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MOL Expands Container Fleet

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

March 2, 2015

 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has signed a deal for construction of four 20,000 TEU containerships with Samsung Heavy Industries.

MOL also concluded an MOU for long-term chartering of two 20,000 TEU containerships with Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. The two containerships will be built at Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The six vessels will be launched and delivered in 2017, and will serve the Asia-Europe service.

The 20,000 TEU type is the world’s largest among delivered and on order containerships. The newbuilding vessels will adopt various highly advanced energy-saving technologies, which will further reduce fuel consumption and cost, in comparison with 14,000 TEU types that MOL currently operates. The main engines have the specifications which enable LNG use as fuel in the future remodeling.

 

 

 

[Main Specifications]

Shipbuilding company

Samsung Heavy Industries

Imabari Shipbuilding

Length

400.0m

400.0m

Breadth

58.8m

58.5m

Designed draft

14.5m

14.5m

Load draft

16.0m

16.0m

TEU capacity

20,150 TEU

20,150 TEU

Main engine

MAN B&W G95ME

MAN B&W G95ME


 

 

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