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Swire Shipping adds new 2,400-TEU ship to serve Asia Pacific region
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SWIRE Shipping has placed into service its first, the 2,400-TEU Changsha. The newbuild will be deployed on the company's Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands service.
"Despite the uniquely challenging period the world faces, this deployment looks towards a brighter future and shows Swire Shipping's strong and continuing commitment to the region.
The Changsha is part of a wider order book of eight feeder container vessels (four 2,400-TEU vessels and four 2,750-TEU vessels) scheduled for delivery in 2020.
These vessels are part of a fleet renewal programme which began in 2015. During this renewal programme, 14 vessels will have been disposed of in total. Eleven of these vessels will have been sustainably recycled at approved ship recycling facilities under the Hong Kong Convention. The remaining three were sold for onward trading.
The eight newbuild container vessels will join a fleet that includes eight 31,000-dwt 2,118-TEU multipurpose vessels ("S class") and four 22,000-dwt 1,627 TEU multipurpose vessels ("chief class") delivered between 2013 and 2015.
"Like many other companies, we are very concerned about the global situation over Covid-19. However, we are also cognisant that vital supply chains must remain open with as little disruption as possible. The economies and livelihoods of the Pacific region are heavily reliant on seaborne trade.
The addition of Changsha and the remaining newbuilding vessels will enable us to achieve this and show our long-term commitment to our customers and the region," said general manager Jeremy Sutton.
Additionally, a newly-launched e-commerce site (www.swireshipping.com) also enables customers to quickly search for information, obtain a quote and make a booking. "We want to save our customers' time. Speed to market is important to our customers, and we want to enable that," said Mr Sutton.