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RCL Names Three Alternative-Fuel-Ready Boxships in China
Thailand-based Regional Container Lines (RCL) has named three new container ships designed to be suitable for conversion to run on alternative marine fuels in the future.
The three 4,488-TEU container ships, Anitta Bhum, Benyapar Bhum and Chantisa Bhum, are the first three vessels from an eight-ship order placed with CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, it said in an announcement last week.
The vessels were named at the shipyard’s Longxue plant in Guangzhou, China.
The ships feature energy-saving devices, alternative maritime power (AMP) capabilities and systems designed to reduce SOx and NOx emissions.
They are also LNG-, methanol- and ammonia-ready, giving RCL flexibility to adopt alternative marine fuels.
Anitta Bhum will operate on RCL’s Far East–Latin America Service, while Benyapar Bhum is planned for the Far East-Madras Service 2 and Chantisa Bhum for the South China-Indonesia Service.
The remaining five vessels will join RCL’s fleet as part of its longer-term fleet renewal strategy.
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