page_title: MS Berge Stahl
section_title: A trip from Brazil to The Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: MS Berge Stahl / A trip from Brazil to The Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: Berge Stahl ready to leave Port of Rotterdam after emptying it's bulk cargo of ore. The Netherlands.
context_page_description: MS Berge Stahl is a bulk carrier. Until the delivery of MS Vale Brasil in 2011 she was the longest and largest iron ore carrier in the world. She is registered in Douglas, Isle of Man. Before that, she was registered in Stavanger, Norway as well as in Monrovia, Liberia.
  An iron ore carrier, Berge Stahl has a capacity of 364,767 tonnes deadweight. She was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 342.08 m long, had a beam, or width, of 63.5 m, and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23 m.
  Her MAN B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine is 9 m high, drives a single 9 m propeller, and puts out 27,610 horsepower. The ship has a top speed of 13.5 knots, and has a 9 m rudder.
  She is currently owned by the Singaporean-operated shipping company Berge Bulk.
  Because of its massive size, Berge Stahl could originally only tie up, fully loaded, at two ports in the world, hauling ore from the Terminal Marítimo de Ponta da Madeira in Brazil to the Europoort near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Even at these ports, passage must be timed to coincide with high tides to prevent the ship running aground. Berge Stahl made this trip about ten times each year, or a round-trip about every five weeks.
caption: MS Berge Stahl with BW Fleet Management Pte. Ltd at the Port of Rotterdam, Holland in April 2007
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