RUI YUN HE - Shanghai, China       Call sign - BOTX     IMO number - 9220433     Owner - China Overseas Shipping Company, China Location - Photographed while she was underway off Holland     Photograph Date - 25 May 2002     Photographer - Douglas Cromby     Added to archive - 18 Feb 2003     Last updated - 19 Feb 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Keel laid - February 1999   Launched - August 1999   Delivered - December 1999   (a) Rui Yun He - China   Still in service as of Feb 2003

PARTICULARS   Ship type - Container ship   Gross tonnage - 20,569   Net tonnage - 9,379   Deadweight tonnage - 25,648   L.O.A. - 179.70 meters   L.B.P. - 167.00 meters   Width overall - 27.60 meters   Width moulded -   Draught - 10.64 meters   Depth - 15.90 meters

CONSTRUCTION   Yard name - Shanghai Shipyard   Country - Shanghai, China   Hull number - 176   Engine builder - Dalain, China   Number of engines - 1   Engine types - MAN B&W 6L70MC diesel   Horsepower - 23,086 bhp (16,980 kW)   Speed - 20 knots   Bow/stern thuster hp - 1 variable pitch bow thruster ?hp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Former owners, managers, accidents, conversions, cargoes, voyages, sightings or corrections etc - Viewer contributions Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society Additional information - Sylvia Masson - Quebec, Canada