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Philly Shipyard has constructed largest portacontainer never realized in the USA
It has an ability to 3.600 teu and is destined to the Matson
July 3, 2018
Saturday in the ship yard of Philadelphia of the Philly Shipyard is christened Daniel K. Inouye, ship that largest portacontainer is never realized in the USA and that it is constructed for the company of American navigation Matson.
Daniel K. Inouye, that it is long 260 meters, has a gross capacity of 51.400 tons, the maximum speed almost 24 knots and a cargo ability of 3.600 teu, is before two ships that the Matson has ordered to the Philly Shipyard investing altogether 418 million dollars.
Philly Shipyard is specialized in the construction of naval units in the within of Jones Act, the American norm that it establishes that the ships employed between ports of the United States are constructed in the USA, are of American property and embark crews of American nationality.
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