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| July 23, 2003 No.0953 | ||
| Consolidated Order Received from Evergreen
for Ten Large Container Ships Biggest Container Ships Owned by Evergreen |
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| Tokyo, July 23, 2003 --- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received
a consolidated order from Taiwan's Evergreen Group for 10 large container ships,
and concluded a construction agreement on July 23. The signing ceremony for the
contract was performed in Taipei, attended by Evergreen Group Chairman Dr. Chang
Yung-fa and MHI Director and General Manager of Shipbuilding & Ocean Development
Kazunori Ohta. The vessels ordered will be the Evergreen Group's biggest container ships, able to accommodate the equivalent of 6,724 20-foot containers. They will be constructed at MHI's Kobe Shipyard. The company plans to deliver them every three months from August 2005 to October 2007. MHI has an unprecedented track record regarding large container ships for Evergreen, having received orders for 38 successive vessels, from the EVER REWARD, delivered in March 1994, to the HATSU ETHIC, delivered in January 2003. This longstanding relationship with Evergreen, and Evergreen's good attention to the quality and performance of the ships supplied by MHI so far, has led to the present order. The main feature of the new container ships is their environmentally friendly structure. For example, they employ bulkhead tanks, which utilize hold(*1) bulkheads as fuel tanks, and the fuel tanks have a double-hulled structure, to reduce the risk of oil spillage in the event of collision or running aground. The ships' main engine is the Mitsubishi Sulzer Diesel Engine 10RTA96C (continuous maximum: 54,900 kW x 100 min-1)*2 , which achieves a top speed of 25.3 knots. As loading facilities, each ship will be equipped with 19 long tall lashing bridges(*3), for improved loading efficiency and safety. Additionally, in response to the recent increase in shipping of refrigerated containers, this series of ships can accommodate 839 refrigerated container units in total.
(Main specifications) Length: Approx. 299.99 m Length between perpendicular lines: 285.00 m Width: 42.80 m Depth: 24.20 m Draft: 14.20 m Cargo capacity: Approx. 78,200 tons Total tonnage: Approx. 74,700 tons Main engine: Mitsubishi Sulzer Diesel 10RTA96C x 1 Top speed: Approx. 25.3 knots Container capacity: 6,724 (20-foot containers) Class: LRS (Lloyd's Register of Shipping) or ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) # # #
About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan is one of the world's leading global heavy machinery manufacturers, with fiscal 2002 (ended March 31, 2003) consolidated sales of 2,593 billion yen. MHI's diverse line-up of products and services encompasses shipbuilding, steel structures, power plants, chemical plants, steel plants, environmental equipment, and machinery for industrial and general use, aircraft, and space rocketry and air-conditioning systems. For more information, please visit the web site of MHI. (http://www.mhi.co.jp) Press Contact: Chris Grams:cgrams@golinharris.com, or Goro Nagaoka: gnagaoka@golinharris.com Tel: +81-3-5721-2521, Fax: +81-3-5721-2591 Golin/Harris International (PR for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) |
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