The CULINES 190TEU container new building “CUL BANGKOK”, was successfully named and delivered at CSSC Whampoa Wenchong Shipyard Guangzhou South Salon point factory.
In the ceremony, CULINES mainly invited representatives from cargo owners, merchants, e-commerce logistics, and shipping agencies to witness.
Attendees at the ceremony
Ms. Li Bin, CEO of Midea Group international logistics sharing platform, named and cut the ribbon for the new building as the godmother.
Mr. Chunsen Zhao, the Director of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Thailand and Thai-china Cultural Exchange Center; Mr. Lijun Nie, the Deputy General Manager of CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited, together with Mr. Wei Ding, the Executive Vice President of CULines jointly attended the ceremony and made the opening speech.
Witnesses at the documentation signing
Mr. Kriengkai Chaisiriwongsuk, the Director of the Port Authority of Thailand sent a video blessing
Mr. Kriengkai Chaisiriwongsuk, the Director of the Port Authority of Thailand sent a video blessing for “CUL BANGKOK”.
Mr. Xiaoming Song, the Vice General Manager of Guangzhou Port Group; Mr. Guangyu Gao, the Vice President of Linktrans Logistics Co., LTD; Mr. Qun Zhang, the Vice General Manager of Shanghai Ouheng Import and Export Co., LTD and Mr. Jianyu Huang, the Vice President of CULINES jointly witnessed the documents signatory of newbuilding delivery.
Environmentally friendly vessel
“CUL BANGKOK” is the third BKKMAX container vessel built and delivered by CULINES, in cooperation with CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited.
Such vessel type is energy-saving and environmentally friendly, convenient, and efficient, which is in line with CULINES' management principle of green development.
It is one of the most competitive vessel types deployed on Thai Services since it can load more containers under the berthing limit of the Port of Bangkok, which will maximise the utilisation of vessel capacity.
Customer interaction
The future market environment is filled with challenges and uncertainty that are accompanied by the global geopolitics
Customer interaction is the main topic of CUL BANGKOK's name and delivery activity as support and collaboration from customers and partners have made great efforts on CULINES’s rapid expansion in recent two years.
The shipping industry is periodical and the future market environment is still filled with challenges and uncertainty that are accompanied by global geopolitics and change in the economic environment.
Capacity optimsation and ocean services
CULINES will, therefore, actively expand and optimise the capacity structure, coordinate intra-Asia, and ocean services and take the market situation of both current and medium to long term into consideration, aiming to provide high-quality and efficient services to all customers.
In 2022, CULINES will deliver 4 newbuildings of the same type as “CUL BANGKOK” and 2 2800TEU second-hand vessels in total with five of them already been delivered successfully, which will enhance the competitiveness of CULINES in its Intra-Aisa and medium-range services.
Enhancing contribution
After 2023, at least 6 newbuildings will successfully be delivered to optimise CULINES' capacity structure in different trading regions.
At least 6 newbuildings will be delivered to optimise CULINES' capacity structure in different trading regions
Till September 2022, the 4 1930TEU vessels that started to be ordered and built in January 2021 will all be delivered. With obvious cost-effective advantages, their participation will play an active role in enhancing contribution and better fighting against a recent downturn in the shipping industry.
Customer experiences
CULINES has always adhered to the pure core value of “Doing Good Business and Making Good friends” and the customer-oriented thought of “Carrying Yours Loyally”.
By inviting customers to witness the naming and new building delivery ceremony of “CUL BANGKOK”, CULINES expressed excellent pursuit of creating value for customers and providing outstanding customer experiences.
CULINES will continue making every effort to respond to customer and market needs promptly, polish and upgrade products, improve service levels and grow with customers together.
