Langh Ship receives first vessel of 1200 TEU container feeder series

Langh Ship has received the first ship from its newbuilding series of three 1200 TEU container feeder vessels. The naming ceremony took place on March 15, 2025, at the PaxOcean shipyard in Zhoushan. The ship was named Ingrid, following the traditions of the shipowner family Langh to name the vessels after female family members. The highlight of the celebration was when Ingrid, the daughter of the owner family member Linda Langh, cut the ribbon to release the champagne bottle.

“Ingrid” is the first vessel of a series of three 1200 TEU container feeder vessels, which will be chartered by Borchard lines. The ship is optimized for carrying 45-foot containers both in the holds and on deck. The design was developed by Langh Ship in collaboration with the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI).

An innovative and unique feature of Langh Ship’s new feeder vessel are the hatch covers. Onboard of “Ingrid”, the hatch covers can be opened in three sections on the width of the vessel, which gives better accessibility to the cargo holds, even if the entire bay on deck is not discharged. This is a novum on container feeders. In addition, the cargo holds are fitted with cell guides, which can be adjusted in sections between 40’ and 45’ container positions, which further increases the flexibility to the vessel’s cargo areas.

The hull lines of the vessel were optimized such, that cargo capacity could be maximized while minimizing energy consumption and still being able to keep a speed of 18 knots if needed.

The new feeder vessel is equipped with a two-stroke, slow-speed main engine for best fuel economy and a range of green tech solutions by Langh Ship’s sister company Langh Tech. Among those is the hybrid scrubber from Langh Tech, which may be operated continuously in closed loop mode without time restrictions. The exhaust gas cleaning system onboard has been prepared for the installation of Langh Tech’s new and innovative Onboard Carbon Capture System, which is based on the idea of circularity. The system captures CO2 from the exhaust gas flow, enabling a reduction of ship’s CO2 emissions by 20-50 percent. The captured CO2 is then chemically bound into sodium carbonate, which can be utilized in a variety of other industrial applications. This helps to establish a circular economy across different sectors and accelerate decarbonisation. Langh Tech’s Carbon Capture System can also be operated while the vessel is burning biofuels. This could bring the ship’s CO2 emissions down to zero in the future.

In addition, Langh Ship’s new vessel is equipped with a Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) from Langh Tech, and it has a place reservation for batteries, which is a new development area within Langh Tech.

For further information, please contact:

Laura Langh-Lagerlöf

Managing Director

laura.langh@langh.fi

+358 40 583 8874

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