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Largest hospital ship on its way to Antwerp (in pictures) – Companies

The world’s largest private hospital ship will soon leave China, where it is currently assembled, for the Port of Antwerp, where it will be fitted out and completed.

Vessel “Global Mercy” of the humanitarian organization Mercy Ships will ultimately the largest hospital ship in the world. 174 meters long by 28 wide, it has 12 floors and weighs no less than 37,000 tonnes.

The ship is currently still under construction in China. Next spring it will be developed and completed at the Port of Antwerp who concluded an agreement with the NGO Mercy Ships. For more than three months the ship can be moored free of charge in the port of Antwerp for completion of finalization work. Dozens of Belgian companies and organizations will participate in the project.

© Mercy Ships

With this project, we also want to highlight the port’s social commitment “, says Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of the Port of Antwerp.”Dozens of companies from the port and beyond have already expressed their willingness to participate in this project. In this way we also deliver a nice contribution to the people of Africa, with whom the port has close ties “, he adds.

Mercy Ships
© Mercy Ships

The construction of the “Global Mercy” will double medical aid in the poorest countries of Africa. The ship will be moored 10 months a year in African ports and provide the infrastructure to provide people with the vital medical care they lack.

He will have six complete operating theaters, the hospital facilities of 7000 m2 being concentrated on two bridges. The medical teams can total up to 600 people, according to information from the site Sea and Marine. The boat will count almost 200 beds dedicated to acute care, intensive care, isolation or convalescents.

Mercy Ships
© Mercy Ships

All outpatient care can be practiced there, radios and scanners as well as rehabilitation care. It will also have a training space with a laboratory simulating local conditions, allowing caregivers to prepare before stopovers, further details the site Sea and Marine.

Chartering hospital ships since the end of the 1970s, the Mercy Ships association has devoted most of its efforts to the African continent since 1990, where it has already carried out more than 100,000 free surgeries and trained more than 40,000 health professionals. .

Mercy Ships
© Mercy Ships

The “Global Mercy” ship of the humanitarian organization Mercy Ships will eventually be the largest hospital ship in the world. 174 meters long by 28 wide, it has 12 floors and weighs no less than 37,000 tonnes. The ship is currently still under construction in China. Next spring, it will be fitted out and completed at the Port of Antwerp, which has entered into an agreement with the NGO Mercy Ships. For more than three months the ship can be moored free of charge in the port of Antwerp for the completion of the finalization work. Dozens of Belgian companies and organizations will participate in the project. “With this project, we also want to highlight the port’s social commitment”, says Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of the Port of Antwerp. “Dozens of companies from the port and beyond have already expressed their willingness to participate in this project. In this way we are also making a great contribution to the people of Africa, with whom the port has close ties. “, he adds. The construction of the “Global Mercy” will double medical aid in the poorest countries of Africa. The ship will be moored for 10 months a year in African ports and will provide the infrastructure there to provide people with the vital medical care they lack. It will have six complete operating theaters, with hospital facilities of 7,000 m2 being concentrated in two bridges. The medical teams may total up to 600 people, according to information from the Mer et Marine website. The boat will have nearly 200 beds dedicated to acute care, intensive care, isolation or convalescents. All outpatient care can be practiced there, radios and scanners as well as rehabilitation care. It will also have a training space with a laboratory simulating local conditions, allowing caregivers to prepare before stopovers, further details the Mer et Marine site. Charting hospital ships since the end of the 1970s, the Mercy Ships association has devoted most of its efforts to the African continent since 1990, where it has already performed more than 100,000 free surgeries and trained more than 40,000 health professionals.

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