OOCL receives two new 13,000-teu ships
OOCL has taken delivery of and christened two 13,208-teu mega box ships from Samsung Heavy Industries at their Geoje Island Shipyard, the Hong Kong line's biggest newbuilds to date, Seatrade Asia online reports.
The first vessel was christened OOCL Brussels and the second NYK Helios.
The two new ships are the largest vessels that Samsung has ever built for OOCL, and are part of a series of 10 ordered from Samsung.
The OOCL Brussels will be deployed on Loop 5 of OOCL's Asia–Europe service with a port rotation Kwangyang / Pusan / Yangshan / Shekou / Yantian / Singapore / Suez Canal / Rotterdam / Hamburg / Thamesport / Suez Canal / Singapore and back to Kwanyang on a 77-day round trip.
NYK Helios will be chartered out to NYK and deployed on Loop 4 of its Asia-Europe service with a port rotation of Ningbo / Yangshan / Yantian / Singapore / Suez Canal / Le Havre / Southampton / Hamburg / Rotterdam / Suez Canal / Jeddah / Singapore / Yantian and back to Ningbo on a 77-day round trip.
