Safmarine names largest containership

4/8/2008 10:20:11 AM

Safmarine Container Lines, part of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, on April 2 named its largest ever container-ship, the 6,160-TEU Safmarine Kariba, at the Hanjin Heavy Industries shipyard in Busan, South Korea.   It was the second Safmarine ship named in a week as the company on March 28 named the second in a series five 2,474-TEU vessels at the Volkswerft shipyard in Stralsund, Germany. The Safmarine Nyassa will join the AMEX service between Southern Africa and the U.S. East Coast. Its sister ship, Safmarine Ngami, made its maiden call at Newark on April 2 and Baltimore on April 4.   American Shipper

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