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Category: Ningbo Port
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Published: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 09:21
SEOUL, KOREA - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering held a naming ceremony for the world's largest 18,000-TEU containership at its Okpo Shipyard in Geoje Island in South Gyeongsang Province on June 14.
Danish ship owner Maersk exercised its option attached to its previous order for ten 18,000 TEU containerships it had placed in 2011 from the Korean shipyard. Maersk, accordingly, ordered a total of twenty 18,000-TEU containerships from DSME. Costing 200 billion won apiece, the ships have a combined value of about 4 trillion won.
The ship, named on June 14, was the first in a series of the twenty ships ordered en bloc by the Danish owner. The ship has a length of 399 meter and a width of 59 meter, with the size of its deck similar to the combined size of four soccer stadiums.
The ship was named "Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller" by Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla, vice chairman of Maersk's board of directors. The ship bears the name of the late Danish ship magnate Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, who passed away in April 2012. Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla is the youngest daughter of Moller.
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Category: Ningbo Port
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Published: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 09:21
APM Terminals, AP Moller-Maersk’s ports arm, has raised its stake in a new terminal project in Ningbo, China, that can receive 18,000 teu containerships.
The Maersk group has signed a preliminary deal with Ningbo Port Group (NPG) to contribute Yuan707.9m (A$120.8m) for a 33% share in the joint venture to act as the terminal’s operator, increasing its initial 25% share of Yuan125m (A$21.3m).
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 09:12
An increasing number of countries are turning to high-speed rail to link cities, citing its advantages over air travel for mid-distance trips. With well-designed and well-operated systems, weather conditions are less likely to affect journeys, proponents such as the US High Speed Rail Association say. It's not surprising that countries are pushing technological limits to provide the most efficient (and fastest) ways to travel by rail. In 2012, China launched the world's first-ever high-speed train capable of operating in extreme weather conditions, according to China Central TV. Japan has also started testing its floating magnetic levitation trains, which can travel up to 311 mph, according to the Daily Mail. Here, we take a look at the high-tech, high-speed trains of the world -- sleek innovations that zip to destinations, in mind-blowing speeds.
With a top, world record-breaking speed of 302.8 mph (486 kmph), China's CRH380A is one of the world's fastest trains. It was launched in 2010 and now serves the Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou, and the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railways. It has reduced the travel time between Shanghai and Hangzhou from 1 hour 18 minutes to 45 minutes, and travel time between Nanjing and Hangzhou reduced from 3 hour 19 minutes to 2 hour 48 minutes. Travel time may be shorter, but the CRH380A is still loaded with luxurious amenities, including deluxe seat compartments, a dining car, and a VIP sightseeing section with an electronic curtain and a driver's view of the running train, according toRailway-Technology.com.
Photos please see at http://www.weather.com/travel/worlds-fastest-trains-photos-20130616