Growing buzz around ammonia
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10,500 TEU Seaspan ships?
Vancouver (BC)-based Seaspan Container Lines has confirmed that it is in discussion with Samsung Heavy Industries to increase the size of the eight ships on order for China Shipping from a nominal 9,500 TEU to 10,500 TEU – bypassing the 9000 TEU barrier and smashing the 10,000 TEU barrier in one go.
As previously reported in WorldCargo News (November 2003, p45), these ships, with their 45.6m beam, will be the first to have an 18-wide deck stow, along with four ships ordered at about the same time by K-Line from IHI Marine United, which have a length of 336m, beam of 45.8m and draft of 13m. The declared capacity of the latter ships is 8,000 TEU, but this looks like an understatement.
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This complete item is approximately 350 words in length, and appeared in the March 2004 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 1. To access this issue download the PDF here.
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