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#NewEUCONcontainers – EUCON, one of Irish Continental Group's container shipping divisions have extended their container range capabilty with 30 new 45ft refrigerated containers.

The new containers which arrived last week are to be introduced into service from the first week of July. This will increase the total number of reefers in the fleet from 120 to 150 units.

Serving the EUCON container range are a fleet of 10 chartered Lo/Lo containerships.

The 'feeder' containerships vary from 400 TEU to 1,000 TEU capacity and they link Belfast, Dublin and Cork with Antwerp in Belgium and Rotterdam in The Netherlands.

Published in Ports & Shipping

About the Class 40

The Class40 is a kind of monohull sailboat primarily used for short-handed offshore and coastal racing. It is dedicated to offshore racing and has been around since 2004, serving as an intermediate oceanic boat between the Mini 650 (6.50m) and the 60-foot IMOCA (18.24m). The boat is strictly regulated, with a maximum length of 12.19 m. These boats are designed to sail in all weather conditions, and their performance has recently improved significantly. It is not uncommon to reach speeds of up to 26 knots (according to GPS), and planing up to 15 knots is normal.