Lloyd’s Register to class seven 3,600 teu box ships for Maersk Line to be built at COSCO Zhoushan
LR recently signed a significant contract with COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard in China for the classification of seven new 3,600 teu container ships. Owned by Maersk Line, the vessels will be built to Danish Flag and have a length of 200 meters and a breadth of 35.2 meters, the classification society said in a press release.
The ships will be built according to LR’s Rules and Regulations and will have Ice Class 1A (Finnish-Swedish ice class) and delivery is planned to take place from April to November 2017. The design company is OMT (Odense Maritime Technology).
This is the first time in the shipyard’s eleven year history that it will build container ships and the project gives LR opportunity to continue the long and successful co-operation with the shipyard.
The order is the first step in Maersk Line’s recently announced investment programme. LR has worked intensively with Maersk over the past 16 months on this new construction project. The team has provided support in ECA compliance options, specification reviews and support during the contract negotiations with the shipyard.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is a global engineering, technical and business services organisation wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering. Founded in 1760 as a marine classification society, LR now operates across many industry sectors, with over 9,000 employees based in 78 countries.