The Ben Kien Shipbuilding Industry Company in Hai Phong on July 15 handed over a multipurpose container ship named HC Melina to Hanse Capital Group of Germany .

HC Melina, coded RSBK 02, is the second of a series of 9,200- tonne ships that the company built for its foreign partners.

The 129.4m long and 17m wide ship with a speed of 14.7 sea miles/hour was designed by the Inec Company of Netherlands , and inspected and gradated by Bureau Veritas (BV) Register of Shipping of France.

Its equipment meets the latest international maritime regulations, ensuring the ship’s operations in all ports over the world./.