By GMM Technologies | 2024-03-01 | Ship Building News |

Hong Kong-based ocean carrier Orient Overseas Container Line has welcomed new containership OOCL ABU DHABI into its fleet. It is the eighth 24,188 TEU vessel to join the OOCL’s fleet. This vessel is 400 meters long and 61.3 meters wide, an ultra-large containership registered in Hong Kong. OOCL ABU DHABI is part of the six 24188 TEU new builds that OOCL has ordered from the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard in China.

Six 21,188 TEU vessels joined the OOCL fleet in 2023, OOCL Spain being the first that Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co delivered in February 2023. For OOCL, this is the second 24000+ TEU box ship delivery as the company welcomed OOCL Valencia in January 2024, taking yard delivery from Nantong COSCO KHI Shipyard.

About OOCL

“Orient Overseas Container Line” and “OOCL” are trade names for transportation provided separately by: Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (“OOCLL”) and OOCL (Europe) Limited respectively and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, OOCL is one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation and logistics companies, with about 130 offices in more than 100 major cities. Linking Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania, the company offers transportation services to all the major trading economies of the world. OOCL is also an industry leader in the use of the latest technologies to enhance global supply chains. (http://www.oocl.com/)