Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) yesterday September 4 held an official christening ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Busan, South Korea for the 13,208 TEU OOCL Bangkok. The containership will be joining the company’s fleet this year, the shipping company said in a press release.
The OOCL Bangkok will be serving the Asia-Europe trade on the Loop 5 service where her port rotation is: Kwangyang / Pusan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Yantian / Shekou / Singapore / via the Suez Canal to / Rotterdam / Hamburg / Southampton / via the Suez Canal to / Singapore and back to Kwangyang in a 77-day round trip.
Vessel's particulars
LOA - 366.469 m;
LBP - 350.0 m;
Breadth Molded - 48.2 m;
Depth Molded - 29.8 m;
Designed draught - 14.0 m;
Scantling draught - 15.5 m;
DWT - about 143.521 mt
Carrying capacity - 13.208 teu
Speed - 23.5 knots
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. OOCL is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies. As one of Hong Kong's most recognized global brands, OOCL provides customers with fully-integrated logistics and containerized transportation services, with a network that encompasses Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia / New Zealand.