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OOCL deploys 'largest' containership
in trans-Pacific
Updated
12:39 p.m. ET, Mon May 17, 2004
The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE
Orient Overseas Container
Line (schedules)
recently named the OOCL Ningbo -- calling it the world's largest
containership - at its namesake port in China.
The vessel, built by
Samsung Heavy Industries, has a declared capacity of 8,063 TEUs, is 1,056
feet long, and is 140 feet wide, enough for 17 containers.
OOCL said in a media
release that the new-generation SX-class vessel includes
environmentally-friendly features such as a specially designed hull which
allows it consume less fuel while maintaining a cruising speed of 25
knots. The vessel is also designed to burn cleaner, low sulphur fuel.
The port of Ningbo moved
2.76 million TEUs in 2003, up 48.6 percent the previous year, and is
China's fifth-largest port. It has been a regular call for OOCL on its
trans-Pacific, Asia-Europe and intra-Asia services.
The vessel will be
deployed in the Grand Alliance fleet serving customers in the
trans-Pacific Super Shuttle Express.
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