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CSCL increases the ability to the five large new portacontainer ordered to 19.000 HHI to teu
the ships will be completed between the next November and the end of the first trimester of 2015
January 20, 2014
The South Korean navalmeccanico group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced today that the Chinese shipowning company Lowers Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has decided to modify the issued order last year in confronts of the South Korean group for five new portacontainer from 18.400 teu elevating the ability to the 19.000 ships to teu, making of therefore the greatest portacontenitori of the world-wide fleet ( on 6 May 2013).
The construction of the five portacontainer is begun today. The first unit will be completed the next November while the last one will be completed at the end of the first trimester of 2015. The ships will be long 400,0 meters and wide 58,6 meters.
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