Korea?Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) introduced its 9,600 TEU container ship and handed it over to Chinas CGS, the ship owner late last week. This container ship, named Xin Los Angeles, is the largest ever to be built in the world at 321 meters long and 46 meters wide.

This ship can carry as many as 9,600 20-feet container ships. The weight of this volume is equivalent to 1.3 million 29 inch color TVs, or 50 million mobile phones, said an SHI news release.

This container ship was built to minimize the vibration of the ship with strengthened structural safety. The angle of the propellers tip was controlled so that the pressure on the ship could be reduced by as much as 20 percent. Construction was also aimed at minimizing the emission of nitrogen oxide by using environment friendly engine.

Samsung Heavy Industries held a ?christening? ceremony on June 22 for a 9,600 TEU container ship and handed it over to China?s CGS, the ship owner. This container ship is the largest ever to be built in the world. The giant is 321 metres long and 46 metres wide The ship was named Xin Los Angeles.

The container ship was built to minimize the vibration of the ship and the structure was also strengthened. Construction also aimed at minimizing the emission of nitrogen oxide by using an environmentally friendly engine.

The history of SHI?s large container ship construction can be traced back to 1999. SHI had built a 6,200 TEU container ship for the first time in the world in 1999 when the norm was 5,000 TEU. Since then, SHI has developed 7,700 TEU container ships, 8,000 TEU ships, and 9,600 TEU ships. In 2004, it developed a 12,000 TEU container ship for the first time.

“They key technology in container ship construction is to carry more containers under the same conditions. We have already developed 12,000 TEU container ships, and are trying to get new orders for these ships. At the same time, we will continue to focus on research and development, so as to steadily maintain our number one position in the world shipbuilding industry,” CEO Kim Jing Wan said in a company news release.

Source: Logistics Management

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