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ALPHALINER Volume 2014 Issue 52

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A chronology of the world's largest

Chart of the week
containerships The world’s largest containership : Who are the contenders?
(based on nominal TEU)
Year Vessel Name TEU TEU (declared) LOA Breath Draft
1956 IDEAL X *** 96 tdw m m m
1957 GATEWAY CITY * 395
1960 SANTA ELIANA * 405 BARZAN TBA 400.0 58.6 16.0
1960 HAWAIIAN CITIZEN * 490 6 units in series TBA UASC
1962 ELIZABETHPORT ** 833 from Apr 2015 Hyundai Samho/Hyundai H.I.
1966 TRENTON * 1,066
1968 AMERICAN LANCER 1,210 MSC OSCAR 19,224 teu 395.4 58.6 16.0
1969 ENCOUNTER BAY 1,512 12 units in series 197,362 tdw MSC
1970 DART EUROPE 1,556 from Jan 2015 Daewoo (DSME)
1971 EUROLINER 2,050
1972 TOKYO BAY 2,968
CSCL GLOBE 18,982 teu 399.7 58.6 16.0
1981 FRANKFURT EXPRESS 3,430
5 units in series 184,320 tdw CSCL
1984 AMERICAN NEW YORK 4,234
from Nov 2014 Hyundai H.I.
1988 PRESIDENT TRUMAN 4,528
1988 MARCHEN MAERSK 4,814
1994 NYK ALTAIR 4,953 Maersk 'EEE' 18,340 teu 399.2 59.0 16.0
1995 OOCL CALIFORNIA 5,344 20 units in series 194,153 tdw Maersk
1996 REGINA MAERSK 7,403 from Jun 2013 Daewoo (DSME)
1997 SOVEREIGN MAERSK 8,200
2000 CORNELIUS MAERSK 8,400 ALPHALINER
0 100 200 300 400
2003 AXEL MAERSK 8,650 Length Overall (LOA) in meters
2005 GUDRUN MAERSK 9,500
2006
2013
EMMA MAERSK
MAERSK McKINNEY MOLLER 18,340
15,550
The amazing containership race or : capacity inflation gone askew
2014 CSCL GLOBE 18,982
2015 MSC OSCAR 19,244 Several new box vessels now vie for the title of the world’s largest containership.
* converted cargo vessel Since June 2013, when the first Maersk ‘EEE’ unit, the MAERSK McKINNEY
** converted tanker
*** experimental deck load on tanker
MØLLER, was delivered, several contenders have emerged to stake their claims to
Source : Alphaliner archives be the ‘world’s largest’ in terms of advertised container intake.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Which containership is the largest ?
Service Updates
New multi-carrier TP loop takes shape
Maersk confirms launch of ME-5
Wan Hai to join APL on Kaohsiung-
China-E Asia service
OOCL to launch new intra Asia service
Namsung adds Korea-HK-Haiphong
loop
PIL re-instates direct China-Chittagong
link
Transfennica Trans-Iberia service
victim of SECA
Deliveries/New Order Updates 7 tails on this new SHI series of super jumbos are not currently available.
December deliveries
Seaspan converts options for two
more 10,010 teu units at YZJ
The 20 Maersk Triple-E units, of which 13 have been delivered so far, are now
rated at 18,340 teu. This was surpassed in November when China Shipping
launched the CSCL GLOBE with an official capacity of 18,982 teu - although CSCL
1
had advertised the series as 19,100 teu ships on earlier occasions.
4
The Mediterranean Shipping Company’s new MSC OSCAR will beat the record with
a declared capacity of 19,224 teu when the vessel is delivered in January. How-
ever, it may lose the crown to UASC’s BARZAN in April. Although the UASC ship is
currently listed as 18,800 teu, company officials have indicated that the ship’s
nominal capacity is likely to be adjusted upwards prior to delivery.
In addition to these four series of ultra-large containerships, contracts for six units
of 19,200 teu at Samsung Heavy Industry (SHI) have been reported. However, de-
All of the aforementioned ships share similar dimensions. Each has a breadth of
58.60-59.00 m allowing to stow 23 rows of containers on deck and 21 rows in
holds. They also have a similar length of 395-400 m, that fits 24 bays of 40’ con-
tainers.

However, each series has different bay distributions due to the different placement

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IDLE FLEET UPDATES

Voyage planning influences effective of the deckhouse and engine room and funnel. While the Triple E ships
container loads feature a forward-mid-aft bay distribution of 8+10+6 40' bays, the CSCL
vessels have 9+11+4 bays while the MSC vessels will have 9+10+5
The planning of ship voyages takes into
account a number of factors, among bays.
which are draft limitations, freeboard
rules, quantity of supplies on board at the
Maersk ‘EEE’/DSME 40’ bays : 8 + 10 + 6
24
beginning of a voyage, including fuel oil Ship photo credit :
(FO), and FO daily consumption. Salvador de la Rubia

A basic constraint concerns the most se-

vere draft restrictions on the ship’s voy-
age. It is usually a channel or port at
which the ship have to take into account a
maximum permitted draft. It can also be a 8 x 40’ Fwd 10 x 40’ Mid 6 x 40’ Aft
Load Line zone or a Load Line seasonal
CSCL GLOBE/HHI 40’ bays : 9 + 11 + 4
24 ALPHALINER
restriction. This dictates what should be Ship photo credit :
the maximum load at the last loading port. Jerzy Nowak

Therefore, the departure draft at the load-

ing port has to be adjusted to a lower
draft in this respect, also taking into ac-
count the impact of the daily FO con-
sumption on the vessel’s draft in the
meantime. 9 x 40’ Fwd 11 x 40’ Mid 4 x 40’ Aft
For a containership on the Far East-North
Europe route, the draft when leaving the The Triple E ships are also twin-engined, compared to the single engine
last Far East port, e.g. Singapore, must
factor in the Load Line zones and the
propulsion on the other vessel series, which leads to a shorter engine
Load Line seasonal limitations during the room, freeing up cargo space. Although this and the different bay distri-
westbound voyage to North Europe. * butions, as well as the small difference in hull forms will have some im-
Technically, the ship can leave Singapore pact on nominal container intake, the main differences between the de-
on its Tropical draft, as Singapore is lo- clared teu capacity of the various designs come from the addition of one
cated in the Load Line Tropical zone. It notional extra tier of containers on deck.
could proceed on this draft to the Suez
Canal before encountering a Load Line
zone restriction, which will lead to recon- The new designs incorporate lashing bridges with heightened reaches
sider the departure load at Singapore. for the side rows. These modified lashing bridges are designed to secure
This is because when the ship passes
one more layer of containers, allowing in theory up to 11 tiers to be
Port Said after transiting the Suez Canal, loaded on deck (see picture below).
its draft must not exceed the Summer
Raised lashing bridge on side rows
draft, as dictated by the Freeboard rules
for the Mediterranean. Later in the voy-
age, a more severe draft limitation applies
if the ship arrives in the Biscay Bay be-
tween 1 Nov and 31 Mar (Load Line Winter
season). Once passing Cap Finisterre
(NW Spain), its draft must not exceed the
Winter draft.
Furthermore, ports such as Hamburg or
Antwerp are located in brackish water,
which has a lower specific density than
sea water and which thus leads to a ves-
sel draft increase on a same deadweight. Ship photo credit :
Jeon Ho-sung
All this has implications on the actual
container load of ships deployed on the
Far East-North Europe route, and this
puts a cap on the practical (usable) intake Despite this, actual ship loads will still be limited by the ‘Archimedes
of the latest 18k-19k teu newbuildings. Principle’, draft limits and stability constraints, which put a ceiling on the
* (A seasonal limitation also applies in June- container loads (see side bars - page 2 and 3). In practice, the extra tier
August when passing the Horn of Africa area, of nominal capacity will not be utilised on loaded legs - with the maxi-
that we ignore for the purpose of this demon- mum usable capacity capped at around 18,000 teu for all four types.
stration).

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Load Line Markings
The freeboard is the vertical distance
separating the freeboard deck (usually
coinciding with the main deck) from the
load lines. The Load Line Convention,
which is under IMO responsibility, im-
poses a minimum freeboard and a se-
ries of related rules, for safety reasons
and to ensure that the ship is not over-
loaded.
The maximum amidships draft there-
fore corresponds to the distance be-
tween the freeboard line and the bottom
of the ship.
The Summer freeboard is the freeboard
of reference, considered safe for ships
to navigate in normal Summer weather.
In the tropical regions, where the sea is
generally quiet, the ship is allowed to
load down to the Tropical Line. Con-
versely, a draft restriction applies when
harsh conditions are expected, such as
in Winter times, where the ship can’t
load over the Winter line. The Load
Lines rules defines precise areas and
seasons in which such or such Load
Line applies.
A second set of lines, called Fresh wa-
ter lines, takes into account a dipping
of the hull when the ship passes from
sea water (density of 1.025) to fresh
water (density of 1,000 - see side bar
page 2).
The freeboard lines are marked on the
hull side, amidships. Of note, the free-
board deck on large containerships is
located lower than the top cargo deck,
which is only a superstructure deck
despite the appearances.
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Deadweight limits kick in before volume limits
From the voyage planning principles described in the side bar on the
previous page, it can be deduced that a 18k-19k teu ship on a west-
bound FE-Europe route with a Summer deadweight of 190,000 tons on
a draft of 16.00 m can, in theory, leave the last FE port (e.g. Singapore)
on a Tropical draft of 16.33 m corresponding to a deadweight of
196,000 tons, but when passing Port Said, the draft must not exceed
16.00 m, corresponding to a deadweight of 190,000 tons, which ren-
ders the Tropical draft inordinate.
To illustrate this, assuming the ship leaves Singapore with a moderate
6,000 tons of supplies and stored liquids (90% of which is FO and DO)
and sails at a cruising speed of 18 knots, the ship will burn 160 tons of
FO per day, including the consumption of generators, based on an aver-
age reefer load.
At that speed, the passage from Singapore to Suez will take 12.5 days
during which 2,000 tons of FO are burnt, leaving 4,000 tons of total sup-
plies on board once transiting Suez. So, in order to respect the freeboard
rules when entering the Med at Port Said, the useful cargo deadweight
must not exceed 186,000 tons, with translates into 10.3 tons per teu on
the basis of an 18,000 teu load and of only 9.8 tons for 19,000 teu.
The ship can then proceed to North Europe on that load during the Load
Line Summer season. But should the ship pass Cap Finisterre in the
Load Line Winter season, another draft restriction applies, that will fur-
ther reduce the cargo load.
After a further six steaming days from Port Said to the Cap Finisterre,
implying an FO consumption of 960 tons, there would remain 3,040
tons of supplies and liquids, for a total Winter deadweight of 184,000
tons, corresponding to a cargo deadweight of 180,960 tons, or 10.1
tons per teu based on a 18,000 teu load and of a paltry 9.5 tons for a
theoretical 19,000 teu load.
With this in mind, the usable capacity of the new 18k/19k teu ships lies
in a range of 16,500-18,000 teu on the Far East-Europe headhaul leg,
based on an average weight of 11 tons per teu. This wide range is ex-
plained by differences in the summer deadweight of different designs,
the bunker situation, and the season.
This raises a capacity assessment issue when evaluating the weekly
supply on the Far East-Europe route on which all these ships are to be
deployed.
Although this issue is not new, it is this time amplified by the high nomi-
nal capacity advertised by carriers for the new ultra-large containerships
due to the unusually high container deck stacks. The actual usable ca-
pacity, as defined above, will need to be taken into account to avoid dis-
tortions to the capacity growth rates and vessel utilisation assessments.
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SERVICE UPDATES

New multi-carrier TP loop takes shape

The CSCL-UASC 'AAS-2 / AWS-1' loop is to be revised within the frame of a
new arrangement involving five carriers with two further carriers to take
slots . Details as follows :

UASC/CSCL/CMA CGM/YM/PIL :
AWS-1/AAS-2/Yang Tse/AS-2
Service Details
AWS-1/AAS-2/Yang Tse/AS-2
Vessels Deployed:
6 x 8,500-10,000 teu
Port Rotation
Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Los Angeles,
Oakland, Vostochny (bunkering only),
Shanghai
> CMA CGM will join as a party in the new 'Ocean Three' arrangements
(branding the service 'Yang Tze', superseding current slots on MSC's 'Jaguar'
loop).
> Yang Ming, so far slot taker, will become ship provider (marketing the ser-
vice as 'AS2').
> PIL will join either as ship provider or slot taker within an agreement with
CSCL.
> Evergreen will retain its slot allocation within the frame of its existing
transpacific agreements with CSCL (rebranding the service 'AAC 3').

> Hamburg Süd will take slots within a broad agreement with UASC covering
the EW and LatAm trades.

The new version of the service will connect Shanghai, Ningbo and Busan
with Los Angeles and Oakland.

It will turn in six weeks with six ships of 8,500-9,000 teu, of which three
provided by UASC, one by Yang Ming, one by CMA CGM and one either by
CSCL or PIL.

Maersk : ME-5 Maersk confirms launch of ME-5

Service Details
India-ME-Med ME-5 service
Vessels Deployed:
7 x 4,500 teu
Port Rotation
Port Said, Algeciras, Valencia, Genoa,
Port Said, Aqaba, Jeddah, Djibouti,
Salalah, Colombo, Chennai, Colombo,
Salalah, Jeddah, Aqaba, Port Said
Maersk has confirmed the launch in January of a new India-Middle
East-Med (ME-5) loop, organized further to the closure of one of the
carrier’s two India-ME-Med-US (MECL) services, as reported earlier by
Alphaliner.
The ME-5 will call at Port Said, Algeciras, Valencia, Genoa, Port Said,
Aqaba, Jeddah, Djibouti, Salalah, Colombo, Chennai, Colombo, Sala-
lah, Jeddah, Aqaba, Port Said. It will turn in seven weeks with seven
ships of 4,500 teu. Chennai, Valencia and Genoa are additional calls
that were not so far directly covered with the MECL loops. The first
ME-5 sailing is planned from Chennai on 23 February 2015.

APL/WH : CS1/KCS Service Details
Taiwan-China-Southeast Asia service
Vessels Deployed:
3 x 4,300 teu
Port Rotation
Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chi-
wan, Port Kelang (N), Singapore, Ja-
karta, Singapore, Kaohsiung
This loop will replace the MECL 2 service that calls at Colombo, Sala-
lah, Jeddah, Aqaba, Port Said, Algeciras, New York, Savannah, Hous-
ton, Miami, Algeciras, Port Said, Djibouti, Jebel Ali, Colombo.
Wan Hai to join APL on Kaohsiung-China-E Asia service
Wan Hai Lines is to join APL on the Kaohsiung-China-South East Asia
(CS1) service that APL is to offer as a replacement to its Korea-China-
SE Asia 'KCS' service. Wan Hai will brand the service as 'KCS' and it
will provide one the three 4,300 teu ships deployed. The first sailing

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SERVICE UPDATES
OOCL : NPS Service Details
North China-Pusan-SE Asia service
Vessels Deployed:
4 x 2,200-2,500 teu
Port Rotation
Lianyungang, Qingdao, Dalian, Xin-
gang, Busan, Singapore, Laem Cha-
bang, Kaohsiung, Lianyungang
Namsung : KHS Service Details
Korea-HK-Haiphong service
Vessels Deployed:
2 x 690 teu
Port Rotation
Kwangyang, Busan, Ulsan, Hong Kong,
Haiphong, Hong Kong, Kwangyang
PIL : CCS Service Details
Chittagong-China-Straits service
Vessels Deployed:
4 x 1,400-1,600 teu
Port Rotation
Nansha, Shekou, Singapore, Chit-
tagong, Penang, Singapore, Nansha
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occurred on 28 December from Kaohsiung. The 'CS 1/KCS' calls at
Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Port Kelang (N), Singapore,
Jakarta, Singapore, Kaohsiung.
APL’s former KCS service called at Busan, Nansha, Chiwan, Port Ke-
lang, Singapore, Jakarta, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Lianyungang, Busan,
using four 4,300 teu ships of which three units will be re-assigned to
the new CS1/KCS service, while Wan Hai will introduce the 4,250 teu
WAN HAI 502 replacing one of the APL ships in mid-February.
OOCL to launch new intra Asia service
OOCL is to launch next month a new intra Asia service, dubbed 'North
China-Pusan-SE Asia' service (NPS), calling at Lianyungang, Qingdao,
Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Kaohsiung,
Lianyungang.
The NPS will turn in four weeks with four ships of 2,200-2,500 teu.
The first sailing is planned on 27 January from Singapore.
Namsung adds Korea-HK-Haiphong loop
Korean carrier Namsung Shipping and its affiliate Dong Young Ship-
ping have launched a weekly Korea - Hong Kong - Haiphong service
(KHS) connecting the Korean ports of Kwangyang, Busan and Ulsan
to Hong Kong and to Haiphong in northern Vietnam.
The new loop complements Namsung's existing Inchon-HK-Haiphong
service. It turns in two weeks with ships of 690 teu of the 'Mawei
437' design, the OSG BOSSTEC and VEGA LAMBDA, both chartered
by Namsung and Dong Young.
So far, Namsung had been offering services from Kwangyang, Busan
and Ulsan to HK and Haiphong through slots on the strings of its
compatriot Heung-A Shipping.
PIL re-instates direct China-Chittagong link
PIL has re-introduced a direct service connecting China to Chit-
tagong, dubbed 'Chittagong-China-Straits' (CCS) service.
The new loop combines China - Chittagong links, South China - Singa-
pore links and a Singapore - Chittagong two-way shuttle through a
butterfly pattern pivoting in Singapore.
The CCS calls at Nansha, Shekou, Singapore, Chittagong, Penang,
Singapore, Nansha. It turns in four weeks with four vessels of about
1,400-1,600 teu.
The first departure was ensured from Nansha on 11 December with
the 1,740 teu HANSA NORDBURG (Wenchong 1700), a vessel char-
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SERVICE UPDATES
Transfennica : Trans-Iberia service
Trans-Iberia ‘Motorways of the Sea’
(Suspended in Dec 2014)
Vessels Deployed:
2 x 1,600 lm roro vsls
Port Rotation
Bilbao, Portsmouth, Zeebrugge, Bilbao
Map of Europe showing North Sea
and Baltic SECA zone
The Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA)
Countries with coast only in SECA
Countries with part of the coast in SECA
Countries without coast in SECA
Portsmouth
Zeebrugge
Bilbao
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tered by PIL for a short period from Hamburg-based owner Leonhardt
& Blumberg. The service will then be run with four ships owned by
PIL.
PIL previously offered a direct China-Chittagong service from Septem-
ber 2011 to early 2012 with the 'Bangladesh Thailand China' (BTC)
service.
Transfennica Trans-Iberia service victim of SECA
The Finnish short-sea roro carrier Transfennica, part of the Dutch
Spliethoff Group, has shut down its Bilbao-Portsmouth-Zeebrugge ro-
ro service.
The service was axed earlier this month, due to the cost impact that
Northern Europe’s new sulphur emissions regulations, to be imple-
mented on 1 January, would have had on the loop’s operation.
Until recently, this Trans-Iberia service was operated with two roro
cargo vessels offering 3,000 lane meters for 206 trailers.
Transfennica said that the upcoming SECA (Sulphur Emission Con-
trolled Area) legislation will result in increased fuel costs and will
drive up to 50% of the trailer volumes back on roads.
Ironically, the service was started in 2007 under the EU's ‘Motorways
of the Sea’ program. This ’green’ EU initiative was intended to shift
more road cargo on to the sea in order to decongest European high-
ways and, ironically, to reduce emissions.
Although Bilbao lies outside of the SECA zone, Portsmouth and Zee-
brugge are located inside the zone, which starts at the western tip of
Brittany. Unless expensively retrofitted with exhaust gas scrubbers or
run on natural gas as a clean fuel, conventional vessels trading in-
side the zone will have to resort to burning costly MDO/MGO bunker
as from 1 January in order to comply with the new emission stan-
dards.
Spliethoff Group, the owner of Transfennica, has decided to install
exhaust scrubbers on all six of its ‘Trafexpress’ roro sisters. These
643 teu and 2,950 lane vessels operate exclusively on the carriers’
paper-heavy Baltic Sea to UK and Northrange routes. As of January,
these services will fall under the SECA areas in the entirety.
In contrast, the Trans-Ibera service was operated with long-term char-
tered roro vessels, not yet retrofitted with scrubbers.
Of note, the French shipping company LD Lines has recently axed a
similar from-road-to-sea roro service in the Bay of Biscay, when it
dropped sailings from Gijon (northern Spain) to Poole (UK) and
Nantes-Saint Nazaire (France) following a ‘business review’.
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DELIVERY UPDATES

The CSCL PACIFIC OCEAN (18,980 teu) is delivered

CSCL has received the CSCL PACIFIC OCEAN, second of five ULCS of
Cellular Containership Deliveries 18,980 teu ordered in May 2013 at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)
December 2014 for $136.59 M each. The ships, initially ordered with an intake stated
as 18,400 teu, are 400 m long for a breadth of 58.60m, allowing 23
Name Teu Operator
rows of containers on deck. Each ship is propelled by a fully electroni-
CSCL PACIFIC OCEAN 18,980 CSCL cally-controlled slow speed engine designed by MAN-B&W (model
CMA CGM LITANI 10,622 CMA CGM S90ME-C9.2 in 12 cylinder version), offering a nominal power of
69,720 kW, de-rated to 56,800 kW to optimize bunker consumption
CMA CGM TIGRIS 10,622 CMA CGM
and to reduce emissions under slow steaming operation.
CAUTIN 9,300 Hapag-Lloyd

MAERSK TIGRIS 5,466 Maersk

The CSCL PACIFIC OCEAN follows the CSCL GLOBE, delivered in No-
vember, and she is to join this vessel on the Asia-North Europe ser-
KOTA SEJARAH 3,889 PIL
vice offered in partnership by CMA CGM, CSCL and UASC within the
NORDLUCHS 1,756 SITC 'Ocean Three' (O3) agreement (named respectively FAL 8/AEX 1/AEC
MILD JAZZ 1,098 SJJ
1 by each carrier). This service is one of the four Asia-North Europe
loops to be implemented under the O3 agreement from mid-January.
SUNNY DAISY 1,000 KMTC
Apart from the O3 carriers, this loop will also be used by COSCO,
HEUNG-A HAIPHONG 1,000 Heung-A Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen under separate slot agreements.
FUTABA 211 Imoto
The service turns in 11 weeks with 11 ships of 10,000-19,000 teu,
including the five new ULCS from CSCL. It should be fully run with
18,000-19,000 teu ships by 2016, after the completion of the six
18,800 teu UASC newbuildings of the A18-class, which will start to
be delivered in March or April. In the meantime, UASC will assign
14,900 teu units of its new A15-class (formerly advertised as 14,000
teu ships and marketed as A14-class) to the loop.

China Shipping’s five new container ships, CSCL GLOBE, CSCL PA-
CIFIC OCEAN, CSCL ATLANTIC OCEAN, CSCL INDIAN OCEAN and CSCL
ARCTIC OCEAN, will be operated under the Hong Kong flag by CSCL
(HK) Ltd, the Hong Kong branch of the company. All five ships are
due to be delivered by March.

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DELIVERY UPDATES

The CMA CGM TIGRIS (10,622 teu) is delivered

CMA CGM has taken in charge the CMA CGM TIGRIS, fourth vessel in
a series of ten wide beam neo-panamaxes initially declared as 9,400
teu which saw their capacity upgraded to 10,622 teu through higher
deck stacks.

Ordered in September 2012 from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp.

and New Century Shipbuilding Corp. by China International Marine
Containers (CIMC), the contracts were backed by 12 year bare-boat
charters to the French Line. The CMA CGM TIGRIS follows the CMA
CGM LITANI, delivered two weeks ago.
The CMA CGM TIGRIS is an en-
hanced version of the first CIMC
wide beam neo-panamaxes deliv-
The
ered to CMA CGM.

These 'Mk II' ships feature a

raised wheelhouse and funnel
that helps to boost their capacity
from 9,289-9,400 teu to 10,622 teu.

The ships present a deadweight

of 112,500 tons, an Loa of 299.95
m and a beam of 48.20 m. They
are fitted with 1,458 reefer plugs.

CMA CGM TIGRIS will join this week the multicarrier Far East-ECSA
service operated by Maersk Line, CMA CGM, CSAV, Hamburg Süd,
CSCL, Hanjin and CCNI. After only a single rotation, the ship is
planned to join the new Far East-Black Sea service offered by CMA
CGM, CSCL and UASC within the O3 arrangement. With their
'Bosporus-max' dimensions, these ships are well suited for this loop.

CIMC, the vessel’s owner, was founded in January 1980 in Shenzhen

and has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 1994. Its
main shareholders are COSCO and China Merchants Holding. CIMC is
the world's largest manufacturer of marine containers and it has ex-
panded its activity portfolio to the financing of containerships in
2012.

Apart from the ten ships chartered to CMA CGM, CIMC is also to fi-
nance the construction of 14 units of 8,800 teu for MSC to be deliv-
ered in 2015-16.

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DELIVERY UPDATES

The EVER LUNAR (8,508 teu) is named

Evergreen has named last week the EVER LUNAR, seventh of ten
Cellular Containership Deliveries
ships of 8,508 teu ordered in May 2011 in Taiwan at CSBC. In addi-
by Month 2010-2014 tion to the ten ships from Taiwan, the 30-strong 'L-class' newbuilding
program also comprises 20 sister units from South Korea’s Sam-
Dec 11
sung, all of which have already been delivered.
Nov 15
Oct 19
Owned by Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC), the Taipei-listed arm of Ev-
Sep 9
Aug 14
ergreen, the EVER LUNAR will bring Evergreen's tally of L-types to 27
Jul 29
Jun 16 units. The ship is to be delivered in early January and it will be de-
May 22
Apr 23 ployed on the Far East-Arabian/Persian Gulf (APG) service.
Mar 19
Feb 9
2014 Jan 15
Dec 9 The EVER LUNAR follows in this series the EVER LOADING, delivered
Nov 11
in July.
Oct 14
Sep 23
Aug 15
Jul
Jun
16
27
The KOTA SEJARAH (geared 3,889 teu) is delivered
May 28
Apr 22 PIL has received the KOTA SEJARAH, fifth of 12 wide beam geared
Mar 29
Feb 12 containerships of 3,889 teu ordered in two steps in August and No-
2013 Jan 16
Dec 16 vember 2012 at the Dalian Shipyard. The KOTA SEJARAH has joined
Nov 21
Oct 15 last weekend PIL’s East Asia-South & West Africa service (SWS), so
Sep 15
Aug 11 far operated with a mix of geared and gearless tonnage of 2,600-
Jul 19
Jun 24 2,800 teu, progressively replaced by the 3,889 teu newbuildings.
May 19
Apr 24
Mar 20 The KOTA SEJARAH follows the KOTA SEGAR, delivered in October
Feb 18
2012 Jan 11 and also assigned to the 'SWS'. These new ships present a dead-
Dec 16
Nov 10 weight of 51,700 tons, an Loa of 228.00 m and a beam of 37.30 m.
Oct 15
Sep 10 They are fitted with four cranes, of which three of 48 tons and one of
Aug 13
Jul 12 35 tons.
Jun 20
May 23
Apr 33 PIL operates the 'SWS' alongside its 'SW 2' service, ensured with
Mar 16
Feb 6 2,500 teu ships, and its 'SW 3' service, operated jointly with Nile-
2011 Jan 16
Dec 11 Dutch with 4,200 teu-class ships.
Nov 2
Oct 20
Sep
Aug
17
21 The MILD JAZZ (1,098 teu) joins Shanghai Jin Jiang
Jul 35
Jun 29
May 33 Chinese carrier Shanghai Jin Jiang Shipping (SJJ) has received the
Apr 27
1,098 teu MILD JAZZ, fourth unit in a newbuilding program of eight
Mar 28
Feb 14
ships. The carrier’s first-ever newbuilding contracts were placed in
2010 Jan 29
June 2012 at Jiangnan Shipyard, with four firm orders accompanied
by two sets of options. The MILD JAZZ and her sisters ships have
been designed by Shanghai’s SDARI.
TEU Delivered
Units delivered SJJ presently also owns eight ships of 760 to 1,100 teu, all bought
second-hand. As part of its fleet renewal, the carrier has recently sold
its 672 teu FREEDOM (built 1997) for scrap.

The new MILD JAZZ will this week phase into the SJJ Shanghai-Japan
services, joining the first ships in the series, MILD SONATA, MILD
CHORUS and MILD WALTZ, delivered in May, July and September.

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DELIVERY/NEW ORDER UPDATES

The HEUNG-A HAIPHONG (1,000 teu) is delivered

Korean carrier Heung-A Shipping has received the 1,000 teu HEUNG-
A HAIPHONG, second of four ships of a new wide beam design or-
dered at the Dae Sun shipyard in April 2013. This week, the vessel is
to phase into the Korea-Haiphong (BIH) service jointly operated by
Heung-A and Namsung.

The new ships present a deadweight of 12,470 tons, an Loa of

141.00 m and a beam of 24.80 m for a summer draft of 8.21 m.
FUTABA - delivered December 2014
They are bare-boat chartered with a purchase option at the end of
the charter period. The HEUNG-A HAIPHONG follows the HEUNG-A
JANICE, delivered in November.

The FUTABA (211 teu) joins Imoto network

Japan’s domestic container operator Imoto Lines has received the
The new vessel is
equipped with two 211 teu cellular ship FUTABA from the Koike Shipyard, located at
propellers and with Hiroshima. The FUTABA will be deployed on the Setouchi-Kyushu
twin flap rudders.
These are fitted
route. Imoto's domestic and feeder services connect around 30 Japa-
with articulated nese ports, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Chiba,
flaps that amplify Hachinohe, Hakata, Hibiki, Hiroshima, Hososhima, Iwakuni, Kana-
the rudder effect
for enhanced ma- zawa, Maizuru, Moji, Niigata, Oita, Omaezaki, Onahama, Otaru, Sa-
noeuvrability. kaiminato, Sendai, Shibushi, Shimizu, Takamatsu, Tokushima, To-
yama, Toyohashi, Ube, Yokkaichi. The ships cater for pure intra-Japan
Imoto is awaiting in 2016 a 540 teu unit, its
largest ever ship, ordered in January 2014
domestic cargoes as well as providing local feeder services under
at the Kyokuyo shipyard. The ship will Japanese flag for most of the mainline operators that serve Japan.
feature an hemispheric accommodation
block located forward (see below). The FUTABA has an Loa of 94 m and a breadth of 14 m, with a for-
ward bridge allowing to stack high deckloads in the cargo sections
(including for the repositioning of empty boxes) without the need to
provide an high-placed aft wheelhouse as is the case in most Imoto
ships so far. The propulsion is ensured through a diesel-electric solu-
tion that allows low load operations for greater fuel savings.

Seaspan converts options for two more 10,010 teu

units at YZJ
Seaspan has converted options for two additional 10,010 teu units
at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, bringing the total number of ships or-
dered in this ‘Saver’ series to 23 units. Seaspan still holds options for
a further six units of the type at Yangzijiang.

The ownership of these ships is split between Seaspan and Greater

China Intermodal Investments (GCI), a Marshall-based investment
vehicle established by Seaspan together with the Carlyle Group and
the Washington family.

The first 21 units of this series have been (or will be) chartered out to
Hanjin Shipping (seven units), MOL (ten units) and Maersk (four
units). No charterer has yet been named for the two latest vessels.

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