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OOCL is a large integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal company [2] with offices in 70 countries. OOCL has 59 vessels of different classes, with capacity varying from 2,992 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) to 21,413 TEU, including two ice-class vessels for extreme weather conditions.
The M class is a series of 10 container ships built for OOCL with a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,208 TEU. The ships were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea . Construction started in 2012 and the first ship was delivered in 2013.
The first ship, the OOCL Hong Kong, was christened on 12 May 2017. [3] On 18 October 2017 the OOCL Japan suffered a mechanical failure while traversing the Suez Canal, causing the ship to run aground. She was quickly pulled free by tugs and was able to continue her maiden voyage to Europe. [4] The same thing happened again less than a year later.
OOCL Hong Kong was the largest container ship ever built at the time she [A] was delivered in 2017, [5] and the third container ship to surpass the 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) threshold. She is also the first ship to surpass the 21,000 TEU mark. [5] She is the lead ship of the G class, of which five other ships were built. [3]
The main engine of the OOCL Germany is a Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C, which has an output power of 80,080 kW. The ship operates at a service speed of 22.5 kts, while the maximum speed exceeds 24.0 kts. The ship operates at a service speed of 22.5 kts, while the maximum speed exceeds 24.0 kts.
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [ 2 ]
This is a list of container ships with a capacity larger than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).. Container ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to take advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermodal freight transport.
AIS is intended to assist a vessel's watchstanding officers and allow maritime authorities to track and monitor vessel movements. AIS integrates a standardized VHF transceiver with a positioning system such as a Global Positioning System receiver, with other electronic navigation sensors, such as a gyrocompass or rate of turn indicator .