Vale Megaships

[E G Grace]

Some other sites for Vale data:

http://www.vale.com/en/aboutvale/news/p ... pines.aspx

http://maritime-connector.com/ship/vale ... s-9593957/

http://www.fleetmon.com/en/vessels/Vale ... is_3525289

[boatbuddy]

Don't know where you got your information but according to this site the largest laker is Paul R. Treurtha 1013.5 X 105 X 56 68 000 Tons and Wikipedia says the largest Valemax is 1188 X 213 X 98 - 400 000 DWT. The dimensions are very different in beam and depth and therefore capacity.

[Guest]

The vale max are 1180 feet X 213 which is longer than a laker and twice the beam at least and if 27 foot draught is 60,000 tons you cannot say that at 400,000 tons the draught is 61/2 times more;it does not work like that

[guest4]

According to the quick internet search I did, the Valemax vessels are roughly 1180 feet long by 213 feet wide and 98 feet deep and designed to load to a 75 foot draft. So that's 180' longer, twice as wide and 2.7 times the draft.

[Bruce W]

Looking at these Iron Ore carriers that Vale is building (or built) to haul ore to China, I wonder a couple things. How Can a ship with close to beam and length of Great Lakes foooters haul up to 6 times as big of tonnage load. A Footer has about 27 foot draft for 60,000 tons. Does this mean they have 180 foot drafts fully loaded ?'