NYK Vega is a container ship

Container ship

Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...

, one of the largest in the world, operated by Nippon Yusen

Nippon Yusen

Japan-based or NYK Line, is one of the largest shipping companies in the world. It is a core Mitsubishi company. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo.-1870-1900:...

 Ship Management. The vessel has a capacity of 8,600 containers in company calculations and 9,012 TEU in IMO

International Maritime Organization

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 calculations. The difference comes from the use of a different method of stowing in checking the ship's stability.

Design

The NYK Vega was built in 2006 in the ship-yard of Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

 Heavy Industries. The container ship is one of the largest and most modern container carriers of the world shipping, at 338.2 m (1,109.6 ft) long, 44 m (144.4 ft) wide and a fully loaded draft of 14.5 m (47.6 ft). The deadweight

Deadweight

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 of NYK Vega is about 94,000 metric tons and the Gross Tonnage

Gross tonnage

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 of the ship is 97,825 metric tons. She has a maximum speed of 25 knots (49 km/h) and a cruising speed of 24.6 knots (48 km/h). NYK Vega is powered by MAN B&W 12K98MC engines with a power of 87060 hp. She sails under the Panama

Panama

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nian flag.

Bridge Equipment

Navigation is carried out using two electronic charts which integrate GPS, dGPS, AIS

Automatic Identification System

The Automatic Identification System is an automatic tracking system used on ships and by Vessel traffic services for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby ships and AIS Base stations...

 and ARPA

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

A marine radar with automatic radar plotting aid capability can create tracks using radar contacts. The system can calculate the tracked object's course, speed and closest point of approach , thereby knowing if there is a danger of collision with the other ship or landmass.Development of ARPA...

, which usually allows the position of the ship to be plotted with an accuracy of 100 meters. The NYK Vega’s computers also assist in the efficient loading and unloading of the cargo and containers.