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RCL adds two boxships at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding
Regional Container Lines (RCL) has inked a contract with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two more 7,000 teu containerships.
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It is the second containership order placed by RCL at Waigaoqiao following the first contract was signed in March this year.
Designed by SDARI, the vessel will have a length of 272.5 metres, a width of 42.8 metres and draft of 15 metres, featuring advantages of high efficiency and energy saving.
This deal makes Waigaoqiao’s order-on-hand volume for the same type of containership reach 34 vessels.
Thai-based container shipping Line RCL currently owns and operates a fleet of 45 vessels, mainly with sizes ranging between 388 teu and 6,310 teu.
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