The Chinese-Polish shipping company Chipolbrok has put its latest newbuilding into service. It is the sixth and last ship in a series built in China.
The freighter “Boym” has a carrying capacity of 62,000 tons. The new addition is part of a planned fleet renewal, it was announced during the naming ceremony. The “Yu An” had already been put into service at the beginning of the year.
These new MPP freighters are 199.9 metres long, 32.26 metres wide and have a draught of 13.5 metres. Five cargo holds have a total capacity of 75,000 m³. The crane capacities on the port side are 2 x 80 tons fore and aft and 2 x 150 tons amidships.
The Chinese-Polish joint venture Chipolbrok had ordered a total of six units of this size. The ships are being built by the Chinese shipyard Chengxi Shipyard.
Chipolbrok strong in the Asia-America trade
The “Boym” is the sixth and last ship in the series, which has been successively put into service since the delivery of the “Tai Xing” in 2021. “Herbert”, named after the Polish poet, playwright and essayist Zbigniew Herbert, “Pilecki”, named after the Polish officer Witold Pilecki and “Yong Xing”, named after a region in the Chinese province of Hunan, are also part of the series.
The freighters are to be used primarily in the Asia-America trade. The shipping company’s ships are also frequent guests in German ports, especially in Hamburg, even if they are not entirely satisfied there.
Among other things, the focus is to be placed on the ever-larger cargo units that are shipped for the wind energy industry, for example. “This additional modern tonnage will greatly increase our potential for the transportation of large volumes of project cargo, including oversized and heavy units, as well as larger quantities of bulk and breakbulk cargo,” it was said at the time when the ship details were announced.
The Chipolbrok fleet now comprises a good 30 vessels, including ten so-called “Orkan” types of 30,300 dwt each and four “Pacific” types (31,600 dwt).
