OOCL seen the launching of its own latest 8,888 TEU vessel yesterday from Changxing Island shipyard in Shanghai in the 15th of January, 2013. The OOCL Miami is third of eight boats commissioned by the shipper from Hudong Zhonghua. This boat is merely the latest in a long line of boats built by Hudong Zhonghua combining innovation with successful methods in construction.

Hudong-Zhonghua has made a name for itself in the past few years with its shipbuilding art and ability to deliver by the due date. It is because of these merits that OCCL had allowed to them of the agreement for the construction of these 8,888 TEU ships. They haven’t disappointed. The OOCL Miami is scheduled to run the Trans-Pacific network’s Super Shuttle Express (SSX) service with an anticipated forty two day port rotation.

Hudong Zhonghua is a massive shipbuilding business, the cutting edge of which is the China Shipbuilding Group Corporation (CSGC). Their work is among the best in the sector and does not only consist of container ships. Hudong Zhonghua has also constructed chemical carriers, passenger ships, and bulkcargo transports, to list some. A grand total of over three thousand ships are built via this business. Hudong Zhonghua builds for both the local and international marketplace and holds their building and styles to the highest of international standards.

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is a member of the Grand Alliance of transportation and has really been a global leader in commerce for more than forty years. Their wide reaching support, spanning fifty five nations and providing a whopping seventy eight solutions, requires a substantial volume of trade and infrastructure. This partnership with Hudong Zhonghua is advantageous to both companies: it results in obtaining OOCL the ships they desire at world class standards and Hudong-Zhonghua gets the advantage of having their ships be part of a worldwide leader in transportation and proof that they are, indeed, well versed within the construction of these huge ships.

Hudong-Zhonghua and OOCL will be continuing their partnership for the delivery of the next five vessels within the approaching years. Discussions have commenced for a contract to start construction of some larger boats of the 13,000 TEU range, however this is gossip as of yet. It could be seen this would be a rather lucrative move for Hudong-Zhonghua, along with ensure OOCL preferential status among one of the world’s leading shipbuilding companies. As it stands now, OOCL’s agreement for the 8,888 TEU vessels appears to be in rather safe hands.