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U-Ming Christens Second 325,000 DWT VLOC Bulk Carrier ‘MV Grand Wisdom’
December 29, 2020
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U-Ming Marine Transport (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation (TSEC code: 2606 – one of the 9 public-listed companies of the Far Eastern Group), has held a Christening ceremony at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for M.V. “Grand Wisdom”, it’s second 325,000 deadweight tons (DWT) Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC) built by Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd.
U-Ming christens 2nd LNG-ready VLOC December 29, 2020, by Jasmina Ovcina U-Ming Marine Transport (Singapore), a fully-owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, has held a christening ceremony at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for M.V. Grand Wisdom, its second 325,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC).
The vessel is equipped with an advanced MAN B&W main engine, and embedded with LNG ready design concept, allowing flexibility to transform the ship into LNG dual-fuel in the future.
The VLOC is the second VLOC built for U-Ming by Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding to operate under the 25-year Contract of Affreightment (COA) awarded by Vale International SA of Switzerland (Vale), one of the world’s top 5 iron ore producers, for transporting Brazilian iron ore to China.