Owners of ultra-large container ships will be able to extend vessels’ cargo-carrying capabilities
LR specialists have developed analysis techniques that will enable owners of ultra-large container ships to extend their vessels’ cargo-carrying capabilities
LR is classing the world’s largest-ever container ships – led by a recent contract to oversee the building of six ultra-large container ships (ULCS) of more than 20,000 teu.
Four ULCS vessels of 20,150 teu will be built for the Japanese company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) at Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) shipyard at Geoje Island, South Korea, while two 20,050 teu ships are being built for Shoei Kisen Kaisha on long charter to MOL at Shoei’s affiliate company Imabari Shipbuilding at Saijo shipyard, Japan
These giants of the sea are due to be delivered in 2017 and have been earmarked to operate on the Asia-to-Europe service.
This significant order heads a growing cluster of potential contracts LR is currently discussing with leading global shipowners and operators for approving and classing vessels of over 20,000 teu.
LR technical teams have investigated the rising heights and weights of the container stacks that today’s ULCSs can carry and produced new guidelines to help designers, owners and masters handle these ever-growing cargos.
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Source: LR