Ship launch ceremony

Ship launch ceremony

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 9, 2012, shows the Emerald Ace, a vehicle carrier, during its launch ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe. The vessel was the last merchant ship produced at the shipyard, which is being withdrawn from the commercial ship business.

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