LLOYD TRIESTINO LAUNCHES FIRST POST-PANAMAX CONTAINERSHIP
Lloyd Triestino, the Italian shipping line, has launched the LT Usodimare, its' first post-Panamax container vessel.
the LT Usodimare, ordered from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Kobe shipyard has a capacity of 5,364 TEUs. The vessel is 285 meters long by 40 meters wide with a speed of 25 knows and a draft of 12.7 meters.
The ship will be delivered Nov. 24 and will be deployed on Lloyd Triestino's China/Mediterranean/North Europe service. This service is being retonnaged with several 25-knot post-Panamax vessels.