The first of two new container ships ordered by privately-owned Finnish shipowner Langh Ship has been released from the German shipyard J J Sietas. the ship, named LINDA, has a container capacity of 907 TEU, making it somewhat bigger than Langh Ship’s older vessels. Loa is 141m and beam is 21.5m.
“We have both replaced some of our fleet and increased our cargo capacity, said the company’s commercial director Laura Langh-Lagerlöf. The three oldest and smallest ships in the fleet were sold in 2005 and 2006,which reduced capacity by 3 x 4400 dwt. LINDA and her sistership will togther bring 23,000 dwt of new capacity to the fleet....
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