​OOCL Further Optimizes its Fleet Capacity with the Eight Eco-friendly 24,188TEU Ship “OOCL Abu Dhabi”

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (“OOCL”) is delighted to introduce its newest mega containership, “OOCL Abu Dhabi”. OOCL’s fleet structure will be further optimized with the addition of the eighth eco-friendly 24,188 TEU vessel. 

Ms. HAN Lina, Vice President of Supply Chain Management Center at Jiangsu Runergy New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd was invited to name and give her blessings to the vessel at a ceremony held at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard today.

“OOCL Abu Dhabi” is the fourth of six 24,188 TEU newbuildings to be delivered to OOCL by DACKS. At the event, Mr. Junguang XIAO, Group Legal Advisor and Director of OOCL thanked DACKS for consistently building vessels of the top quality for OOCL. Mr. XIAO added: “With the continuous delivery of new vessels, more and more ships carrying the plum blossom logo of OOCL are sailing on the sea, marking the continued upgrading of the fleet structure of OOCL and the group. Looking ahead, we will continue to bring better and greener integrated end-to-end logistics services to our customers. As always, we are also looking forward to working with all our customers and business partners to grow together and to create higher value through win-win cooperation.”

(Image 1) “OOCL Abu Dhabi” is the eighth eco-friendly 24,188 TEU vessel in OOCL‘s fleet and will serve the Asia-Europe LL1 service.

(Image 2) A naming ceremony was successfully held at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard.


About OOCL
“Orient Overseas Container Line" and “OOCL" are trade names for transportation provided separately by: Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (“OOCLL") and OOCL (Europe) Limited respectively and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, OOCL is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation and logistics companies, with about 130 offices in more than 100 major cities. Linking Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania, the company offers transportation services to all the major trading economies of the world. OOCL is also an industry leader in the use of the latest technologies to enhance global supply chains. (http://www.oocl.com/)