New Ore Carrier, Shagang Sunshine, delivered to Shagang Shipping

On October 17, a naming and delivery ceremony for Shagang Sunshine, a new 250,000 DWT class ore carrier built by Namura Shipbuilding, was held at the shipbuilder’s Imari Shipyard & Works.

This is the third building of a 250,000 DWT class ore carrier, referred to as a WOZMAX, which is built to carry the maximum loading capacity allowed at ports in Western Australia, an area that has design limitations on the load draft of ships transporting ore.

The vessel will be chartered exclusively to Honh Kong Shagang Shipping over 20 years to transport ore and coal for Jiangsu Shagang Group mainly from Australia to China.

In “WOZMAX”, the name of a newly designed 250,000 DWT ore carrier built by Namura Shipbuilding, the "W" stands for Western Australia, "OZ" is common slang for Australia, and "MAX" refers to the maximum size vessel for ore transport from Western Australia. < Korea Shipping Gazette >