''COSCO Guangzhou'' is a
container ship
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built for
Cosco Ship Management in 2006. The ship has capacity for 9,500
TEU and mostly sails between the ports in China, India and Japan and those in Western Europe and the United States.
Design
''COSCO Guangzhou'' is 350 meters long, with a beam of 43 meters. The fully loaded draft is 11.50 meters, giving a
deadweight tonnage
Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, pro ...
of 107,000 tonnes and a
gross tonnage of 99,833 GT. The ship features several new design innovations, including a type of paint that decreases water resistance. The ship's Mitsubishi engines provide 52,650 hp, and a cruising speed of 24.5 knots. The fuel and lubricant oil consumption are 4% less than in a comparable ship. Her bridge equipment includes an
Automatic Identification System (AIS),
GPS
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,
Differential GPS
Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs). A DGPS for GPS can increase accuracy by about a thousandfold, from approximately to .
DGPSs c ...
(dGPS), an
Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA), and an
Electronic chart system (ECDIS) for automatically plotting the ship's position against charts. Computerized systems also assist in loading and unloading the cargo.
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External links
COSCO
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosco Guangzhou
Container ships
2006 ships
Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
Ships of COSCO Shipping