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APL new ULCS will consume 20% in less than fuel
The hull of the ships is planned in collaboration with DNV and HHI
September 6, 2012
The company of navigation APL of the shipowning group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) of Singapore, the South Korean navalmeccanica company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and the society of Norwegian classification Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have announced that the new the ten hull of Large Hooligan Ships Container commissioned by APL to the Asian shipbuilding society will allow a reduction of 20% about of the fuel consumption of the portacontainer regarding the hulls of the ships realized previously. Before the ten portacontaner, that they will have a unitary cargo ability pairs to 13.800 teu, it is currently under construction and it will be delivered the next year.
According to the forecasts, the reduction of the fuel consumption will allow with the APL saves pairs to about three million dollars for per year each ship. "In the current difficult situation of the market - it has found the vice president and administrative director of the NOL, Cedric Foo - it is extremely important for efficient and flexible APL the introduction of portacontainer that helps us to reduce the costs of the slots. These ships will be most efficient from the point of view of the fuel consumption never constructed for the containerized routes Asia-Europe".
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