AIRBUS BUILDS RO/RO SHIP TO TRANSPORT JUMBO JET PARTS
Airbus Industries will build a large roll-on/roll-off vessel to transport super-sized jumbo jet parts from production factories in Europe to its final assembly operation in Toulouse, France.
The vessel will be constructed in a Chinese shipyard and will be delivered to the European plane manufacturer by March 2004.
Airbus will load the vessel with A380 plane sections from its plants at Hamburg, Germany; Broughton, United Kingdom; Puerto Real, Spain; and Saint Nazaire, France. The vessel will be equipped with the largest door ever installed on a ro/ro ship, the company said.