Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has taken delivery of a new mega containership into its fleet, OOCL Zeebrugge, the fifth 24,188 teu vessel in a series of twelve.
The ship was named by Ms. SHI Lei, deputy general manager of Sumec Corporation and chairwoman of Sumec Machinery & Electric, at a ceremony held at the Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) shipyard, in the presence of a number of distinguished guests, including customers and business partners.
The containership OOCL Zeebrugge will serve the Asia-Europe LL3 loop line together with her sister vessels the OOCL Spain, OOCL Piraeus, OOCL Turkiye and OOCL Felixstowe.
Her port rotation is Shanghai, Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Piraeus, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Valencia, Piraeus, Abu Dhabi, Port Kelang, Shanghai.
Kenny YE, chief operating officer of OOCL, said at the ceremony that the company’s interim results reflect the robustness of OOCL’s business operations through changing markets.
“Looking ahead, this series of new mega vessels will continue to bring economies of scale to us, and to optimize OOCL’s fleet structure, enabling us to better navigate uncertainties in the future.”
Shipping Telegraph reported earlier in August that Orient Overseas Container Line has taken delivery of one more 24,188 teu mega container vessel.
The newbuild container vessel was named “OOCL Felixstowe” at the Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) shipyard in China.
