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"K" Linens orders to Imabari Shipbuilding five new portacontainer from 13.870 teu
the ships will be taken in delivery in the spring and the summer of 2015
March 18, 2013
The shipowning group Japanese Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Linens) has signed an agreement with the compatriot Imabari Shipbuilding Co. for the construction of five new portacontainer from 13.870 teu that the navalmeccanica society will deliver in the spring and the summer of 2015. They will be the portacontenitori ships of greater ability to the fleet of the Japanese company that currently - besides unit of other type - has 74 portacontainer of the total ability to beyond 350.000 teu, between which those equipped of greater ability are 12 ships give beyond 8.000 teu.
The five new portacontainer from 13.860 teu will be long about 366 meters and wide 51,2 meters.
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