SUBIC FREE PORT: Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil Inc.) has completed manufacturing its 115th vessel and the world’s biggest cargo ship from its shipyard at Redondo Peninsula in Subic, Zambales. The 20,600 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit (TEU) class container vessel, named Antoine De Saint Exupery, is owned by French shipping company CMA CGM. It is now the world’s largest container ship – 400 meters in length, 1.59 meters in width and 33 meters in depth. Hanjin employs more than 30,000 Filipino skilled and semi-skilled workers, providing benefits for its employees including free meals and transportation. The newly built vessel is the first of three 20,600-TEU class Ultra Large Container ships (ULCS) ordered by CMA CGM following the signing of a contract in April 2015.

Source: Manila Times January 26, 2018 17:03 UTC