Carl Bro Marine Company News

According to reports, initial inspections have been made without results after HL01-Florence, reported ly the largest vessel ever built in Vietnam, took on water only hours after its launch April 6. Divers of Ha Long Shipbuilding Co. in northern Quang Ninh province on Monday checked the bottom of the 53,000-ton vessel, whose stern sunk slightly after water leaked through its outer hull and flooded half of the fourth among five compartments. A company official predicted that some of the ship’s valves had been negligently left unlocked, causing the leak. But another official said the reason might originate from the rails under the bottom of the vessel, which were used to create momentum for the ship launch.

According to reports, Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) will launch a 53,000 ton-capacity vessel, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province on April 6. The ship, named Florence, is the first of the 21 cargo vessels that the Vinashin's Ha Long Shipyard contracted with a British partner at a total cost of over $400m. Florence is 623 ft., 106 ft. wide and has a 64,000cu.m hold, as designed by Denmark-based Carl Bro Marine company. The Ha Long Shipyard had invested thousands of billions of Vietnamese dongs to improve its capacity, including $14.5m in facilities for the contract. Source: VNEconomy