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The Launching Ceremony of the First-built New Type of Capesize Bulk Carrier was Held in SCH

Date:
2013-11-29
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On Nov. 17, the first-built 180,000 DWT Capesize Bulk Carrier--H1061 (built for China Shipping Development Company) was launched 3 days ahead of the schedule in SCH. So far, SCH has completed all launching tasks of 2013. H1061 is the first-built new type of Capesize Bulk Carrier, which was keel-laid on July 18, floated on Sept. 25 and launched on Nov. 17. Since being floated till being launched, it spent only 52 days, which is the shortest record in SCH for the first-built vessels. Since being floated on Sept. 30 till the integration on Oct. 22, the Erection Dept. spent 22 days in erecting 99 blocks with the weight of 13,630 tons. The average volume for single vessel reached 22.7 tons, which created the new record of the output volume in this year.