Nantong Cosco KHI shipyard's 13,386-TEU Cosco Belgium delivered THE 13,386-TEU containership built by Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co Ltd (NACKS), the shipbuilding joint venture of Cosco and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI), recently celebrated its naming and delivery to Cosco, Xinhua reports.
The vessel, named "Cosco Belgium", is the first of the series of eight ships developed and built by NACKS. It is 366 metres long, 51.2 metres wide, 29.85 metres tall and can cruise of 24.3 knots. It will be deployed on the Asia-Europe service.
The ship was put on a test sailing down from lower Yangtze River to the waters at Zhejiang province's Zhoushan Island in early February.
The successful design and building of the ship is said to have broken the monopoly of foreign shipyards in the building of mega containerships.
The vessel, named "Cosco Belgium", is the first of the series of eight ships developed and built by NACKS. It is 366 metres long, 51.2 metres wide, 29.85 metres tall and can cruise of 24.3 knots. It will be deployed on the Asia-Europe service.
The ship was put on a test sailing down from lower Yangtze River to the waters at Zhejiang province's Zhoushan Island in early February.
The successful design and building of the ship is said to have broken the monopoly of foreign shipyards in the building of mega containerships.