Containerships for Panama and beyond

摘要

With dimensions now in place for the coming expansion of the Panama Canal, over 120 ships of greater than 12,000TEU capacity have been ordered since May, in a flurry of orders that has seen even the largest of South Korean shipyards switch focus. Samsung Heavy Industries has already secured orders for 29 such ships this year. Its ship design for a 12,600TEU ship is 366m long, 48.2m across, and features a depth to the maindeck of29.8m.