New ships will certainly be also bigger than Evergreen’s 20,000 TEU Ever Glory (over) supplied by Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding in 2018
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) records that it has actually won orders worth a total amount of $920 million from Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corporation for 6 huge containerships with an ability of over 23,000 TEU each.
They will certainly have the very same dimensions– 400 m long, 61.5 m broad as well as 33.2 m high– as the existing globe’s biggest document owner, MSC Gülsün supplied by SHI to Mediterranean Shipping Company inJuly However the Evergreen ships will certainly each will certainly have the ability to bring 23,764 twenty-foot containers, simply over the Gülsün‘s 23,756 TEU ability. Those added 8 boxes will certainly make them the brand-new document owners.
NOT SIMPLY BIG, SMART TOO
The Evergreen newbuilds will certainly be outfitted with SVESSEL, a next-generation clever ship system individually established bySamsung Heavy Outfitted with Energy Saving Devices (ESDs), such as SHI’s SAVER Fin as well as Rudder light bulb, as well as with brand-new hull types, the highly-efficient clever ships can lower gas usage by approximately 7%, claims SHI. “The demand for ultra-large containerships is expected to continue as global ship owners have reduced cost through an economy of scale. Based upon advanced technologies including smart ships and reduced energy consumption as well as new designs for hull forms, Samsung Heavy will keep leading the ultra-large box ships market,” stated an authorities of SHI.
Meanwhile, SHI’s year-to-date agreement wins stand at $ 5.1 billion, standing for 65% of its yearly target of $ 7.8 billion, with 35 vessels of various key ins the tally, consisting of 14 petroleum vessels, 11 LNG service providers, 6 containerships, 2 item service providers, one unique
