China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC)

MSC receives largest container ship in the world

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) built and delivered the largest container vessel in the world to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).

MSC Tessa has a container capacity of 24,116 TEUs and is the first of four same-size container ships purchased by the largest container line in the world.

According to Hudong-Zhonghua, a unit of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), the vessel is currently the world’s largest boxship in terms of TEU capacity.

The mega container vessel measures...

https://container-news.com/msc-receives-largest-container-ship-in-the-world/

CMA CGM orders 10 container ships from CSSC

China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) won orders from CMA CGM Group, a leading global shipping group based in France, to build 10 15,000 container ships of 20-foot equivalent unit capacity.

The approximate total value of the orders is $1.2 billion, according to a report by domestic media eworldship.com. However, an industry analyst said the deal is unlikely to be a reason to change the overall gloomy outlook for the global shipping industry.

The orders may be the first large containership orders...

http://container-news.com/cma-cgm-orders-10-container-ships-cssc/

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