[310318.EN.SEA] World's Largest Container Ship, Cosco Shipping Leo, Collided and Almost Sinking With 150 Onboard

A ship collision accident occurred on COSCO's 20,000 TEU container ship! The new super ship of COSCO was on trial since only 2 days and it has not been officially put into operation!

Just recently, according to the latest report from foreign media, on the afternoon of March 29, a container ship of 20,000 TEU collided with a cargo ship named MERCURY TRIUMPH loaded with steel in the East China Sea.

According to speculation, the container ship is likely to be COSCO SHIPPING LEO, which just completed its naming ceremony on March 23 and started trial on March 27.

It is reported that the MERCURY TRIUMPH cargo ship was seriously damaged, and the starboard of the Leo ship's bow on COSCO SHIPPING was damaged.

At the time of the incident, there were 150 people on COSCO SHIPPING LEO at the time, but fortunately there was no report of casualties. COSCO SHIPPING LEO continued to try again after the accident .

It is worth mentioning that a week ago, on March 22, COSCO SHIPPING LEO just completed its naming ceremony and was a 20,000 TEU super-large container ship, and will join COSCO SHIPPING to constellation. "Airline" opens a new voyage.

According to statistics, as a typical representative of a new generation of ultra-large container ships, this type of ship is a new-generation ship developed independently by Nantong COSCO Shipping Kawasaki. It has a length of 400 meters, a width of 58.6 meters, a depth of 30.7 meters, and a maximum load of 197,000. The ton is one of the longest ships in the world.

COSCO SHIPPING LEO was originally scheduled to start a sea trial on March 27 and join the COSCO shipping consignment fleet on April 10th. The first European-Mediterranean route was put into COSCO Shipyard alongside the first ship “COSCO Seaborne Aries”: Europe 3 line (AEU3 line).

It is reported that all 11 new vessels of the COSCO Sea Constellation Express are named by the constellation. The constellation is a combination of a group of stars in the sky. It was widely used in the early days of navigation. It is almost a reference for determining the position of the sky in all civilizations. Therefore, the route has a dream name: COSCO Sea Constellation Express.

After the capacity upgrade, COSCO Container Lines will own more than 11,000TEU of AEU3, an increase of more than 60%. The AEU3 line connects Greece with Piraeus, Holland with Rotterdam (Double), Hamburg with Germany, and Antwerp with Belgium. It provides fast, stable services for the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe in North China, East China and Southeast Asia.

Source : SN-TR, 31.03.18.