She is a "member" of Valemax fleet chartered by the Brazilian ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports.
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 198,980 GT (67,993 NT)
Length: 362.0 m (1,187,7 ft)
Beam: 65.0 m (213.3 ft)
Draught: 23.0 m (75,5 ft)
Capacity: 402,347 DWT
Speed: 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)
MS Vale Brasil is the first of seven 400,000-ton very large ore carriers (VLOC) ordered by Vale and she was launched in December 2010.
MS Vale Brasil is significantly larger than the previous world's largest bulk carrier Berge Stahl in every aspect.
Both her gross tonnage and deadweight tonnage are larger than those of the Norwegian ship, 175,720 and 364,767 tons, respectively.
While the draught of both ships is the same, Vale Brasil is also 20 metres (65.6 ft) longer and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) wider than Berge Stahl.
Additionally Vale Brasil is larger and slightly longer than the four new 388,000-ton, 361-metre (1,184 ft) China-max bulk carriers Berge Bulk has ordered from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
MS Vale Brasil is also the second largest ship currently in service by deadweight tonnage, second only to the TI class supertankers that have a deadweight tonnage of over 440,000 tons.
-Adopted from maritime connector-
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