[LNGPrime/ Feburay 17, 2023]  Samsung Heavy Industries has hosted a naming ceremony for the first of ten 15,000-teu LNG-powered containerships it is building for owner Seaspan and charterer ZIM.

The shipbuilder held the naming ceremony for the LNG-powered vessel, ZIM Sammy Ofer, at its Geoje yard on February 17, 2023

Back in 2021, Seaspan and Israel’s ZIM signed a charter deal for ten 15,000-teu vessels that will serve the latter’s Asia-US East Coast trade.

These 366 meters long vessels will feature MAN ME-GI engines and GTT’s Mark III membrane technology. GTT said the tanks will have a capacity 12,000 cbm.