Ocean Network Express has actually taken distribution of its initial newbuild containership showing off the firm’s pink magenta shade.

The ship, called ONE Stork, was supplied by Japan Marine United Corp’s Kure Shipyard in Kure, Japan.

It is the initial of 7 newbuilds developed with a capability of 14,000 TEU.

The 364-meter-long ONE Stork will certainly be phased right into THE Alliance’s Asia to North America (East Coast) EC4 solution with telephone calls at the ports of Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, New York, and also back to Singapore.

ONE states the vessel additionally includes enhanced hull kind and also various other modern technologies made to decrease discharges and also maximize gas usage.

“ONE is excited to take delivery of first new-building containership with our new corporate color, magenta. The magenta colour shows our intentional drive to do things differently and explore newness in this market. “, said Jeremy Nixon, Chief Executive Officer of ONE. “There is no doubt that she will be one of our most important core fleet. We are committed to continue the company’s efforts to provide higher quality and more competitive services for our customers.”

ONE was created in 2017 via the combination of the container delivery organizations of Japan’s 3 most significant service providers, NYK Line, “K” Line and also MOL. The brand-new firm started procedures on April 1, 2018 as the globe’s 6th biggest container delivery firm managing a fleet of regarding 240 vessels with an incorporated ability of 1.4 million TEU.

All 7 of the 14,000 TEU newbuilds are prepared for distribution this year.

The firm has actually additionally begun rebranding its various other ships, beginning with the ONE Committment which simply ended up making her North American launching on the united state West Coast and also British Columbia,Canada

ONE Stork Specifications

LOA: 364m
Beam: 50.6 m
Depth: 20.5 m
Full Draft: 15.8 m
Deadweight Tons: 139,500 T
Net Tons: 145,351 T
Capacity: 14,026 TEU
Flag: Japan

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