Daewoo starts building 'Triple E' ship

Ocean

Monday, May 14, 2012

Press reports say Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has begun constructing the world's biggest container vessel for Maersk Line. South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper and the wire service Agence France-Presse said Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary attended a ceremony on Saturday marking the start of the vessel's construction at DSME's Okpo shipyard. It's the first of 20 such ships DSME is building for Maersk. The first ship is expected...

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