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Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) delivered the fourth and final unit of a series of methanol-propulsion-ready vessels that the shipyard built for its subsidiary, Cosco Shipping Lines.
This was finalized with the launching and delivery of the Cosco Shipping Lily, a 16,136 TEU "maxi-neo-panamax" type container ship, which has a length of 366 meters, a beam of 51 meters (with 20 rows for containers), a deadweight of 164 thousand tons, and a draft of 16.5 meters, according to Alphaliner.
The unit is powered by a WinGD 10X92DF-M-10 main engine with a power output of 52,000 kW, allowing it to reach a maximum speed of 23 knots. The vessel has the capacity to accommodate a total of 1,400 refrigerated containers.
After leaving the shipyard where it was built, the Cosco Shipping Lily will join Cosco's "AWE2" route between Asia and North America, which operates within the OCEAN Alliance ("AWE1").
"This service to the US East Coast operates via the Panama Canal and deploys a fleet of maxi-NPX vessels with a width of 19 rows and capacities ranging from 13,100 to 13,900 TEU. Being wider, the Cosco Shipping Lily will become the largest vessel on this route, with a cargo capacity of approximately 2,000 TEU above its fleet mates," the consultant reported.
"Until recently, the Cosco Group's decarbonization strategy relied exclusively on vessels with methanol dual-fuel engines. This remains the case for the shipping company itself, although OOCL - a Cosco subsidiary - recently diversified its order book with new construction contracts for twelve 13,600 TEU vessels powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas), scheduled for delivery between 2028 and 2030," it concluded.
