Given South Korea's announced intention to concentrate on high value ships it should come as no surprise that it has rapidly taken an undisputed lead in the booming construction of container vessels in the new 8,000 TEU class. At this moment, more than 100 vessels capable of carrying 8,000 plus TEU - whether declared as such by their owners or not - are on order. Not counting Odense Steel Shipyard as the exclusive supplier of the prominent 109,000 dwt Axel Maersk-type to AP Moller, there are only the South Korean yards of Samsung, Hyundai, Hanjin and Daewoo and Japan's IHI currently engaged in building container vessels of this size. The various designs with deadweights around 100,000dwt have reported container intakes of between 7,600 and 8,400TEU apart from the largest Maersk vessels which the owners have unaccountably downgraded to an advertised 6,600TEU capacity. The 100,000dwt mark is only expected to be substantially superseded by the 9,600TEU ships ordered at Samsung for employment by China Shipping Container Line.
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机译：鉴于韩国宣布打算专注于高价值船舶，毫不奇怪，它迅速在新型8,000 TEU级集装箱船的蓬勃发展中取得了无可争议的领先地位。目前，订购了100多艘载有8,000多标箱的船只，不论是否由船东声明。不算欧登塞钢铁造船厂是AP Moller著名的109,000 dwt Axel Maersk型的独家供应商，只有三星，现代，韩进和大宇的韩国船厂以及日本的IHI目前正在建造这种尺寸的集装箱船。载重量约100,000载重吨的各种设计报告的集装箱进水量在7,600至8,400TEU之间，而最大的马士基船只则被船主毫不客气地降级为标称的6,600TEU。预计只有100,000载重吨的船舶将被三星订购的9,600TEU的船舶所取代，这艘船舶将由中海集运有限公司雇用。
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