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Maersk Line orders to DSME 11 new portacontainer from 19.630 teu with option for others six ships
Store clerk of the total value of 1,8 billion dollars. In sight new orders
June 3, 2015
Maersk Line has detached an order in confronts of the South Korean navalmeccanica company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the construction of 11 portacontainer of large-capacity and for opzionare others six ships of the same type. The store clerk, of the total value of 1,8 billion dollars, is relative to unit of the Triple series of the cargo ability 19.630 pairs to teu each, with delivery of the first 11 previewed between the April 2017 and May 2018. The ships will fly Danish flag.
"These ships - the operating director of the Danish shipowning company has explained, Søren Toft - will contribute to maintain to us competitive on the routes of Asia-Europe traffic and will be essential in our strategy of increase in the market". Toft has remembered that draft of according to order emitted from Maersk Line this year: in fact the company has recently commissioned to Chinese ship yard COSCO Shipyard seven portacontainer feeder from 3.600 teu ( on 26 March 2015). The manager of the company has specified that soon Maersk Line will order the construction of other portacontenitori "that - it has specified - we will be able beginning from to insert in our fleet 2017".
DSME is the society that Triple on behalf of Maersk Line are constructing first twenty portacontainer, that it will take in delivery the last ship of the series in the course of this month.
The new ships ordered to DSME, with a length of 400 meters about, a width of 58,6 meters and a draught of 16,5 meters, will be largest of the fleet employed from the company on the routes between Asia and Europe, traffics in which will replace ships of smaller less efficient abilities and.
Currently the fleet of Maersk Line is constituted by 255 ships of property, for an ability to hold total pairs to 1,7 million teu, and from 346 portacontainer rental, for an ability pairs to 1,3 million teu. The company has a pocketbook orders that comprise two portacontenitori Triple in delivery within this month, seven portacontainer from 3.600 teu with delivery in 2017, 11 portacontainer from 19.000 teu with delivery in 2017-2018 and 11 portacontainer from 9.500-10.000 teu rental with delivery in 2015-2016.
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Maersk Line has detached an order in confronts of the South Korean navalmeccanica company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the construction of 11 portacontainer of large-capacity and for opzionare others six ships of the same type. The store clerk, of the total value of 1,8 billion dollars, is relative to unit of the Triple series of the cargo ability 19.630 pairs to teu each, with delivery of the first 11 previewed between the April 2017 and May 2018. The ships will fly Danish flag.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
