Bore Orders Ferries from German Yard

Friday, April 20, 2007

Bore hassigned a contract for two new RoRo vessels, and holds an option for another two, to be built at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG in Germany. The two RoRo vessels will be delivered in May and August 2011 and will have an initial capacity of 2900 lane meters each. The vessels can accommodate double-stacked containers on mafis on all decks and can be equipped with hoistable car decks. Source: Shipping Times

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