Shanghai: China Navigation Company, the deep sea shipowning and operating arm of the multi-national Swire Group, is adding more capacity to its multipurpose vessel fleet to better serve its Asia-South Pacific business.
“We think the market in the region is very promising, we have just received two new innovative 31,000dwt new build MPPs out of eight we ordered at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipyard this week. The two vessels will be directly deployed into our multipurpose liner trades, which links key destinations in North Asia Southeast Asia with Australia, New Zealand and the island nations of the South Pacific,” an official from Swire Shipping told SinoShip News at the Breakbulk China event in Shanghai, adding that the vessels have been specially designed for their unique high speed cargo handling ability and the versatility to carry a wide range of cargo types. [15/03/13]
Read our recent Breakbulk feature from SinoShip Magazine Spring Issue 2013 here.
