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July 29 was the day of naming and delivery ceremonies for S457, 12,000tdw multi-purpose cargo boat. It is the third sister we built for Swiss-based SCL, after SCL BERN and SCL THUN as we reported already.
On May 12, shortly after Japan's "Golden Week", we delivered a 12,000tdw multi-purpose heavy lifter, built by order of Swiss owner, SCL Reederei AG.
The first vessel that Kyokuyo has built in 2005 is a multi-purpose heavy lifter ordered by our Swiss based client, SCL Reederei AG. The ship, code-named "S455", is also the first of four sisters we will build for SCL.
Our last big event in 2004 was the ceremony to celebrate the launching of S455 and the keel-laying of S456. These are 12,000tdw type multi-purpose cargo vessels to be built for account of a Switzerland based owner, Enzian Shipping.
The third cargo vessel ordered by our Irish customer, Arklow Shipping, was named and delivered on November 16, 2004.
The naming and delivery ceremonies for a 831TEU type container carrier, aka "SITC YOKOHAMA" was held on her board on August 26, 2004. She is the 7th sister ordered by SITC Maritime (Group) Co., Ltd.
Another 831TEU type container carrier, S-452, was launched at our dockyard on March 9, 2004. She is "middle daughter" among the 3 sisters ordered by SITC Maritime (Group) Co., Ltd., international liner operator based on Shandong Province of China.
Our first big event in 2004 was the delivery ceremony for m.v. Arklow Wind, the second cargo vessel ordered by Arklow Shipping of Ireland.
Clear weather, warm sunshine and soft sea breeze - it was such a perfect day for celebrating! On December 27, 2003, two ceremonies, one for launching of S-451 and the other for keel-laying of S-452, took place at once in our dockyard.
On October 20, 2003, we celebrated the naming and launching of a multi-purpose cargo vessel "S448" at our dockyard. She is a sister ship of m.v. "Arklow Wave", which we covered in the previous issue.
On June 18, the naming and delivery ceremony was held for a 180,000cft type reefer vessel, aka "TUNA QUEEN", latest fruit of our state-of-the-art ultra low temperature technologies.
In this issue, we cover delivery ceremony for a new-building vessel, which took place on June 12, 2003.
We started the year 2003 with a busy month, giving birth to 2 new building ships only at 2 days interval!
On November 12, a clear autumn day, the naming and launching ceremony for our cement carrier S-443 (do you remember her?) took place at our shipyard.
On September 10, the keel laying for S-443, a cement carrier ordered by messrs. Seiho Kaiun Co., Ltd., took place at our all-weather block assembly factory.
On June 26, we completed the construction of a 834TEU type container carrier, S440, ordered by SITC Maritime (Group) Co., Ltd. of Qingdao, China.
Our first LPG carrier since 12 years has been just completed.
COSCO KIKU, youngest of the three unique sisters that we have been building for COSCO group is completed and now delivered to the shipowner.
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