{"id":20098,"date":"2017-05-25T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=20098"},"modified":"2017-05-25T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:45:48","slug":"containerships-transit-sets-new-panama-canal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/containerships-transit-sets-new-panama-canal-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Containership\u2019s Transit Sets New Panama Canal Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0<\/span>OOCL France<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>has set a new record as the largest ship to transit the Expanded Panama Canal since its inauguration nearly one year ago.<\/p>\n

The new record comes less than a\u00a0month after the\u00a0<\/span>COSCO Development<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>became the first 13,000 TEU containership<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to use the expanded waterway. The vessel went on to set the\u00a0<\/span>soon-to-be-broken<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>record as the\u00a0<\/span>largest containership to visit the U.S. east coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Hong Kong-flagged\u00a0OOCL France\u00a0<\/span><\/em>measures\u00a0366.47 meters in length by\u00a048.23 meters in beam and has a total TEU allowance (TTA) of 13,926 twenty-foot containers, or\u00a013,208 TEU based on OOCL\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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Photo: ACP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OOCL France<\/em>\u00a0made the record-breaking northbound transit from the Pacific to the Atlantic on Wednesday while deployed on the new OCEAN Alliance\u2019s weekly South Atlantic Express (SAX) service, connecting Asia-U.S. East Coast ports via the Panama Canal. The SAX service is comprised of 11 vessels ranging in size from 11,000 to 13,000 TEUs.\u00a0<\/span>OOCL France<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is the second vessel in this service to transit through the Expanded Canal after\u00a0COSCO Development<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trend towards the transit of 13,000 TEU or greater vessels demonstrates the acceptance and trust that the shipping industry has with the service provided by the Expanded Canal,\u201d Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano said.<\/p>\n

COSCO Development<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>set the previous record on May 2 before calling at the U.S. east coast ports of Norfolk, Savannah, and Charleston. The containership measures 366.45 meters in length and 48.26 meters in beam and has TTA of 13,345, according to the ACP, or 13,092 TEU.<\/p>\n

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OOCL France transits the Expanded Panama Canal, May 25, 2017. Photo: ACP\/Edelman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To date, a total of 1,360 Neopanamax vessels have transited the Expanded Canal since it\u00a0<\/span>first opened in June 2016<\/a>. Of those, containerships have represented approximately 43.8 percent of traffic, followed by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, which represent approximately 29 and 8.1 percent, respectively, the Panama Canal Authority says.<\/p>\n

During its transit on Wednesday, OOCL was honored with the Panama Canal Authority\u2019s Green Connection Award in recognition of its commitment to reducing emissions by using the Panama Canal. By using waterway, the vessel helped reduce approximately 5,000 to 26,000 tons of carbon dioxide compared to alternative routes.<\/p>\n

The OCEAN Alliance includes China COSCO Shipping, Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL), CMA CGM Group and Evergreen.<\/p>\n

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The 13,208 TEU containership OOCL France measures 366.47 meters in length and 48.33 meters in beam.<\/p>\n