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Landmarks ODFJELL QUARTERLY magazine<br />
Bow Nangang:<br />
– A new member of the <strong>Odfjell</strong> fleet<br />
By Melissa Zhang, Coordinator, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Site Office Chuangdong Project, Shanghai<br />
10<br />
One of the latest addition to our Singapore<br />
fleet, M/T Bow Nangang, was named on 20<br />
March, as the third and final sister vessel<br />
built by Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding<br />
Industry Co. Ltd (CCSIC).<br />
The fundamental trust and spirit of the<br />
partnership that <strong>Odfjell</strong> representatives have<br />
developed with Chuandong representatives<br />
laid the framework for how both <strong>Odfjell</strong> and<br />
the yard navigated a long and challenging<br />
building process. Throughout the building<br />
process, <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s quality requirement and<br />
demands for high standards was a new challenge<br />
for Chuandong shipyard. Bow Nangang<br />
and her two sisters are the most sophisticated<br />
stainless steel carriers ever being built in<br />
China, and they will work in tandem with<br />
each other serving our global trade.<br />
On the day of the naming ceremony, Bow<br />
Nangang was alongside the outfitting quay<br />
and less than a week away from delivery.<br />
The vessel looked impressive and beautiful<br />
on the guests’ arrival. Welcoming and<br />
appreciation speeches were presented by the<br />
yard’s President Zhou Jiang to our Executive<br />
Chairman, Laurence <strong>Odfjell</strong> and more than 60<br />
guests, including representatives from TEDA,<br />
our partners of the new terminal joint venture<br />
in Nangang. <strong>Odfjell</strong> took the opportunity to<br />
thank the yard for their good work and close<br />
cooperation.<br />
The Lady Sponsor Sue Yang of TEDA performed<br />
the naming of this fine ship and cut<br />
the ribbon that released the traditional bottle<br />
of champagne that sets the good fortune of the<br />
ship and her crews. Yang is Deputy Director<br />
of TEDA Investment Bureau, known for her<br />
impressive work and educational experience.<br />
A traditional picture of the Lady Sponsor was<br />
presented by her to Captain Lopez, and will<br />
Executive Chairman Laurence W. <strong>Odfjell</strong> greeting the<br />
crew of Bow Nangang<br />
forever cast her good fortune and blessing<br />
on Bow Nangang.<br />
As Bow Nangang sails the seven seas, her<br />
name will always be a symbol of our partnership<br />
with CCSIC and TEDA.<br />
The moment we closed down the site office<br />
in Shanghai, it was declared that the <strong>Odfjell</strong>-<br />
Chuandong project was finished. We wish<br />
the vessels and their fine officers and crew<br />
safe sailings.<br />
Executive Chairman Laurence W. <strong>Odfjell</strong> and Lady<br />
Sponsor Sue Yang in front of Bow Nangang<br />
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