JAPANESE container shipping line "K" Line has taken in charge the 13,870-TEU Manchester Bridge, which is docked in Hong Kong today, Friday, May 23 as it joins the Asia Europe service.
The vessel is the second of ten ships of this size ordered from the Imabari shipyard in Japan and financed by Japanese owners, including Shoei Kisen, the ship financing arm of the Imabari Group.
Five of the vessels were ordered in March 2013 for delivery this year, and the other five were ordered in September 2014 and to be delivered in 2018.
The first batch will join the CKYHE shipping alliance's Asia-Europe 'NE-2' loop, which is in the process of upsizing the 8,000- to 9,500-TEU ships to 14,000 TEU.
The 13,870-TEU vessels are the largest box ships to be built by a Japanese shipyard to date.
They will be surpassed by the 18,000- to 20,000-TEU units ordered by Taiwan's Evergreen Line and Japan's MOL that are also to be built by Imabari and are scheduled for delivery between 2017 and 2019.
The larger vessels will be built at the yard in Marugame, where the Imabari Group is currently developing the facilities to assemble and launch 400-metre-long vessels, reports Alphaliner.
SHIPBUILDING
21 May 2015 - 23:46
'K' Line accepts 2nd 13,870-TEUer from Japan's Imabari shipyard
JAPANESE container shipping line "K" Line has taken in charge the 13,870-TEU Manchester Bridge, which is docked in Hong Kong today, Friday, May 23 as it joins the Asia Europe service.
SHIPBUILDING
21 May 2015 - 23:46
'K' Line accepts 2nd 13,870-TEUer from Japan's Imabari shipyard
This news 12072 hits received.
These news may also interest you