China builds its biggest containership ever - 8,530 TEU

6/7/2007 2:56:43 PM

HUDONG-ZHONGHUA Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Group Corporation, has built the biggest containership ever made in China, reported the Shanghai Daily News.   The 8,530-TEU vessel, puts China in fourth place among countries capable of building such ships after South Korea, Japan and Denmark. With a loading capacity of 101,000 tons, the 334-metre ship only needs one helmsman and is equipped with four electricity generators. It is one of five same-size ships being built for China Shipping Container Lines. Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has orders to build four similar ships for Greek shipping company Costamare, said the Shanghai daily. Asian Shipper News

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