Cape Britannia News

MV Cape Britannia Bulk Carrier Delivered

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES with President Mr. Yasuhiko Katoh) completed and delivered 177,000 dwt type bulk carrier, MV Cape Britannia (MES HULL No. 1694) at its Chiba Works on June 11, 2009. This ship is the 2nd ship of the newly designed Cape-size Bulk Carrier of Dunkerque-max Type. It enables effective cargo handling, easy maintenance of cargo holds and structural safety by adopting a double-side skin to cargo holds construction. Length o.a. Length b.p. In spite of cargo holds bounded by a double-side skin according to SOLAS, the cargo capacity of the ship is equivalent to that of conventional Cape-size bulk carriers with holds bounded by a single-side skin.