Philly?s third christening

Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI) on Saturday will be christening the Manulani, a 219 metre, 2,600 TEU container ship. The ship is the third of a four-vessel order for Matson Navigation and the final ship is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2006. When in service, both newbuildings are expected to sail in Matson’s planned weekly West Coast-Hawaii-Guam-China service. The routing will include port calls at Long Beach, Honolulu, Guam and two ports in China.