Ship Photo of the Day – TOTE 2 Readied at NASSCO
Here is TOTE 2, aka Hull 496, as it’s readied for its launch this Saturday on the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.
TOTE 2 is the second in TOTE Maritime’s LNG-powered Marlin-class, the world’s first containerships to be powered by liquefied pure fuel. You can clearly see the inexperienced LNG gasoline tanks housed on the strict.
The first vessel within the sequence, Isla Bella, was launched in April and is due for supply later this yr. TOTE 2 will comply with in Q1 2016. The vessel can even be named this Saturday through the launch ceremony that’s open to the general public.
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