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Samsung Heavy Industries has completed the portacontainer of greater ability to the world
The unit, in a position to loading beyond 23 thousand teu, is before six destined ones to shipowner MSC
July 8, 2019
The ship yard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced today to have completed the construction of before six large ones portacontainer ordered from the shipowner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), ships that, with a cargo ability pairs to 23.000 teu - it has emphasized the South Korean navalmeccanica company - are the larger full hands container to the world. SHI has remembered that the Helvetic shipowner has ordered six units in September 2017 ( on 26 September 2017) and it has evidenced that the first unit is completed with three weeks of advance payment regarding the fixed date in the contract.
The new ship, that it is christened with name MSC Gulsun, is long 400 meters, wide 61,5 meters and can transport containers for a total pairs to 23.756 teu. The new portacontainer is equipped of scrubber for the cleansing of the drainage smoke and the system of propulsion is managed for being fed to liquified natural gas.
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