Hamburg Süd has celebrated the christening of its new container ship, Santa Barbara, at the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen, China.
According to the German shipping group, the sponsor of the vessel was Johanna Oetker, the daughter of Dr Arend Oetker.
The Santa Barbara is the last of a total of ten newbuilds in the Santa class to be christened, boasting a slot capacity of 7,100 TEU fitted with 1,600 reefer container plugs.
Following her delivery at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd in May 2012, she was phased straight into Hamburg Süd’s service between Asia and South Africa/South America East Coast.
