Alphaliner Newsletter no 19 - 2013 full

ALPHALINER Weekly 2013 Issue 19
Why some Chinese container
ships do not have IMOs.
Numerous ships listed in the Alphaliner
database do not have
IMO numbers associated to them,
in particular Chinese ships plying
domestic services. The reason is
that IMOs are normally not assigned
to ships confined to operations
in domestic waters. Unlike
ships used for international trading,
IMO numbers are not mandatory
for ships used solely on domestic
services.
Such ships are afforded only an
international MMSI number and a
call sign by the ITU for safety and
communication purposes and a
national identification number in
the national registries.
Therefore, these ships are usually
not listed in conventional databases
maintained by most of other
vessel database providers that
rely on the IMO numbers assigned
by the same common UK source.
RENJIAN JINTANG (1,744 teu) is delivered
Quanzhou An Sheng Shipping Co, a Chinese domestic operator set
up in Quanzhou in 2002, is to receive the REN JIAN JINTANG, fifth of
eight 1,744 teu ships ordered at the Weihai Shipyard and Shenfei
Shipyard. These ships have been designed by the Shanghai Merchant
Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI). The REN JIAN JIN-
TANG will ply the company's China domestic services, ensured with
ten ships of 1,500-3,000 teu as well as by some 15 other ships of
100 to 800 teu.
The REN JIAN JINTANG has been built by the Weihai shipyard. She
follows the REN JIAN YINGKOU, delivered in February by the Weihai
shipyard.
KMTC receives the SUNNY LOTUS (1,043 teu)
KMTC has received the SUNNY LOTUS, a 1,043 teu ship ordered at
the Dae Sun shipyard in September 2011. The SUNNY LOTUS will
join KMTC's Korea-Japan network.
The CHANG RONG 5 (798 teu) and CHANG RONG
8 (656 teu) are delivered
Quanzhou An Sheng Shipping Co has received in end April two chartered
Chinese-owned containerships aimed at its China domestic
services, the 798 teu CHANG RONG 5 and the 656 teu CHANG RONG
8. The CHANG RONG 5 was built by the Fujian Changxin shipyard
while the CHANG RONG 8 is a product from the Zhejiang Yuhuan
Haihang shipyard.
The BAHRI HOFUF (26,000 tdw roro) is delivered
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA - now branded
as Bahri) has received the BAHRI HOFUF, second of a six 26,000
tdw roro vessels newbuilding program. These ships, with a container
carrying capacity of 364 teu were ordered at Hyundai Mipo in March
2011 and were designed by the Danish firm Knud E Hansen.
The BAHRI HOFUF is bound for India where she will join the NSCSA's
long established India-Middle East-USEC service. The BAHRI HOFUF
follows the BAHRI ABHA, delivered in February. These ships replace
four elderly roro units which are earmarked for scrap.
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