High waves during launch of Reestborg

摘要

Reestborg, the largest ship ever built at Ferus Smit's, was finished and launched at their shipyard in Leer, Germany, on 25 January. With a length of 170 metre, beam of 20.5 metre and 23,000 deadweight tons carrying capacity it comes close to the maximum dimensional limits that can be built at the shipyard in Leer. Normally ships with these proportions are floated out of a building dock or launched in the length, but the Reestborg was launched sideways. With its 5,000 tons of launching weight and the enormous size of the ship it created huge waves during its launch.