A milestone in South Korean shipbuilding

摘要

A milestone in the history of container shipbuilding: with space for 18 rows of containers, this newbuild-ing offers a capacity of 9,200 TEU. Close cooperation between the owner, shipyard and Germanischer Lloyd meant she was built in record time. »Pamela« - the first one - and her sisters were never meant to be so big. When the Hamburg shipping company Claus-Peter Offen ordered nine large container ships from the Samsung shipyard in Korea, it was thinking in terms of an 8,200 TEU design. But the market was hungry for more. The container transport boom was nearing its peak, with the line shipping companies all scrambling to muster the tonnage needed to meet demand. Mediterranean Shipping Corp. (MSC) initially intended to be the charterer but now the owner, was therefore set on increasing the ships' capacity.