Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha : Delivery of 14000-TEU Containership “MILANO BRIDGE”
January 22, 2018 at 12:09 am EST
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January 22, 2018
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (hereafter called 'K' Line) is proud to announce the delivery of 'MILANO BRIDGE,' a 14,000-TEU Containership at Hiroshima Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, Japan on January 18, 2018.
This new ultra-large containership (hereafter called ULCS) is same as the series delivered in 2015 and 1st ship of the 2nd generation. She will be deployed on the Asia-Mediterranean service (MED2) under THE-Alliance. 'K' Line has 5 ULCSs scheduled for delivery this year, bringing the total to 10 units.
LOA 365.94 m DWT 146,931 MT
Beam 51.20 m No. of Containers 13,900 TEU
Depth 29.90 m Flag Republic of Panama
Draft 15.50 m Class NK
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. is one of the Japanese largest maritime transportation providers. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- logistics services (50.2%): warehousing, freight handling, port services, etc.;
- maritime transportation of freight (48.4%): transportation of dry bulk, oil products, liquefied natural gas, vehicles, containers, etc. At the end of March 2022, the group had a fleet of 434 vessels;
- other (1.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (87.4%), Asia (6.3%), Europe (4.1%), the United States (2%) and other (0.2%).