New 5,888-TEU OOCL Oakland named at the Koyo Dockyard
POSTED: 9:57 a.m. EDT, May 28,2007
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced the naming of the OOCL Oakland, the seventh of its eight 5,888-TEU vessels built by the Imabari Shipbuilding Group.
The ship was named by Nobuhiro Ishikawa, managing executive officer of Mizuho Bank and Mayumi Hasebe, wife of Tetsuya Hasebe, director of Tokei Kaiun Ltd with Mrs Hasebe cutting the cord for the vessel.
The OOCL Oakland will be deployed on the Pacific North West Express (PNX) route under OOCL's transpacific trade with a port rotation of Singapore, Laem Chabang, Shekou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Vancouver, Seattle, Busan, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shekou and back to Singapore in a 42 day round-trip. |
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