Hamburg Süd has celebrated the christening of its Santa Ursula container ship at the port of Santos in Brazil, with the vessel sponsored by Marcia dos Santos, vice-president of Marfrig Alimentos S/A.
The 'Santa Ursula' is the eighth new build in a series of ten container ships, with an overall length of approximately 300m and a beam of 42.8m, and a container capacity of 7,100 TEUs.
Vessels in the current Santa series are not only the largest ships ever built for Hamburg Süd but, with 1,600 reefer plugs each, are amongst the ships with the largest reefer capacity worldwide and can meet the continuously growing demand for Brazilian exports of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, flowers and medicine.
Following its delivery by the Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. in March, the Santa Ursula was integrated into the Hamburg Süd liner service between Asia and South Africa/South America East Coast.
