UASC takes delivery of new ship I.V. Al Manamah

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), owned by six Arabian Gulf States (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E.) formally took delivery of a new ship at a specially organized delivery and naming ceremony held in Ulsan, South Korea on Monday, June 23rd, 2008.

The new ship, named I.V. Al Manamah is the fifth A7 ship built by Hyundai Heavy industries Limited for UASC from an order for eight ships. The new ships have enormous capacity and can load 6,919 TEU containers and can operate at a service speed of 25.5 knots per hour. They can load 459 FEU units of reefer containers and are also equipped to transport hazardous cargoes.

Speaking on behalf of United Arab Shipping Company, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Chairman of the General Organization of Sea Ports (GOP) and Board Member, UASC, referred to the excellent relations that exist between the two companies and thanked the management and the employees of Hyundai for completing delivery of ships ordered ahead of the contracted delivery times. He said, It is heartening that the ships already delivered by Hyundai are performing extremely well in the UASC service network and that the new ship will further add to the capacity of the company in meeting the increasing demand for cost-effective and efficient shipping regionally and internationally.<Korea Shipping Gazette>