China's first Lloyd's Register-classed ship of 2010

07/01/2010

CSC Jinling Shipyard has delivered China's first Lloyd's Register-classed ship of 2010 setting in motion celebrations to mark 250 years of service to shipping.

CSC Jinling Shipyard delivers China's first Lloyd's Register-classed ship of 2010 setting in motion celebrations to mark 250 years of service to shipping. Holland's Spliethoff expands its dedicated dry-cargo fleet with the latest multi-purpose carrier

China's first Lloyd's Register-classed ship of 2010 has been delivered to Dutch owners by China Changjiang National Shipping's (CSC) Jinling Shipyard, initiating celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of the formation of the world's first classification society.

Dynamogracht, the last in a series of eight 17,000 deadweight tonne multi-purpose carriers (MPC) ordered by Spliethoff at the yard, was delivered under the Dutch flag this week from Jinling's new facility at Yizhen, about 300 kilometres up the Yangtze River from Shanghai.

 Read the press release: LRAS/02/10