40,000 Tons at full Speed

[@Shipwright1918]

So what does she top out at, about 15 knots? Always impresses me that most merchant ships these days just have one screw, as in the old day there used to be more twin-screw ships, and the big liners often had four.

[@Genius_at_Work]

Nah, Cargo Ships had only one Propeller pretty much all the Time. Although twin Propellered Ships are indeed getting even rarer today; the only Examples that I can Think of ASAP right now are the Mærsk Triple E Class Containerships, those Qatargas LNG Carriers and many RoRo Vessels, that e.g. transport Paper from Finland and Sweden to Central Europe.

[@MIZUch.]

​@@Genius_at_Work Any reason why merchant ships today only have one propeller? I'm also struggling to wrap my head around how small the propeller is in proportion to the ship's overall size and yet it can still propel itself forward at a decent speed.

[@SteamCrane]

I was just going to ask what kind of ship you worked on, and here it is! Very cool!

[@Genius_at_Work]

Oil Product Tankers to be precise, roughly 15-20 Years old. My Employer has 9 Ships of two different Sizes that are very similar; the larger ones just are 10 m longer, 4 m wider and have the same Main Engine (MAN L58/64) with 8 Cylinders instead of 6. I took care not to show anything, that might give away where I'm working because officially I'm not allowed to publicly show anything. This Way, you must know the Ships very well to recognise where I am, down to little Details like the Positioning of Tools in the Workshop. This exact Type of Ship has been sold to other Shipping Companies too after all.

[@rpvermeulen]

2:10: Who put those wrenches back???

[@SteamCrane]

That bothered me too.

[@bjrnbulhoff499]

A 6 cylinder 4 stroke on a ship that size?

[@Genius_at_Work]

~8,500 kW (11,000 HP). It's a fairly small Vessel at just 180 m Length, but Tankers aren't built for Speed either. Little Edit: Plus the MAN L58/64 is about the largest Four Stroke Engine available.

[@paulhorn2665]

Klasse!

[@muhammadanassiddiki5753]

Awesome!!!

[@askyourfather]

Full ahead 😊

[@mysticwine]

50,000 is not the weight of the ship. It's the displacement....

[@Genius_at_Work]

32,000 Cargo plus 18,000 Ship. Doesn't matter how heavy the Ship itself is, you still have to move the entire Weight.

[@mysticwine]

@@Genius_at_Work It's not 55,000 tons, period!

[@Genius_at_Work]

It's still 50,000 Tons moving through the Water; as I said, I don't care how much of it is Ship and how much is Cargo. Regardless if it's a Cruise Ship with 45,000 Tons Lightship plus 5,000 Tons Deadweight, or a Bulk Carrier of 15,000 Tons Lightship and 35,000 Tons Cargo, the Mass to be moved is the same.

[@Bill-sp8kb]

@@mysticwine You don't have both oars in the water, do you?

[@mysticwine]

@@Bill-sp8kb At least my elevator goes all the way up. I think yours is in permanent reverse.