Martin & Vleminckx announce new wooden coaster for China's OCT Tianjin in 2013

By | November 30, 2011

Officials at Martin & Vleminckx have announced the signing of a contract for a new wooden roller coaster, which will be the centerpiece attraction for Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) new Tianjin park near Beijing in The Peoples Republic of China. With the Ohio-based Gravity Group serving as design engineers for the ride, the new-for-2013 Tianjin project will be the third wooden coaster Martin & Vleminckx has delivered to OCT. The first opened as Fireball in Shanghai in 2009 while the second (China’s first wooden racer) is slated to debut in Wuhan in early 2012. As with its two predecessors, the 2013 OCT coaster will utilize rolling stock supplied by Philadelphia Tobggan Coasters, Inc. Details concerning the new coaster’s actual design and specifications will be released at a later date.