Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard has delivered the world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC) to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company.
The Pacific Vision is the world’s first VLOC to implement DNV GL’s SmartShip descriptive notation.
SmartShip Notation
A SmartShip descriptive notation may be applied to ships provided with class products covering technological features considered as smart technologies in marine applications in accordance with the DNV GL Class Guidelines for SmartShips CG-0508.
To qualify for the notation, the Pacific Vision has been outfitted with an integration platform, a smart navigation decision support system, a ship energy efficiency management and optimisation system, and smart-vessel operation and maintenance system.
As part of the SmartShip notation, the ship has features including operational enhancement (OE), performance enhancement (PE), and condition monitoring enhancement (CME).
The vessel will operate between Brazil and Asia (China, Japan, Malaysia and Oman), and will very likely also been deployed for the Brazil and Europe trade (Rotterdam, Italy).
Main Particulars
The main particulars of the 400K VLOC are:
- Overall length: 362 m
- Breadth: 65 m
- Depth: 30.4 m
- Draught: 23 m
- Deadweight: 399,999 DWT
Picture: Pacific Vision (by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard).
