HHI Names Two Containerships for New Year

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, hailed the New Year by naming two 10,000 TEU containerships for a Greek shipping line, Oceanbulk Maritime SA. 

The naming ceremony was attended by Mr. Spyros Capralos, chief executive officer of Oceanbulk; Mr. Nicos Rescos, chief operating officer of Oceanbulk; Mr. Yoon Moon-kyoon, chief operating officer of HHI’s shipbuilding division; and 44 other guests at HHI’s yard in Ulsan. At the simultaneous naming ceremony, the vessels were named after the famous French and Spanish painters, Cezanne and Dali respectively. Cezanne was delivered today and Dali is scheduled to be delivered at the end of March this year.

The container ships measure 300 m in length, 48.2 m in width, and 24.8 m in depth with a service speed of 22 knots. HHI plans to deliver a total of 74 ships including 25 containerships this year.

HHI has won orders for 154 containerships of over 10,000 TEU since 2005 when it first won orders for four 10,000 TEU containerships from COSCO, China.