HVS completes Elektra lengthening

The Vietnamese shipbuilder Hyundai-Vinashin (HVS) has completed the lengthening of the Wallenius owned car carrier ?Elektra? increasing its gross tonnage from 57,018 to 66,624. Elektra, built in 1999 at Daewoo, is the first of five Wallenius PCTCs to be elongated by HVS. Its length has been increased from 199.1 metres to 227.9 metres resulting in a 20% improvement in car carrying capacity from 5,900 to 7,352 vehicles.

The conversion work involved the use of 2,400 tonnes of steel and the shipbuilder will earn about $40 million for the five-ship contract.