Mitsubishi Heavy launches ninth 7,024-TEU vessel for Evergreen

Mitsubishi Heavy launches ninth 7,024-TEU vessel for Evergreen Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today launched at its Kobe shipyard in Japan the ninth of 10 7,024-TEU “S”-class vessels being built for Taiwan’s Evergreen Group.
   The Ever Safety will be delivered to Evergreen in October when it will enter the transpacific trade. Eight earlier vessels are being transferred to the shipping company’s new China Europe Shuttle (CES).
   The 78,200-deadweight-ton “S” types have an overall length of 300 meters (984 feet) and width of 42.8 meters (140 feet), able to carry containers 17 rows across on deck and 15 rows across below deck. They all have 839 reefer plugs for carriage of temperature-controlled containers.