Monte Tamaro (ship)


Monte Tamaro is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. and operated by Maersk Line AS. The long ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2007. Originally owned by Monte Tamaro GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd, she has had two owners and been registered under three flags.
The vessel is one of ten ships of the Monte class built for Hamburg Süd by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries between 2004 and 2009.

Construction

Monte Tamaro had its keel laid down on 26 June 2007 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea. Its hull has an overall length of. In terms of width, the ship has a beam of. The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is.
The ship's container-carrying capacity of places it in the range of a Post-Panamax container ship. The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 69,132. Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 34,823. Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is.
The vessel was built with a HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C-B main engine, which drives a controllable-pitch propeller. The 8-cylinder engine has a Maximum Continuous Rating of 45,760 kW with 102 revolutions per minute at MCR. The cylinder bore is 960mm. The ship also features 4 main power distribution system auxiliary generators, 3 at, and 1 at. The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-500 auxiliary boiler.
Construction of the ship was completed on 30 November 2007. , the ship is classified by the ABS with the code "A1, Container Carrier, AMS, ACCU; RRDA, BWE, Ice Class D0, UWILD, PMP", meaning that it was constructed under the supervision of a recognized classification society, that the construction complies with the society's rules, and that it is classed as a general cargo carrier and container ship.

Current Service

As of December 2018, Monte Tamaro runs the Hamburg Süd North America East Coast - South America East Coast liner service.
DirectionFromToJourney DurationTotal Elapsed Days
Southbound
New YorkPhiladelphia22
Southbound
PhiladelphiaNorfolk13
Southbound
NorfolkCharleston36
Southbound
CharlestonJacksonville17
Southbound
JacksonvillePort Everglades29
Southbound
Port EvergladesSantos1221
Southbound
SantosBuenos Aires425