Container ship Monte Alegre
History
Singapore[1]
Name	2018–present: Monte Alegre[1]
Owner	A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.[2]
Operator	Maersk Line AS[3]
Port of registry	Singapore as of 27 March 2018[1]
Route	Hamburg Süd North Europe - South Mediterranean (NESM) liner service[4]
Identification	IMO number: 9348065[1] MMSI number: 563050400[3] Callsign: S6BH[3]
Status	In service[5]
Germany[1]
Name	2008–present: Monte Alegre[3]
Owner	2008-2018: Monte Alegre GmbH & Co KG[3]
Operator	Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH C/O Hamburg Suedamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft KG[3]
Port of registry	Germany as of 12 January 2008[3]
Builder	Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries[1]
Laid down	22 October 2007[1]
Launched	6 September 2008
Completed	17 December 2008[1]
Identification	IMO number: 9348065
General characteristics
Tonnage	69,132 GT[1] 71,272.86 t DWT[1]
Length	272 m (892 ft 5 in)[1]
Beam	40 m (131 ft 3 in)[1]
Depth	24.2 m (79 ft 5 in)[1]
Ice class	D0
Installed power	Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C[6]
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)[7]

Monte Alegre is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd.^[2] and operated by Maersk Line AS.^[3] The 272-metre (892 ft) long ship was built at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries^[1] in Mangalia, Romania in 2007/2008. Originally owned by Monte Alegre GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Hamburg Süd,^[3] she has had two owners and been registered under two 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.^[8]

Monte Alegre had its keel laid down on 22 October 2007^[1] at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries^[1] in Mangalia, Romania. Its hull has an overall length of 272 metres (892 ft 5 in).^[1] In terms of width, the ship has a beam of 40 metres (131 ft 3 in).^[1] The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is 24.2 metres (79 ft 5 in).^[1]

The ship's container-carrying capacity of 5,552 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (5,552 20-foot shipping containers)^[7] places it in the range of a Post-Panamax container ship.^[9] The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 69,132.^[1] Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 34,823.^[1] Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is 71,272.86 long tons deadweight (DWT).^[1]

The vessel was built with a Doosan Engine Co. Ltd. 8RTA96C^[6] main engine, which drives a controllable-pitch propeller. The 8-cylinder engine has a Maximum Continuous Rating of 45,765 kW with 102 revolutions per minute at MCR. The cylinder bore is 960mm. The ship also features 4 main power distribution system HSJ7 907-10F auxiliary generators by Hyundai Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd. EES, 2 at 4,342.4-kilowatt (5,823.3 hp), and 2 at 3,257.1-kilowatt (4,367.8 hp).^[6] The vessel's steam piping system features an Aalborg CH 8-500 auxiliary boiler.^[6]

Construction of the ship was completed on 17 December 2008.^[1]