OOCL Long Beach, the second of the ten 8,063-TEU SX Class vessel delivered to OOCL from Samsung Heavy Industries, arrived at Long Beach Container Terminal, USA, on 25 July, on its maiden port call at the Port of Long Beach.
The vessel docked at Long Beach Container Terminal, at the Pier F facility leased by an OOCL subsidiary. OOCL Long Beach has leapfrogged a generation of 6,600 TEU vessels that made their first calls at Long Beach only four years ago and has become the largest container vessel ever berthed at the port of Long Beach.
OOCL Long Beach is 1,056 feet, or 323 meters, long - nearly the length of four football fields. It is 140 feet, or 42.8 meters wide, wide - enough for 17 containers. This new generation of SX-class vessel, OOCL Long Beach, is designed with many environmentally-friendly features including specially designed hull which allows the vessel to consume less fuel, but maintain a very high service speed of 25 knots. The vessel is also designed to burn Low Sulphur fuel with much reduced SOx gases emission to the environment. Tin-free SPC paint is used to reduce toxicity to marine life.
OOCL Long Beach
Mr. C. C. Tung, Chairman and CEO of OOIL, and Mr. John Hancock, Long Beach Harbor Commission President, welcomed OOCL Long Beach at the Port of Long Beach. Mrs. Audrey Tung Slighton, the niece of Mr. C.C. Tung was the sponsor to name the vessel.
Mr and Mrs.C.C.Tung, Chairman and CEO of OOCL International (L),
Mr and Mrs. Audrey Tung Slighton, Sponsor of OOCL Long Beach (M) and
Mr. and Mrs. Mr. J. W. Kim, President & CEO of Samsung Heavy Industries (R) in front of OOCL Long Beach
OOCL Long Beach, will be deployed in OOCL’s Asia/Europe service.
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. OOCL is an international container transportation and logistics service provider headquartered in Hong Kong. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand, the company offers transportation services to all major east/west trading economies of the world. OOCL is one of the leading international carriers serving China, providing a full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country. It is also an industry leader in the use of information technology and e-commerce to manage the entire cargo process. Website: www.oocl.com
