The newly built container ship OOCL Piraeus is expected to sail on Monday, July 10, at the port facilities of the Piraeus Container Terminal in Neo Ikonio, Perama, aiming to pay tribute to the country’s largest port, the port of Piraeus.
A special event has been planned for the arrival of this giant container ship with a transport capacity of 24,188 TEUs of Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd, a member of the COSCO Shipping group, which will be attended by the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) president, Yu Zeng Gang, and the Executive Deputy Managing Director of the Piraeus Container Terminal Capt. Wang Jihang.
The ship was officially named by Fang Xue Yu, Executive Vice President of Hisense International Co., Ltd., in the presence of many distinguished guests, as well as OOCL partners and customers. OOCL Piraeus will visit Piraeus regularly, as from June it will serve OOCL’s LL3 service between Asia and Europe.
The container ship is 399.99 m long and 61.30 m wide (24 rows) and has a deadweight of 215,000 tons. It is equipped with a scrubber, while it is powered by a WinGD 12X92 series main engine, which develops 61,000 kW for a speed of about 22.5 knots.
