MS Vale Brasil is the largest bulk carrier ever built and among the longest ships currently in service. 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
In 2008 Vale placed orders for twelve 400,000-ton Valemax ships to be constructed by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries (RSHI) in China and ordered seven more ships from South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in 2009. Additionaly sixteen more ships of similar size will be built in China and South Korea for other shipping companies, and chartered to Vale under long-term contracts.
Berge Stahl
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. Additionaly Vale Brasil is larger and slightly longer than the four new 388,000-ton, 361-metre (1,184 ft) Chinamax bulk carriers Berge Bulk has ordered from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
MS Vale Brasil
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.
MS Vale Brasil
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