Today (April 28) Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) held the naming ceremony of OOCL Beijing at Wharf No. 7 of Hungdong –Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (HZ) in Shanghai, China. OOCL Beijing is the first of the eight 8,888-TEU vessels on order from HZ.
Mr. Yu Zhengseng, Politburo member of CPC Central Committee and the Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was invited by Mr. Tung Chee Chen, Chairman of Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. as the Sponsor of the Naming Ceremony. Other senior government officials and guests include Mr. Ai Baojun, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Mr. Feng Guoqing, Chairman of the CPPCC Shanghai.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Tung stated, “ The development of International Shipping Centre in Shanghai is in leaps and bounds. In 2010, the container throughput of Shanghai was around 29.07 million TEU occupying the top position among all ports in the world for the first time. Moreover, China has a long history in shipbuilding with ample experience. We commission Hudong-Zhonghua to build our 8,888-TEU vessels, the greatest in capacity of our vessel fleet, will hopefully promote the shipbuilding industry further and lay the foundation for our long-term cooperation.”
OOCL Beijing is 335 meters long, 42.8 meters wide with the deadweight of approximately 100,400 mt. and a container carrying capacity of 8,888 TEU. OOCL Beijing will be deployed on the MAX service with a port rotation of Shanghai / Ningbo / Hong Kong / Shekou / Singapore / Jebel Ali / Damman / Bandar Abbas / Port Kelang / Singapore / Hong Kong, and back to Shanghai in a 42-day round trip.
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Source: OOCL, April 28, 2011.