The 103,000-deadweight-ton ship is one of a series of sister vessels being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. The vessels are 335 meters (1,099 feet) long and 43 meters (141 feet) wide. The ships have 730 reefer plugs each for refrigerated containers and sailing speeds of 25 knots. Hapag-Lloyd will take delivery of 10 more of the ships by 2010.
Hapag-Lloyd names 8,750-TEU ship
Hapag-Lloyd names 8,750-TEU ship
Hapag-Lloyd today named the 8,750-TEU Hanover Express at its homeport of Hamburg in Germany for deployment on a weekly Asia/Europe service of the Grand Alliance.
The 103,000-deadweight-ton ship is one of a series of sister vessels being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. The vessels are 335 meters (1,099 feet) long and 43 meters (141 feet) wide. The ships have 730 reefer plugs each for refrigerated containers and sailing speeds of 25 knots. Hapag-Lloyd will take delivery of 10 more of the ships by 2010.
The 103,000-deadweight-ton ship is one of a series of sister vessels being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. The vessels are 335 meters (1,099 feet) long and 43 meters (141 feet) wide. The ships have 730 reefer plugs each for refrigerated containers and sailing speeds of 25 knots. Hapag-Lloyd will take delivery of 10 more of the ships by 2010.
