OOCL celebrates christening of OOCL Miami

OOCL announced the christening of its newest 8,888 TEU vessel at a naming ceremony held on the Changxing Island shipyard in Shanghai on Jan 15th.

The OOCL Miami was christened by  . Samuel Tsien, Group Chief Executive Officer of OCBC Bank. Mr. Tsien’s sponsoring the vessel was OOCL’s way of recognizing their valuable relationship with the prominent business community in Singapore.

In the presence of Mr. Wang Yong, President of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Mr. Andy Tung, Chief Executive Officer of OOCL also expressed his gratitude to the shipyard for hosting the memorable event and for the successful delivery of the vessel.

“This magnificent vessel, the OOCL Miami, is another shining example of Hudong-Zhonghua’s skills and craftsmanship in building top quality ships,” said Mr. Tung at the christening ceremony. “The shipyard has made a name for itself in the international shipbuilding community by taking great leaps in developing home-grown technologies that make Chinese industries proud.”

“In today’s challenging container shipping environment, many carriers are constantly looking for ways to improve vessel efficiencies and Hudong-Zhonghua has been instrumental in delivering yet another vessel to meet OOCL’s objectives.”

OOCL Miami is the third of the eight 8,888 TEU vessels that OOCL had commissioned Hudong-Zhonghua to build. Technological improvements have refined the vessel’s ability to be more fuel efficient.

When sailing at optimal performance, the OOCL Miami can not only help lower power consumption levels, but also reduce emissions to improve the air quality in the environment.

OOCL Miami is 335 meters long, 42.8 meters wide with deadweight of approximately 101,566 mt. She will be deployed in the company’s Trans-Pacific network Super Shuttle Express (SSX) service.
Her 42-day port rotation begins in Yantian, calling Shekou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Long Beach, and then completing the loop sailing back to Asia by calling at Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Hong Kong and Yantian. < Korea Shipping Gazette >