On September 20, COSCO SHIPPING CHILE, the sixth vessel of COSCO SHIPPING Lines under COSCO Shipping Holdings, was successfully named at COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Yangzhou).
COSCO SHIPPING CHILE has an overall length of 335.9 meters, a beam of 51 meters and accommodation for a total of 14,100 TEUs, including 2,100 refrigerated container plugs. It integrates the most cutting-edge technical concepts and sailing experience, and features the advantages of advanced design, low carbon and environmental protection, economy and energy saving, and its speed, fuel consumption and other performances have reached the world’s first-class level.
Moreover, COSCO SHIPPING CHILE is equipped with the world’s largest capacity class permanent magnet shaft generator system, 100% fresh air conditioning and enthalpy wheel energy recovery system. In addition, its main engine adopts direct atmospheric air intake, which helps reduce energy consumption with a number of advanced technologies can reduce carbon emissions by about 5.9%.
As a leading global container transportation and logistics service provider, COSCO SHIPPING Lines has actively built a globalized and digitalized container supply chain service system based on its container transportation service network with globalized operation and integrated services.
With the successful naming of the last vessel of this series, COSCO Shipping Lines will provide more efficient and convenient logistics services for global trade through the “Far East – South America” route, and promote the prosperity and development of trade between Asia and South America.
COSCO Shipping Lines’ South America series consists of 6 vessels, namely: COSCO Shipping Brazil, COSCO Shipping Uruguay, COSCO Shipping Argentina, COSCO Shipping Peru, COSCO Shipping Mexico and COSCO Shipping Chile. The first vessel, COSCO Shipping Brazil, was delivered in October last year, and its maiden voyage to Brazil was held in the port of Paranagua, Brazil, in March this year.
