Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) celebrated the christening ceremony of the OOCL Wisdom, the company’s first methanol dual-fuel container ship and the first of a series of seven vessels.
The christening ceremony took place at the Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS) shipyard. Cao Yanping, director of Fujian Yaohua Industrial Village Development Co., Ltd., christened the OOCL Wisdom and imparted her blessings in the presence of numerous guests at the ceremony.
At the christening ceremony, Tao Weidong, Chief Executive Officer of OOCL, stated that “the delivery of the OOCL Wisdom not only expands OOCL’s fleet and sets a new benchmark in naval technology, but also demonstrates our firm commitment to green and low-carbon development, digital intelligence and sustainability. The continuous delivery of large, modern, high-energy-efficiency vessels such as the OOCL Wisdom will support both the growth of our fleet and the constant improvement of its performance, enabling us to build a greener, more efficient and more intelligent maritime transport network with greater coverage. This, in turn, will allow us to offer safer, more reliable and more sustainable logistics solutions for global trade.”
With a maximum capacity of 24,168 TEU, the OOCL Wisdom is currently the world’s largest methanol dual-fuel container ship. All its main engines, auxiliary engines and boilers are equipped with methanol dual-fuel systems, and it integrates advanced energy efficiency management, intelligent monitoring and safety assurance systems, combining sustainable environmental performance, digital intelligence and high energy efficiency. The delivery of the vessel marks a new milestone in technological innovation and low-carbon development for the OOCL fleet.
