On 14 May 2003, "OOCL Shenzhen", the largest vessel of OOCL container fleet at 8,063 TEU, sailed into Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) on her maiden voyage to Shenzhen, PRC.
“OOCL Shenzhen” was christened in Korea on 30 April, 2003. The “OOCL Shenzhen” started on her maiden voyage calling first on Shanghai, Xiamen and then Shenzhen under OOCL’s existing China Europe Express Loop of the Asia Europe Service of the Grand Alliance.
Mr. Kenneth Tse, General Manager of YICT, presented a souvenir to Captain C.F. Lum. He also remarked:” We are delighted to welcome the world largest vessel at YICT today. This is great support extended to YICT from OOCL, one of our valued clients. Being highly committed to customer service, we will continue to make every effort to improve the efficiency of terminal operation. We are confident that we shall maintain world-class service standards, especially in the coming peak season.”
OOCL held a celebrating party at YICT today to commemorate “OOCL Shenzhen” maiden call on Shenzhen, the vibrant economic city that the vessel named after.
Particulars of "OOCL Shenzhen":
Length: 323 M
Speed: 25.2 Knots at full load
DWT (M/T): 100,000
China Europe Express Loop
Port rotation as follows:
Shanghai/Xiamen/Yantian/Hong Kong/Singapore/Suez/Southampton/ Hamburg/Rotterdam/Gioia Tauro/Port Said/Port Kelang/Singapore/Hong Kong and back to Shanghai, a round trip of 56 days.