Auto ship holds 5,000 vehicles
The MV COSCO Tengfei car carrier, which can hold up to 5,000 cars and trucks, departed from Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao port in the Pudong New Area on Saturday. This is the second delivery by this type of vessel following a successful shipment by MV COSCO Shengshi in February.
COSCO Tengfei and COSCO Shengshi will deliver Chinese-made cars to South American countries and carry European cars on the return trip.
The carrier, 182.8 meters in length, 32.2 meters in width and 14.95 meters in depth, has a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 14,500. Equipped with three adjustable decks, it can hold cars of different heights.