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SMC is pleased to announce Steel Cutting of 63,500 DWT bulk carrier, Hull No. CX0668

at Chengxi Shipbuilding, China. This is the second vessel in a series of eight vessels ordered by Huaxia Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., China.

The vessel will be classed by ABS and built to the flag of Republic of the Marshall Islands, scheduled to be delivered on 26th December 2023.

SMC is pleased to announce the Keel Laying completion of 13,200 TEU container vessel, Hull No. SN 2575 at Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard, Korea. This is the 5th vessel in a series of 13 x 13,200 TEU vessels ordered by Wan Hai Lines, Taipei.

The vessel was classed by ABS and built to Singapore flag requirements, scheduled to be delivered on 30^th June 2023.

SMC is pleased to announce the Launching completion of 13,200 TEU container vessel, Hull No. SN 2443 at Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard, Korea. This is the 4th vessel in a series of 13 x 13,200 TEU vessels ordered by Wan Hai Lines, Taipei.
The vessel was classed by ABS and built to Singapore flag requirements, scheduled to be delivered on 31st March 2023.

SMC is pleased to announce Keel Laying of 7,000 TEU container vessels, Hull No. H1552 and H1553 at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. This is the 3rd and 4th vessels in a series of 12 x 7,000 TEU vessels ordered by Sea Consortium Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

The vessels will be classed by ABS and built to Singapore flag requirements, scheduled to be delivered on 31^st August 2023 and 11^th September 2023 respectively.

SMC is pleased to announce Launching of 2,600 TEU container vessel, Hull No. N2673 at New Yangzi Shipbuilding, China. This is the 8th vessel in a series of 10 x 2,600 TEU vessels ordered by SITC Shipping Management Co.,Ltd, China.

The vessel will be classed by NK and built to Hong Kong flag requirements, scheduled to be delivered on 28^th March 2023.

SMC is pleased to announce delivery of 2,600 TEU container vessel, Hull No. N2038 (mv ”SITC QIMING” – “海丰启明”) at New Yangzi Shipbuilding, China. This is the 6th vessel in a series of 10 x 2,600 TEU vessels ordered by SITC Shipping Management Co.,Ltd, China.

The vessel classed by ABS and built to Hong Kong flag requirements.

A specialized vessel has been launched at the Crist shipyard to enable the construction of a so-called submerged tunnel to connect Denmark with Germany. The structure, built at the Gdynia shipyard, will be used to dump gravel on the seabed for the tunnel elements.

Crist Shipyard concluded a contract for the construction of a specialized vessel with the consortium of Femern Link Contractors (FLC) in September 2021. The FLC is responsible for the project and construction of the tunnel that will be submerged. Tunnel will provide constant connection in strait Fehmarnbelt.

The transport link will be contained the highway and rail line, including an 18-kilometer tunnel that will enable faster and safer traveling between Scandinavia and Europe, between ports Puttgarden in Germany and Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland, Denmark. The tunnel link will enable train travel between Hamburg and Copenhagen to take less than three hours, which currently takes 5.5 hours.

For the construction of the tunnel necessary specialized equipment, which includes the facility under construction at the Gdynia shipyard. Crist will build a fully-featured multi-purpose vessel (barge), equipped also in a submersible drop device (so-called SDT, also constructed by Crist), which will be used to dump gravel evenly on the seabed for the submersible tunnel elements (submersible caissons).

– Unit hull will be 130.2m in length. ( The total length: 149 m, including transmission belts). The whole width will be 48 m. The unit will accommodate up to 19 people, it will have two gravel tanks, each up to 7,000 tons. The remotely-operated gravel dumping tool (SDT) will be lowered from under the bottom hull to 46 m below the waterline, where there will be layered foundations of gravel under the submerged tunnel. The combination of a high level of automation and state-of-the-art positioning technology will ensure accurate placement of the gravel foundations, the press release said.

The tunnel components will be transported and installed using submersible pontoons connected by a so-called crane truss. The pontoons can be used in various configurations to install both large and smaller tunnel elements. They were designed to work in the Ferhman lane area for the sole purpose of installing tunnel elements. The project will be equipped with generator sets, a mooring winch and lift system, a hydraulic system, and a range of other specialist equipment necessary for such a large and unusual project.

Crist Shipyard is already known for building unusual, innovative vessels. First, there was the self-elevating barge Zourite building a road over the seafront, i.e. a sea viaduct on La Reunion Island. The specialized self-elevating barge Zourite is the first of its kind in the world. The unit cost €80 million to build. The part made by Crist is worth 40 million euros, the rest is the cost of the specialized equipment installed on the barge. It was handed over to the shipowner in March 2016. Then there was the Marco Polo dock for the construction of caissons, which made it possible to build a flat development in the Principality of Monaco on the site of the bay.

SMC is pleased to announce Launching of 119,900 DWT DF crude/product oil tanker, Hull no 20110010 at Guangzhou Shipyard International, China. This the seventh vessel in a series of eight vessels ordered by Xiang T133 HK International Ship Leasing Co., Ltd.

The vessel will be classed by ABS+CCS and built to Singapore flag requirements, scheduled to be delivered on 30^th May 2023.

SMC is pleased to announce Delivery of 174,000 m³ LNG carrier, HN 3188 (mv “LNG PROSPERITY”) at Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea. This vessel was ordered by Meridian 28 Limited.

The vessel will be classed by DNV and built to Republic of Liberia flag requirements.