Hanjin Heavy wins CMA CGM trio of 20,600 teu orders
South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries confirmed newbuild orders Monday for three ultra-large container ships from CMA CGM.
Plans for the 20,600 TEU ships were first revealed by CMA CGM last month, but the details of the order had not yet been finalized.
Hanjin Heavy Industries Subic Bay, Philippines shipyard has been selected as the builder of three 20,600 teu containerships for CMA CGM, according to a statement by the shipbuilder.
The ships will feature 400 m in length, 59 m in width and 33 m in depth and are slated for delivery in 2017. The vessels will be deployed on its main Asia-North Europe route. They will measure 400 meters long by 59 meters wide.
However, the value of the contract has not been revealed. CMA CGM’s counterparts OCCL and MOL paid around USD 155 million for their 20,000 TEU ships.
CMA CGM’s largest container ship is the 17,722 TEU CMA CGM Kerguelen, recently delivered from a yard in South Korea. Nevertheless, the title of the fleet’s biggest ship will soon be taken over by the new sea giants.
The order makes Hanjin Heavy Industries one of three shipbuilders building containerships above the 20,000 TEU mark.
The others are South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries, which is building a total of ten ships for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and OOCL, and Japan’s Imabari Shipyard, which is building two additional ships’s for MOL. Imabari says it has also received orders for 11 additional vessels above 20,000 TEU from an unidentified European ship-owner.
