger than even the most impressive oil, therefore, that the depth of their draft of 14.5 meters, cannot dock at ports in the Americas, limited to routes in Europe and Asia. In fact, there are only 16 certified ports to meet the size of the vessels "Triple-E".

But more than a counter, Maersk expects that this restriction gives it an advantage over competitors who travel between the European and Asian continents, amid a price war has made it difficult for some operators to stay in business.

Ships in operation

The first mega-port the "Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller"-name of the deceased son of the founder of the company- began loading its first containers in Busan, South Korea to Europe and a stopover in Singapore during the second half of 2013 at the time, Lars Jensen, chief operating Asia-Europe Maersk Line, told the Wall Street Journal: "We will operate as a smaller ship in early ports while improving their cranes."

Since then, and having this first ship, the Danish firm has to date, five containerships in operation. The group is completed: "Majestic Maersk" -nave that made a stopover in the Bay of Algeciras (Spain) port in March próximo- "Mary Maersk", "Marie Maersk" and "Magleby Maersk", the last to enter service.

With the Triple-E Maersk Line model seeks to overcome his French competitor, CMA CGM, which since 2013 operates vessels capable of carrying 16,000 containers. Discovery Max today show boat manufacturing in a series of six chapters and a total of 50 thousand photos, taken in three months.

Vocabulary

1. Container ship (Portacontenedores): vessels responsible for carrying cargo in standardized containers; are used to transport all kinds of goods all over the world. The containers are those that can be commonly seen in the ports.

2. Container (contenedor): is a charge vessel for transport by water, road transport and multimodal transport.

3. Shipyards (Astilleros): Shipyards and dockyards are places where ships are repaired and built. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial constructions.

4. Maersk: A.P. Moller–Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller–Mærsk A/S, Danish pronunciation also known as Maersk, is a Danish business conglomerate. A.P. Moller – Maersk Group has activities in a variety of business sectors, primarily within the transportation and energy sectors. It has been the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996.

5. Conglomerate (conglomerado): A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company. Conglomerates are often large and multinational.

6. Cranes (grúas): lifting platform and distribute loads in space suspended from a hook

7. Capacity (capacidad): Capacity refers to the resources and attitudes that an individual, entity or institution to perform a specific task or tasks.

8. Manufacturing (fabricacion): Manufacture or production of a product from the combination of its components, especially in series and mechanically.

9. Load (carga): charge, the amount of goods called commodities that are transported by ship, plane, train, truck and van with the basic objective of financial gain. The load is usually measured by weight or volume depending on the commodity itself and the mode of transport.

10. Ship (Buque): In modern parlance a ship has been any large buoyant watercraft. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size, shape and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare. Historically, a "ship" was a sailing vessel with at least three square-rigged masts and a full bowsprit.

11. Navigation (navegacion): Shipping is the art and science of conducting a boat

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