Tianluhai is one of the largest bulk carriers of the large ship-owner Cosco. The company is taking large part is maritime transport of the world, and the whole fleet of Chinese company is approximately 550 cargo ships. The ompany is operating with Container Ships, which department includes largest containers of the world, just like Cosco Guandzhou, Cosco Yantian and the series of Cosco America and 5 more sister-ships, but also the company have some large Bulk Carriers, just like today's article - Tianluhai. The ship was built in March 2005. The vessel has a deadweight of 174,398 metric tons and the flag, under which the bulk carrier is registered is Chinese. Tianluhai has a length of 289.00 meters and a beam of 45.05 meters. The vessel is very modern andthe measurements of such bulk carrier are really amazing, because this sent such ship to the group of Capesize Bulk Carriers. And this makes the ship really interesting and beautiful. So large ship is in need of strong and reliable engine, and Mitsubishi created such engine pretty good for vessel of Cosco. the main engine of Tianluhai gives enough power to the ship for speed of 15 knots, while the vessel is cruising and 15.8 knots maximum.But all this information is very simple and most related to the engineer point of view. When one ship is built, and mostly for company like Cosco, this ship should be reliable and very, very profitable. And Tianluhai is exactly this, because the fuel consumption is decreased with 10% with new generation engine, used for newly built bulk carriers with this size. The ship is even larger than Panamax bulk carriers, of the same company (Hong Jing for example), but the fuel consumpion is with more than 4% less, which is giving a high profits for the company with high freight. Special paint used to cover the steel is decreasing the water resistance and this gives so high productivity for the propulsion system. Tianluhai is one very good building of Chinese ship industry and this is very important for the whole world of Maritime Transport. This ship is giving a new step in ships development.
date: 11th October, 2008
Ship's Facts
Name: Tianluhai
Type: Bulk Carrier
Lenght: 289.00 m
Beam: 45.05 m
Deadweight: 174,398 m.t.
Year Built: 2005
Speed: 15 kn
