NYK receives delivery of 8,600 TEU Containership from HHI

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK; President: Koji Miyahara) has received delivery of a newly built 8,600 TEU containership from the Ulsan Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

Of eight 8,600 TEU containerships previously ordered by NYK-four from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and four from IHI Marine United Inc.-NYK Vega is the first to be delivered and has been assigned to the Grand Alliance EU4 service (east Asia-Europe).

NYK Vega, now the largest containership in NYK's fleet, will help NYK respond to expanding demand (mainly from China), maintain a stable schedule, and enhance cost-competitiveness. All eight containerships will be completed by early 2008 and assigned successively to the Grand Alliance Asia-Europe services.

These eight new containerships will be equipped with electronically controlled engines and leak-preventing hulls.