Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has held a naming ceremony for OOCL Grace — its second methanol dual-fuel container vessel — at the Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) shipyard in China.

Ms Annetta Duan, Global Logistics Director of Hayco Group, performed the naming of OOCL Grace at the ceremony, which was attended by a number of guests.

OOCL Grace is the second in a series of seven 24,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container vessels being built by NACKS for OOCL. The first vessel in the series, OOCL Wisdom, was named in May this year before completing its first methanol bunkering at Qingdao Port and departing on its maiden voyage to Europe in July.

According to OOCL, the seven vessels in the series are currently the world's largest methanol dual-fuel container ships, and are being delivered and deployed in succession.

Speaking at the ceremony, Peter Pan, Director of Trades and Member of the Executive Committee of OOCL, commented: "In a complex and ever-changing market environment, OOCL remains firmly committed to advancing the expansion, greening and digitalisation of our fleet. With the successive delivery of OOCL Grace and her sister vessels, we will continue to optimise our capacity deployment and network configuration, providing customers with higher-quality, more stable and sustainable logistics solutions, while playing an important role in connecting industries, markets and global trade."

Headquartered in Hong Kong, OOCL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The carrier offers container transportation services across Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania.