Valemax
Sign in to saveValemax ships are a fleet of very large ore carriers (VLOC) owned or chartered by the Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports. With a capacity ranging from 380,000 to 400,000 tons deadweight, the vessels meet the Chinamax standard of ship measurements for limits on draft and beam. Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed, when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, and are amongst the longest ships of any type currently in service.
Key facts
- Ship/image.image
- Vale Rio de Janeiro 20120108 01.jpg
- Ship/image.image_caption
- Vale Rio de Janeiro arriving in Rotterdam in January 2012. Note fully laden hull, compared with photograph below.
- Ship/class_overview.builders
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries, China STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX Jinhae), South Korea STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX Dalian), China Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, China Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding, China Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, China Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, China China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu), China Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, China Japan Marine United, Japan
- Ship/class_overview.operators
- Vale Shipping (initial) Pan Ocean Oman Shipping Company Berge Bulk Shandong Shipping China Merchants Energy Shipping China COSCO Bulk Shipping Bank of Communications NS United
- Ship/class_overview.built_range
- 2011–2016 (first series) 2016–2020 (second series)
- Ship/class_overview.in_service_range
- 2011–present
- Ship/class_overview.total_ships_completed
- 68 (list of ships)
- Ship/characteristics.type
- Bulk carrier
- Ship/characteristics.power
- Low speed diesel engine (24,600 to 33,000 kW)
- Ship/characteristics.propulsion
- Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
24 sectionsContents
- Construction
- First series
- Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
- STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
- Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry
- Second series
- Career
- Initial career and ban
- Sale of ships
- Incidents
- Structural failure of ''Vale Beijing''
- Grounding of ''Vale Indonesia''
- Allision of ''NSU Carajas''
- Naming
- Design
- General characteristics
- Size record
- Criticism
- List of ''Valemax'' vessels
- First series
- Second series
- See also
- References
Valemax ships are a fleet of very large ore carriers (VLOC) owned or chartered by the Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports. With a capacity ranging from 380,000 to 400,000 tons deadweight, the vessels meet the Chinamax standard of ship measurements for limits on draft and beam. Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed, when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, and are amongst the longest ships of any type currently in service.
The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil, was delivered in 2011. Initially, all 35 ships of the first series were expected to be in service by 2013, but the last ship was not delivered until September 2016. In late 2015 and early 2016, Chinese shipping companies ordered 30 more ships with deliveries in 2018–2020. Three additional vessels were ordered by a Japanese shipping company, bringing the total number of Valemax vessels to 68 .