TEHRAN - Kashan, the third container ship fully designed and built by Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Company (ISOICO), was launched in the southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday.

With a capacity of 2,200 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), the ship is 158 meters long and 30 meters wide, with cruising speed of 21 knots, IRIB reported.

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