Hamburg Süd will be upgrading service between Asia and Australia/New Zealand (ANZL), and has christened the last of six identical 3,752 TEU container ships.
From mid-September, Hamburg Süd will offer an upgraded service between Asia and Australia/New Zealand (ANZL). Tasman Orient Line and Hapag-Lloyd will be partners on a slot-charter basis.
Five new 1,800 TEU chartered vessels will be phased into the fixed-day weekly service with an enhanced port rotation, replacing five smaller ships. Featuring 400 reefers slots apiece, the newbuildings will provide the most comprehensive express service in the trade between Asia and Australia/New Zealand.
The new joint service has the following port rotation: Yokohama > Kobe > Shanghai > Hong Kong > Brisbane > Tauranga > Lyttleton > New Plymouth > Yokohama.
Additional origins and destinations throughout Asia and Australasia are available through connections to the expanded Hamburg Süd network. These new vessels will also afford Hamburg Süd the flexibility to call at additional ports throughout the year in order to cover specific seasonal customer requirements.
In other news, the last of a total of six identical 3,752 TEU Hamburg Süd container ships was christened on Sunday at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in Okpo/Korea.
Following delivery on August 23rd, the Bahia Negra will be phased into Hamburg Süd's liner service between Asia/South Africa and South America East Coast.
Until 2010, Hamburg Süd will be having a further sixteen container ships built at DSME and at its Romanian sister yard of Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI). Capacities will range from 5,500 TEU to 6,300 TEU.
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