Relieve the tension of transport capacity, COSCO Marine transformation of shipping containers!
Due to the shortage of transportation capacity in the current consolidated transportation market, some shipping enterprises also increase the transportation capacity by means of ship renovation on the basis of the existing transportation capacity being put into operation.
The 62,000-ton multipurpose pulp ship "COSCO Marine Glory", built by Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. has filled containers in Guangzhou for its first voyage.
It is understood that "COSCO Marine Glory" ship was delivered to COSCO Marine Development on December 21, 2020. On the eve of the ship's delivery, COSCO Marine Special Shipping, the ship's operator, received the business of shipping containers.
Because the ship is a pulp carrier, the shipping container must be modified. For this, shipowner hopes shipyard to assist complete ship emergency transformation task.
The additional works include: installation of container liners and container locks in the cargo holds, involving a total of 6 cargo holds, requiring the installation of 122 H-beams, 128 stop piers, 220 stop plates, 192 pads, 296 container corner pegs, and 244 ground restrains.
After several days of efforts, COSCO Marine Honor set sail from the shipyard on December 22, 2020 on schedule. Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. overcame the epidemic and strictly controlled the construction nodes, and successfully completed the emergency additional project in a fierce battle for 3 days and nights