Container ships provide continuing prosperity - and challenges - for Germanischer Lloyd

摘要

In an atmosphere of continuing financial health, Germanischer Lloyd has secured a contract to class and supervise construction of another scries of very large container liners to boost its continuing strong lead in this sector. This will comprise four vessels of 8530TEU, plus one option, to be built at the Chinese yard, Hudong-Zhonghua, for the state-owned China Shipping Group; they will be the largest container vessels to be built in that country; up to now the biggest container ships at Hudong-Zhonghua have been 5618TEU designs.