On the morning of October 19, 2020, a 2700-meter lane multipurpose Ro-Ro ship M/V “Bohai Hengda” launching ceremony was successfully held in Longkou construction base of CIMC Raffles. The ship is built by CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles) for Bohai Hengtong Ferry Co. LTD

"Bohai Hengda" is the second ro ro ship launched by CIMC Raffles following the delivery of its first sister ship "Bohai Hengtong" in September. Main dimension of this Ro-Ro:

Length overall 189.9 meters

Breadth Moulded 26.4 meters

Upper deck height 15.4 meters,

Lane width 3 meters

Lane Length 2700 meters

Design draft 6 meters

Range about 5000 nautical miles

Service speed 17 knots

This project is currently the largest multipurpose ro-ro ship in Asia, is modernized and environmental-protection, was designed for transportation of all kinds of trucks, cars and containers, will be operating in Bohai Bay.

It’s facing the challenge of global COVID-19 during project construction and effected correspondingly on the key blocks construction, material and equipment delivery and so on. CIMC Raffles is sticking to the plan nodes, putting into superior technical force, management and building team, working together to guarantee the quality, doing best to catch up progress. Under support of government, ship owner, class, designing company, vendors and subcontractors, the project achieved the launching as plan smoothly, providing a strong guarantee for project delivery.