News / Cosco retrofits open-hatch cargo ship to carry more containers

Cosco Shipping Honour Photo: Shipspotting.com

To help overcome the shortage of containerships, Cosco Shipping Lines has retrofitted an open-hatch cargo ship belonging to affiliate Cosco Shipping Specialised Carriers.

The 62,000 dwt Cosco Shipping Honor, which originally could carry up to 473 teu, had container slots and locks installed in six cargo holds in Ningbo-Zhoushan port’s Meishan container terminal, to double its container capacity.

Owned by Cosco Shipping Financial, the group’s leasing arm, the vessel was retrofitted just seven months after being built by Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry ...