Samsung Heavy Industries has delivered a 8,100 TEU containership to Chilean company Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV). This 300 meters long vessel named Tucapel comes as the fifth vessel in a series of seven that CSAV has ordered from the Korean shipbuilder.
The Tucapel acquisition is deemed to be part of CSAV’s restructuring plan to restore the most profitable services and routes with new vessels. All ships are named after Chilean rivers.
Two ships that remain to be delivered in the first half of 2012 bear the names Toltén and Tirúa.
In 1999, when 5,000 TEU-class ships dominated the market, Samsung Heavy Industries developed the world’s first 6,200 TEU-class container ship. Since then, SHI has developed the 7,700 TEU-class container ship, the 8,100 TEU-class container ship, and the 9,600 TEU-class container ship. In 2006, it received an order for the world’s largest container ship, a 13,300 TEU-class vessel. It also developed the world’s largest 16,000 TEU-class container ship in 2007.
Samsung Heavy Industries has received orders for 965 units of ships from the world’s leading shippers since launching its shipbuilding business, (June 30, 2011). Its world-leading technological excellence is proven by its successful delivery of 763 units of ships.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, February 3, 2012;