Category: Shipbuilding

Piled high, fallen low

Piled high, fallen low

Posted by | 16 Mar 2021 | , , , | 0

The MSC Zoe lost hundreds of containers in the North Sea in 2019. Are similar accidents inevitable? The MSC Zoe accident, in which more than 342 containers went overboard off the Frisian Islands on the night of 2 January 2019, was apparently caused by the extreme rolling movements of the container ship in the stormy sea. At least that is the preliminary conclusion of the Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) in Hamburg. According to the BSU, it was assumed that the huge ship rolled back and forth so much in the choppy sea that the lugs on the containers could no longer withstand the enormous loads...

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Nine layers on deck

Nine layers on deck

Posted by | 16 Mar 2021 | , , | 0

Why do serious accidents involving container ships occur again and again at sea? Shipping expert Dieter Becker explains the reasons and shows solutions. Mr Becker, why are so many containers transported as deck cargo on container ships? This has to do with the so-called "clearance", i.e. the stowage coefficient of the containers on board a ship. This is the measurement that indicates the hold capacity in cubic metres per tonne of cargo on a ship. Containers only have a stowage coefficient of around 0.40, so they take up a lot of space compared to their weight. As a result, up to 40 per cent of the container volume is transported as deck cargo,...

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For efficient maintenance!

For efficient maintenance!

Posted by | 21 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The topic of material maintenance has caused a great deal of dissatisfaction in recent years: in the Federal Ministry of Defence, in the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), in industry, in politics and among soldiers. The players are quite irreconcilable in their respective perspectives and the debates about planning, operational readiness, adherence to deadlines and budgets, bureaucracy and procurement law are never-ending. However, there is a common interest: a well-equipped navy with many units at sea! That is why it is important that the key aspects underlying this issue are now comprehensively rethought: the actual planning and deployment...

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