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Schichau Seebeckwerft Launches

Eighth BV 1600-Type Containership

For Conti Reederei

The Contship France, the eighth container vessel of the BV 1600- class ordered by Conti Reederei from the Vulkan Group, was recently launched by Schichau Seebeckwerft

AG, of Bremerhaven, Germany, a member of the group.

The 23,094-dwt containership is 535.8 feet in length, has a 90.2-foot breadth and a maximum draught of 35 feet.

A BV/MAN B&W 6L60MC diesel engine, generating 10,440 kW, will drive the Contship France at a speed of 18.3 knots. The vessel's design container capacity will be 1,597 teu.

After the ship's scheduled delivery in mid-February, 1993, she will be the sixth vessel in Conti Reederei's

CONTSHIP FRANCE

Equipment List

Main engines MAN B&W

Propeller Ostermann

Shafting Simplex

Bowthruster Jastram

Thruster engines Wartsila

Generators Siemens

Engine controls Stein Sohn

Steering controls Frydenboe

Deck machinery Rrnhl

Coatings Jotun, Bufa, Tenax, Sigma

VHF and SSB radios Hagenuk

Radar .Atlas Elektronik

Loran Hagenuk

Compass and Autopilot. Anschutz

Pumns KSR fleet to be longterm chartered to

Contship Container Lines, Ipswich,

U.K.

The Contship France will be operat- ing within the frame of the Contship

Group for Eagle Container Lines on the

Europe to Australia and Far East route.

The ship is to be managed by NSB

Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft

GmbH & Company, KG, Buxtehude,

Germany, a subsidiary of Bremer

Vulkan Verbund AG.

For additional information about the yard services and facilities available from Schichau

Seebeckwerft,

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The Contship Barcelona, sistership of the recently launched Contship France.

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