Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (K-Line) announced earlier today the delivery of MILANO BRIDGE, a 14,000-TEU containership at Hiroshima Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, Japan on January 18, 2018.

K-Line takes delivery of 14000-TEU containership Milano Bridge
Caption: Containership Milano Bridge - Image courtesy of K-Line

This new ultra-large containership (hereafter called ULCS) is same as the series delivered in 2015 and 1st ship of the 2nd generation. She will be deployed on the Asia-Mediterranean service (MED2) under THE-Alliance. K-Line has 5 ULCSs scheduled for delivery this year, bringing the total to 10 units.

Main Particulars:

 LOA    365.94 m  DWT  146,931 MT
 Beam   51.20 m  No. of Containers  13,900 TEU
 Depth  29.90 m  Flag  Republic of Panama
 Draft   15.50 m  Class  NK

Source: K-Line