Hong Kong-based container transport firm Orient Abroad Container Line (OOCL) celebrated the beginning of 2024 with the introduction of one other new 24,000+ TEU containership.

OOCL Valencia — the latest member within the firm’s fleet — was named within the ceremony held at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) shipyard on January 5, 2024.

It’s the seventh eco-friendly 24,188 TEU vessel in a series of twelve ordered by the transport firm and likewise the primary OOCL new vessel in 2024 that may serve OOCL’s Asia-Europe LL1 service.

In October final 12 months, the corporate named OOCL Gdynia, the sixth unit from the batch which can serve the Asia-Europe LL3 loop line.

“Final 12 months, OOCL acquired a complete of six new container vessels and thus quickly optimized the fleet construction of each OOCL and the group. Within the new 12 months, along with the OOCL Valencia, extra high-quality and high-performance ships will sail from right here,” YU Tao, Director and Member of the Govt Committee of OOCL, mentioned on the ceremony.

“OOCL and NACKS will proceed to work for win-win cooperation, develop collectively, and attempt to create worth for patrons and society. Again by the spirit of ‘take it personally’, OOCL continues to function the very important hyperlink to world commerce, actively reply to the long run challenges, and attempt to offering clients with higher and greener end-to-end built-in logistics and provide chain options, which can contribute to the development of a world-leading transport expertise enterprise for the group.”