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Berge Stahl
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The MS Berge Stahl is the largest bulk cargo ship in the world. It is registered in Stavanger, Norway.
An iron ore carrier, the Berge Stahl weighs in at a massive 364,768 deadweight metric tons, she was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The Berge Stahl is 343m long, has a beam, or width, of 65m, and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23m. The Hyundai B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine is 9m high, drives a single 9m screw, and puts out 27,610 horsepower. She is owned by the Norwegian shipping company Bergesen d.y. ASA, has a top speed of 13.5 knots, and has a 9m high rudder. Because of her massive size, the Berge Stahl can only tie up at three ports in the world, hauling ore from the Terminal Marítimo de Ponta da Madeira in Brazil or Saldanha Bay in South Africa to the Europoort near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Berge Stahl makes this trip about ten times each year, or a round-trip about every five weeks.
Recorded as the biggest ship in the world in Bulk Carrier category.
Companies: Bergesen Worldwide • Bergesen Worldwide Dry Bulk • Bergesen Worldwide Gas • Bergesen Worldwide Offshore • Bergesen Worldwide Tankers
Defunct companies: Bergesen d.y. ASA • Worldwide Shipping Company
People: Sigval Bergesen d.y. • Yue-Kong Pao
Notable Ships: MS Berge Stahl
See also: Category:Bergesen Worldwide