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TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., a Group Company of TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Completes and Delivers the Group’s 186th “KAMSARMAX” Bulk Carrier
July 23, 2014
On July 18, 2014, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (head office: Fukuyama, Hiroshima,Japan) completed construction of “UNITED OCEAN”, a 81,600 MT bulk carrier, at Tsuneishi Factory TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., and delivered her to ship owner.
- TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd
http://www.tsuneishi.co.jp/english/
This vessel is a “KAMSARMAX bulker” developed by Tsuneishi Shipbuilding in 2004. The first of these ships was completed in 2005 at the head shipyard of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, and this is the 186thship built by the group.
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding was one of the first in the industry to increase the deadweight of PANAMAX bulkers, the largest type of bulker that is able to navigate the Panama Canal, from the previous 70,000 tons to over 80,000 tons (as much as 82,000 tons). This type of vessel boosts transport efficiency. The name “KAMSARMAX bulker” comes the fact that it meets the 229-meter ship length restriction for entry to the Port of Kamsar, a major bauxite shipping port in the Republic of Guinea.
■About the “UNITED OCEAN”
| Type | “KAMSARMAX Bulker” 81,600 MT type bulk carrier |
|---|---|
| Name | UNITED OCEAN |
| Length | abt.229 meters |
| Breadth | 32.26 meters |
| Depth | 20.05 meters |
| Deadweight | 81,918 metric tons |
| Gross tonnage | 43,089 |
| Main engine | M.A.N- B&W diesel engine 6S60MC-C7 |
| Service speed | 14.5 knots (normal output) |
| Shipyard | Tsuneishi Factory, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. |
■ TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. Corporate Profile
A group company of TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (head office: Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture). TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION is established 111 years ago and its main business operations are in shipbuildiing and shipping.
TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. builds about 60 vessels per year, centered on the 30,000 ton to 180,000 ton class bulk carriers, and is one of the top shipyards in the Japan, out of its Tsuneishi Factory(head office), and two foreign factories located in the Philippines and China.
| President | Takao Kawamoto |
|---|---|
| Field of Business | Shipbuilding, Ship repairing |
| Established | July 1917 |
| Capital | 100 million yen |
| Employees | Approximately 710 (as of December 2013) |
| Business Locations | Tsuneishi Factory (Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima,Japan) |
| Affiliated Companies | TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), Inc. (Cebu, Philippines) http://www.thici.com/ TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Zhejiang Province, China) TSUNEISHI IRON WORKS Co., Ltd. (Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima) TSUNEISHI TRADINGS Co., Ltd. (Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima) http://www.tsuneishi-tradings.co.jp/ TSUNEISHI ENGINEERING Co., Ltd. (Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima) TADOTSU SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (Tadotsu-cho, Nakatado-gun ,Kagawa ) |
－ For inquiries regarding this matter, contact: －
Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation
Marketing Communication Dept.
pr@tsuneishi.com
Head Office (Fukuyama) TEL: +81-84-987-4915
Tokyo Office TEL: +81-3-3264-7733
