The Hong Kong-flagged 20,000 TEU containership, named COSCO Shipping Gemini, was built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC).
“The ship will provide greater stimulus for COSCO Shipping Lines to further optimize its global liner route planning and improve its international container shipping service,” the shipping company said commenting on the delivery.
With an LOA of 400 meters, a molded beam of 58.6 meters, a maximum draft of 16 meters, a design speed of 22.5 knots/hour, maximum deadweight of 202,000 tons and maximum load of 20,119 TEU, the vessel is fitted with 1,000 reefer plugs.
It is the fourth 20,000 TEU ship to be delivered to the company this year, joining COSCO Shipping Aries, Taurus and most recently COSCO Shipping Leo.
COSCO Shipping Leo was named on March 22, 2018 at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. (NACKS), and headed for sea trials early in April. It was scheduled to start operating on April 10 on the Far East-Northwest Europe loop (AEU3).
The port rotation of AEU3 is Piraeus (Greece), Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Hamburg (Germany) and Antwerp (Belgium).
Leo is a sister ship of the previously delivered COSCO Shipping Aries and it is the second 20,000 TEU ULCV built by NACKS for COSCO Shipping Lines. Its construction period was one month shorter than that of its sister ship, setting a new record for ULCV building period made by NACKS.
4月10日，一艘等同四個足球場大小的巨型集裝箱船被命名並交付給中遠航運公司。
這艘名為COSCO Shipping Gemini的香港船籍2萬TEU集裝箱船由大連造船工業（DSIC）建造。
“該船將為中遠航運公司提供更大的刺激量，進一步優化其全球班輪航線規劃，並改善其國際集裝箱航運服務，”該航運公司評論該交付。
該船總長400米，模型橫梁58.6米，最大吃水深度16米，航速22.5節/小時，最大載重量20.2萬噸，最大載重量20,119標準箱，裝有1,000個冷藏箱插頭。
這是今年交付給公司的第四艘20,000 TEU的船，加入了中遠航運白羊座，金牛座和最近的中遠航運獅子座。
中遠航運獅子座於2018年3月22日在南通中遠川崎船舶工程有限公司（NACKS）命名，並於4月初開始試航。它計劃於4月10日開始在遠東 - 西北歐環線（AEU3）上運行。
AEU3的港口輪換是比雷埃夫斯（希臘），鹿特丹（荷蘭），漢堡（德國）和安特衛普（比利時）。
獅子座是以前交付的COSCO Shipping Aries的姐妹船，也是NCOS為中遠航運公司建造的第二艘20,000 TEU ULCV。其建造週期比其姊妹船短一個月，創造了NACKS ULCV建造時期的新紀錄。
Image Courtesy: COSCO Shipping / Imformation Source: World Maritime News Staff
