The Universe class is a series of 6 container ships built for COSCO SHIPPING Lines. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 21,237 TEU.[1] They are some of the largest container ships ever built and was the second class of ships to exceed 21,000 TEU of capacity after the OOCL G-class (21,413 TEU). At the time they were also the largest Chinese built container ships.[2]
The ships were built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. They were originally ordered for a 12 year charter by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).[3] In 2016, a merger took place in which CSCL and its fleet became part of COSCO.[4] This happened well before the ships would be finished and as a result the ships were all delivered with COSCO Shipping name and colors.
List of ships
See also
References
- COSCO SHIPPING Lines lines.coscoshipping.com, retrieved 2020-07-31^
- COSCO Shipping Universe Breaks Record For China's Largest Container Ship With 21,237 TEU Marine Insight, 2018-07-19, retrieved 2020-08-01^
- CSCL Takes Six 21000 TEU Newbuildings on Bareboat Charter Offshore Energy, 2015-11-02, retrieved 2020-07-31^
- Cosco-CSCL Unveil Merger Date Port Technology International, 2016-01-29, retrieved 2020-08-01^
- {{csr|register=LR|id=9795610|shipname=COSCO Shipping Universe|access-date=2020-07-30}}^
- {{csr|register=LR|id=9795622|shipname=COSCO Shipping Nebula|access-date=2020-07-30}}^
- {{csr|register=LR|id=9795634|shipname=COSCO Shipping Galaxy|access-date=2020-07-30}}^
- {{csr|register=DNV|id=35877|shipname=COSCO Shipping Solar|access-date=2020-07-30}}^
- {{csr|register=DNV|id=35878|shipname=COSCO Shipping Star|access-date=2020-07-30}}^
- {{csr|register=DNV|id=35879|shipname=COSCO Shipping Planet|access-date=2020-07-30}}^