Naming Ceremony of the World's Largest Container Ship No. 6 'HMM Rotterdam'

[Asia Economy Reporter Yu Je-hoon] HMM held the naming ceremony for the world's largest 24,000 TEU (a unit referring to one 6m container) class container ship, the 6th vessel, HMM Rotterdam, on the 26th.

According to HMM, the naming ceremony took place at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje Shipyard on the same day, with about 50 officials attending, including Lee Dong-gull, Chairman of KDB Industrial Bank, Bae Jae-hoon, CEO of HMM, and Nam Joon-woo, CEO of Samsung Heavy Industries. Notably, Mrs. Oh Mun-ja, wife of Chairman Lee Dong-gull, served as the godmother (the person who cuts the rope to send the ship into the sea) at the event.

In his congratulatory speech, Chairman Lee Dong-gull said, "I hope today's naming ceremony will be a solid stepping stone for overcoming the shipping industry's COVID-19 crisis, restoring management, and further future leaps."

The HMM Rotterdam is the sixth vessel among the twelve 24,000 TEU class ships contracted by HMM in September 2018, and the second ship ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries among the five vessels. Starting with the first vessel, HMM Algeciras, delivered by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in April, HMM has deployed five ships on European routes so far, and plans to deploy a total of twelve vessels by September.

CEO Bae Jae-hoon stated, "We will vigorously move forward toward the reconstruction of Korea's shipping industry with this ultra-large container ship."

Meanwhile, as part of the government's five-year shipping reconstruction plan in 2018, HMM signed a contract with the three domestic shipbuilders to build 20 ultra-large vessels worth approximately 3.15 trillion KRW. Accordingly, twelve 24,000 TEU class ships are scheduled to be delivered by September this year, and eight 16,000 TEU class ships will be delivered sequentially next year.

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