The second 80,000DWT bulk carrier N225, being built for the Greek owner Chartworld Shipping Corporation, was named DIANE by godmother Ms. Ingrid Papadakis in COSCO Dalian Shipyard on August 8. Mr. Antonis Stamos Faraklas, CEO of Chartworld Shipping Corp, Mr. Gong Libing, Party Secretary of COSCO Dalian Shipyard, and Mr. Xu Dongxiao, Executive Director of Commercial HQ of COSCO Shipyard Group, attended the Christening ceremony.
This new build 80,000DWT bulker is 229 meters long, 32.26 meters wide and 20.25 meters deep. Its sister vessel ANASTASIA K was successfully delivered to Chartworld Shipping in March this year.
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Source: COSCO-shipyard, September 16, 2011.