Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has chosen OOCL Bauhinia as the name of its first 16,828 teu container vessel in an order of 10 ships and represents the company’s first Neo-Panamax class vessel in the last decade.
OOCL last received vessels of a similar size in 2013 and 2014, when the company took delivery of a series of 13,000 teu container ships,
In a first, the series of vessels are named after flowers and bauhinia, the city flower of Hong Kong, holds special significance for the company, which has been rooted in Hong Kong for 55 years.
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