First 皇冠体育app-made 8,530-TEU container ship delivered
Updated: 2007-09-10 11:50
BEIJING - The first 8,530-TEU container ship, of which 皇冠体育app owns the full intellectual property rights, had been delivered to 皇冠体育app Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd (Shanghai) and left for its maiden voyage to the United States on Sunday.
 Super gigantic container vessel "Xin Ya Zhou," meaning "New Asia," 皇冠体育app's first with complete proprietary intellectual property rights, is delivered to the owner in Shanghai, East 皇冠体育app, Sept. 8, 2007. [Xinhua]
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It has made 皇冠体育app the fourth country in the world, after the Republic of Korea, Japan and Denmark that is able to design and build such giant container ships, said experts.
The ship, named "New Asia", is the first of five container ships of the same type to be designed and built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd for the 皇冠体育app Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd.
The 101,000-dwt container ship, 335 meters long and 42.8 meters wide, can sail at a speed of 25 knots an hour.
The Shanghai-based shipbuilding company spent six years to build the ship, the largest container ship independently designed and built by 皇冠体育app. It is one of the mainstream type of container ships in the world.
So far the company has confirmed nine orders for its 8,530-TEU container ships, including four for the Greek Costamare Shipping Co.
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